Predators beat Ducks 4-2 at Honda Center for sixth straight win

By Vancouver Television Sports Desk

The Nashville Predators extended their winning streak to six games with a 4-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday at Honda Center. Nashville improved to a 10-4-5 record after a performance that featured multi-point games from Jayden Struble, Nils Hoglander and Shane Wright, with Steven Stamkos also scoring and Roman Josi contributing two assists.

Struble scored to tie the game at 1-1 at 8:29 of the first period after Anaheim’s Cutter Gauthier opened the scoring. Gauthier gave the Ducks a 1-0 lead at 8:08 by finishing a play started when Beckett Sennecke cut into the slot, and the puck was poked off Sennecke’s stick by Adam Edstrom before reaching Gauthier just below the right hash marks for his 14th goal.

The Ducks’ run of scoring continued as Gauthier added a personal milestone to an already hot stretch. The NHL announcement notes that Gauthier became the first player since Mario Lemieux of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Alexander Mogilny of the Buffalo Sabres in 1992-93 to score 14 goals in a seven-game span.

Nashville took its first lead of the night at 16:02 of the second period when Hoglander scored from between the legs on a drive to the net. Nashville then went up 3-1 after a third-period goal from Wright that was initially allowed to stand, with play stopping briefly before replays confirmed that the puck had caromed off the in-net camera.

The report identifies Wright’s goal as his first with Nashville following a trade from the Seattle Kraken on Nov. 1. Josi recorded his first assist of the night on that play, bringing him to 800 assists in the NHL.

Anaheim trimmed the deficit to 3-2 at 12:11 of the third period when Mikael Granlund scored on a one-timer from the right circle off a feed from Sennecke. However, Nashville closed the scoring with a late finish at 16:04 of the third period, when Stamkos redirected a feed from Mavrik Bourque to complete a 2-on-1 rush and make it 4-2.

In goal, Justus Annunen made 27 saves for Nashville. The NHL update places the performance in context of Nashville’s recent schedule, noting that Juuse Saros made 30 saves in a 3-0 win over the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday, and that Annunen played the night after.

For Anaheim, Laurent Brossoit made 18 saves. The Ducks entered the game having won five straight, and the NHL summary states they had scored at least five goals in eight consecutive games—an offensive run that was held in check after Nashville built leads at several points in the match.

Nashville’s win also moved the team toward the kind of mid-season momentum that the league report notes is rare for them: the Predators have won six in a row for the first time since March of 2024, ending a stretch of waiting for that specific streak length.

With Wednesday’s result, the game sealed a full scoring sequence across the first and second periods for Nashville, while Anaheim’s late push created only a one-goal gap before Stamkos’s final tally restored a two-goal margin.

The Predators’ 4-2 decision over Anaheim was completed with disciplined game control late in the third, following confirmation on the third-period replay and a final 2-on-1 conversion to secure the sixth consecutive win.