{"id":259305,"date":"2026-04-09T12:44:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T12:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/259305\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T12:44:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T12:44:31","slug":"predators-5-0-ducks-apr-7-2026-game-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/259305\/","title":{"rendered":"Predators 5-0 Ducks (Apr 7, 2026) Game Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

ANAHEIM, Calif. — \u2014 Justus Annunen<\/a> stopped 43 shots \u2014 one shy of his career high \u2014 for his third career shutout, and the Nashville Predators<\/a> sent the Anaheim Ducks<\/a> to their sixth consecutive loss, 5-0 on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

Erick Haula, Filip Forsberg<\/a> and Brady Skjei<\/a> scored second-period goals, and Zachary L\u2019Heureux and Fedor Svechkov<\/a> scored in the third for the Predators. Joakim Kemmell and Ryan O\u2019Reilly each had two assists.<\/p>\n

The win pushed Nashville (84 points) one point ahead of the Los Angeles Kings<\/a> for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. The Predators have four regular-season games left.<\/p>\n

The Ducks, who have been outscored 29-14 during their losing streak, remain stuck at 87 points. They also have four games remaining.<\/p>\n

Anaheim fell one point behind Edmonton and Vegas in the Pacific Division. The Ducks are only three points ahead of the currently eighth-seeded Predators and four points ahead of the ninth-seeded Kings.<\/p>\n

Nashville broke a scoreless tie when Haula took a pass in the high slot from Kemell and snapped a shot over Anaheim goalie Lukas Dostal\u2019s blocker for his 13th goal.<\/p>\n

Forsberg made it 2-0 on the power play. The Swedish winger snapped a shot from the high slot that beat Dostal glove-side for his team-leading 73rd point.<\/p>\n

The Ducks had a chance to get back into the game when a pair of Nashville tripping penalties gave Anaheim a man advantage for four minutes starting with 4:16 left and a two-man advantage for a 22-second span.<\/p>\n

But the Ducks managed just one shot on goal during the long power play, and Skjei slipped past Anaheim\u2019s leaky defense on a breakaway and snapped a shot over Dostal\u2019s right shoulder for a short-handed goal and a 3-0 lead with 58 seconds left in the second.<\/p>\n

Anaheim\u2019s Jeffrey Viel<\/a> then took elbowing and roughing penalties with 15 seconds left that gave Nashville a man advantage for four minutes, and boos rained down from the Honda Center at the end of the second period for the second straight game.<\/p>\n

Up next <\/p>\n

Predators: At Utah on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Ducks: Host San Jose on Thursday.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

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