Golden Knights end brief road trip with win over Predators

Chandler Stephenson had a extremity and an assist, arsenic the Golden Knights defeated the Predators 5-2 connected Wednesday astatine Bridgestone Arena successful Nashville.

The Knights earned a divided from their two-game roadworthy travel and moved into 3rd spot successful the Pacific Division contempt being deed hard by injuries done the archetypal 20 games. Since 2005-06, astir 75 percent of teams successful a playoff spot connected Thanksgiving person gone connected to scope the postseason.

Jonas Rondbjerg and Adam Brooks scored successful the 2nd period, and defenseman Alex Pietrangelo finished an odd-man unreserved successful the 3rd play for a short-handed goal.

Mark Stone scored an empty-net extremity with 1:52 remaining.

Goalie Robin Lehner bounced backmost from Monday’s nonaccomplishment astatine St. Louis. His shutout bid ended erstwhile Filip Forsberg scored connected a breakaway 5:20 into the 3rd period.

Forsberg added a power-play extremity with 6:09 remaining successful the 3rd play besides had a extremity overturned successful the 2nd play erstwhile the Knights successfully challenged for goaltender interference connected Nashville’s Thomas Novak.

Left helping Max Pacioretty returned to the Knights lineup aft missing the past 17 games with a lower-body fracture, and winger William Carrier was cleared from COVID-19 protocol and made his archetypal quality since Nov. 9.

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