The Nashville Predators earned their third straight win and swept both ends of their back-to-back slate with a 4-3 defeat of the Columbus Blue Jackets Saturday at Bridgestone Arena.
For the second game in a row , Filip Forsberg scored Nashville’s first goal to lift the Predators back into the game after falling behind, 2-0. Jonathan Marchessault potted his second goal of the season to seal the win for the Predators in overtime.
Scott Wedgewood made his second start of the season for Nashville and turned aside 25 shots to earn the win.
How the Predators lined up vs. Columbus
Forsberg-O’Reilly-Marchessault
Stamkos-Novak-Nyquist
Jankowski Sissons Evangelista
L’Heureux McCarron Smith
Josi Fabbro
Lauzon Carrier
Skjei Schenn
Wedgewood
Saros
Extra: Del Gaizo, Pärssinen, Tomasino
Predators vs. Blue Jackets Game Summary
After a scoreless first period, the Blue Jackets took a 1-0 lead on a quick wrist shot by Kirill Marchenko. Nearly three minutes later, Mathieu Olivier found Zachary Aston-Reese for a wraparound goal to extend Columbus’ lead to 2-0.