NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Kailer Yamamoto had a goal and an assist and the Utah Mammoth extended their winning streak to five games with a 5-2 victory over the Nashville Predators on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Clayton Keller, Michael Carcone, Barrett Hayton and JJ Peterka also scored, Mikhail Sergachev had three assists and Karel Vejmelka made 27 saves for Utah.<\/p>\n
Steven Stamkos and Jonathan Marchessault scored and Juuse Saros made 26 saves for the Predators, who have lost three of four.<\/p>\n
Stamkos scored the game\u2019s first goal at 3:43 of the opening period.<\/p>\n
With the Predators on a power play, Roman Josi sent a pass from the slot to Stamkos at the left faceoff dot, where he beat Vejmelka with a one-timer.<\/p>\n
Stamkos, who had a hat trick Thursday, has four goals in two games. He has eight power-play goals on the season to lead Nashville. <\/p>\n
Early in the second period, Keller beat Saros with a wrist shot to tie the game at 1-1. <\/p>\n
Keller has points in four consecutive games. He has three goals and four assists over that span.<\/p>\n
Two minutes later, Carcone drove down the left wall before beating Saros high to the short side with a wrist shot.<\/p>\n
Yamamoto scored on a deflection at 8:10 of the second to give the Mammoth a 3-1 lead.<\/p>\n
Marchessault drew Nashville within 3-2 with 3:21 remaining in the second. <\/p>\n
Hayton scored a power-play goal at 11:02 of the third and Peterka was awarded a goal with 1:32 remaining when he was pulled down from behind on a breakaway with Saros pulled for an extra attacker. <\/p>\n
The game\u2019s opening faceoff was moved up two hours to 12:30 p.m. local time because of the winter storm moving through the area and much of the rest of the country. The Predators announced that there were 6,159 fans at the game. <\/p>\n
Utah visits Tampa Bay on Monday.<\/p>\n
Predators at Boston on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
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