It was the third career shutout for Annunen and first in 84 starts since he recorded back-to-back 5-0 wins against the Chicago Blackhawks on Feb. 29 and March 4, 2024, while playing for the Colorado Avalanche.<\/p>\n
Erik Haula<\/a> had a goal and an assist, and Ryan O’Reilly<\/a> and Joakim Kemell<\/a>\u00a0each had two assists for Nashville (37-31-10), which was coming off a 3-2 shootout loss at the Los Angeles Kings on Monday.<\/p>\n With the win, the Predators moved one point ahead of the Kings for the second wild-card spot in the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Western Conference.<\/p>\n Lukas Dostal<\/a> made 20 saves for the Ducks (41-32-5), who have lost six in a row (0-5-1). Anaheim dropped to third place in the Pacific Division, a point behind the Edmonton Oilers and Vegas Golden Knights, who each have 88 points.<\/p>\n Nashville was getting outshot 20-9 when Kemell faked a shot before pulling up above the right circle. He fed Haula cutting down the\u00a0middle and he scored with a wrist shot over Dostal’s blocker for a 1-0 lead at 7:07 of the second period.<\/p>\n The Predators were on their first power play when Filip Forsberg<\/a>\u00a0scored with a wrist shot from above the circle with O’Reilly providing a screen to make it 2-0 at 11:26.<\/p>\n The Predators killed a 22-second 5-on-3 power play late in the second period and then scored short-handed on the second penalty when Brady Skjei<\/a>\u00a0finished a 2-on-0 breakaway for a 3-0 lead at 19:00.<\/p>\n