After falling into a 5-1 hole in the second period, the Nashville Predators scored five unanswered goals for a miraculous comeback victory over the St. Louis Blues, 6-5 on Monday at Bridgestone Arena.<\/p>\n
It ties the franchise record for the largest comeback in the game, four goals, set in a 7-5 win over the San Jose Sharks on Jan. 21, 2025, when Nashville also came back after going down 5-1.<\/p>\n
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Steven Stamkos scored the game-tying and game-winning goal in the third period.<\/p>\n
The Predators were down by just a goal at the end of the first period, with Ryan O’Reilly recording his first tally of the night on the power play.<\/p>\n
However, in the first four minutes of the second period, the Blues scored three unanswered goals, two of which came just 30 seconds apart.<\/p>\n
The early second-period barrage saw the Predators pull Juuse Saros for Justus Annunen after Saros allowed five goals on 21 shots.<\/p>\n
The Predators began to turn things around near the end of the second as Michael McCarron and Filip Forsberg scored to make it a two-goal game. Forsberg now has four goals in three games.<\/p>\n
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In the third, O’Reilly netted his second of the night to cut the Blues’ lead down to a goal. Stamkos took over, scoring twice to tie the game and give the Predators the lead. The second goal was his ninth game-winning goal of the season.<\/p>\n
While they didn’t score, Roman Josi had four assists and Luke Evangelista had three assists. Josi is riding a red-hot scoring streak, with 37 points in 42 games.<\/p>\n
Nashville was able to hang on for the final 10 minutes of the game for its 17th comeback win of the season. The Predators improve to 26-23-6 on the year and steal two points for 58 on the season.<\/p>\n
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