Hurricanes right wing Jackson Blake, center, celebrates after one of his two goals with Sean Walker and Nikolaj Ehlers as Predators forward Steven Stamkos skates by during Carolina’s 6-3 win Saturday at Lenovo Center. (Karl DeBlaker / AP Photo

RALEIGH — The Bus keeps rolling for the Hurricanes, and Jackson Blake hopped aboard Saturday night.

Goalie Brandon Bussi made 19 saves — including several key ones early — to win his sixth straight start, and Blake was one deflection off Taylor Hall’s skate from a hat trick in Carolina’s 6-3 win over the visiting Predators at Lenovo Center.

Blake created the game’s first goal by pouncing on a loose puck and shooting it in off Hall, scored with a dynamic individual effort in the second and banged in a rebound in the third period to chase Nashville goalie Juuse Saros and register his first three-point game of the season. Linemate Nikolaj Ehlers also had three points for the first time since joining the Hurricanes.

“When you’re not providing offense for the team, it’s kind of a mental struggle a little bit because every night you want to provide for the team and help the team win in that way,” said Blake, who ended a six-game point drought. “We’ve had some really good games and didn’t get rewarded. So tonight was good for us all to get rewarded.”

Ehlers’ 5-on-3 goal in the first period gave Carolina its first game this season with two power play goals, and he added primary assists on Blake’s two goals.

“We’re three guys that want to contribute with everything, of course,” Ehlers said. “I think we’ve still, at times, created a lot of chances, they just haven’t gone in. We knew it was going to come at some point — I literally said that to (Logan Stankoven) after the last game. So it was nice to score some goals again.”

The Hurricanes jumped out to a two-goal lead by scoring twice on the power play in the first period.

With Nashville’s Filip Forsberg in the box for an offensive zone penalty, Blake got to a rebound and threw the puck at the net. The shot bounced off Hall’s leg and in for Hall’s sixth goal of the year and a 1-0 lead at 8:01.

Then Ehlers blasted a one-timer past Juuse Saros (32 saves) on the two-man advantage to make it 2-0 just before the midway point of the opening period.

“We had had a clear plan today, and we were able to execute in the beginning,” Ehlers said.

Bussi blanked Nashville for two-plus periods to help Carolina build a four-goal lead before his shutout streak of 135:45 was broken.

“I think my job is to stop the puck as much as I can,” Bussi said. “So I made enough early to kind of get us some momentum and put the puck in the net. Third period, probably need to clean it up a little bit. But we built a big enough lead that it didn’t matter.”

Coach Rod Brind’Amour added, “Timely saves are crucial, and that’s what he’s been giving us.”

William Carrier scored his second of the year with 16 seconds left in the first period to push the lead to 3-0, and after Blake scored his first of the night in the second period, Sebastian Aho scored on a breakaway at 4:45 of the third to make it 5-0 before Michael Bunting ended the shutout bid at 8:12.

Despite giving up three goals in the third period, Bussi was again serenaded by the crowd with chants of “Bussi! Bussi” after he improved to 8-1-0 to start his NHL career.

“Whenever you’re home, having an excited, loud crowd, it fuels anyone,” Bussi said. “So we’re very lucky.”

Notes: Jesperi Kotkaniemi returned to the lineup after missing nine games. … Carolina improved to 10-3-2 against the Western Conference, including eight straight with at least a point. … K’Andre Miller and Sean Walker were both plus 3, while Roman Josi and Nicolas Hague were both minus 3.