NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Mikko Rantanen scored the tiebreaking goal midway through the third period, and the Dallas Stars rallied to beat the Nashville Predators 3-2 on Sunday night.
Oskar Bäck and Wyatt Johnston also scored and Jason Robertson had two assists for Dallas, which won its second straight after losing four in a row (0-3-1). Casey DeSmith had 23 saves.
Jonathan Marchessault and Spencer Stastney scored for Nashville, which had won two in a row. Justus Annunen finished with 24 saves.
With a Stars power play winding down, Robertson passed it to Mavrik Bourque on the left side, and Bourque passed it across the front of the goal to Rantanen for the tap-in with 9:16 remaining.
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Marchessault got the Predators on the board first with a power-play goal at 8:02 of the first period as he put in his second try at the rebound of Ryan O’Reilly’s attempt in front.
Stastney made it 2-0 at 7:15 of the second, beating DeSmith from the left faceoff circle.
Bäck, making his season debut, pulled the Stars within one at 9:36 as he tipped Radek Faksa’s turnaround shot from the right point.
Johnston tied it with 3:31 remaining in the middle period, scoring on a backhander on a 2-on-1 rush with Robertson. It came after DeSmith made a stellar save at the other end.
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