The Predators registered 48 shots on Thursday night, but it was the Canucks, who scored five times on the power play on their way to a 6-3 victory at Bridgestone Arena. The result pushes Nashville's winless streak to six games and gives them a 9-9-3 overall record.
Much like they did in Tuesday's 2-1 loss to Winnipeg, the Predators had reason to be content with a good portion of their play, but the penalty kill faltered on this occasion and gave them their second loss to the Canucks this season.
"We need to stay out of the penalty box," Preds Head Coach Peter Laviolette said. "We talked about details of the game, and some of the penalties we took I thought were undisciplined and they ended up costing us tonight. From a standpoint of working to play and generate, I thought we did that. I thought we competed right to the end. Again, I thought we gave up too many [power-play] goals."
"We shot ourselves in the foot," Preds forward Matt Duchene said. "Things aren't bouncing our way right now, but at the same time we're not making it easy on ourselves either. Whenever things are tough sledding like right now, you've got to do whatever you can to give yourself a chance."
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