Patrick Eaves scored the winner in the shootout, and the Nashville Predators fell by a 4-3 final to the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night at Honda Center. The loss is the third consecutive for the Preds, but Nashville does collect a single point, upping their total to 74 overall on the season, three ahead of St. Louis in the Central Division.
Nashville took a 2-0 lead in the first period against the Ducks and Pekka Rinne was stellar for the Preds making 39 saves on the night and four more in the shootout, but Anaheim battled back from being down two goals before ultimately prevailing.
"They just played harder," Preds defenseman Ryan Ellis said of the Ducks. "They worked harder, they battled harder and we didn't deserve much out of that game. We're lucky we got a point there."
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