{"id":272779,"date":"2026-04-17T16:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T16:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/272779\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T16:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T16:16:08","slug":"troy-terrys-late-power-play-goal-lifts-anaheim-past-predators-5-4-setting-up-ducks-oilers-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/272779\/","title":{"rendered":"Troy Terry\u2019s late power-play goal lifts Anaheim past Predators, 5-4, setting up Ducks-Oilers"},"content":{"rendered":"

NASHVILLE, Tenn. \u2014 Troy Terry scored on a power play with 2:54 left, and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Nashville Predators<\/a> 5-4, helping them clinch the third seed in the Pacific Division for the postseason.<\/p>\n

The Ducks came into the regular-season finale third in the Pacific with five different scenarios still possible to lock down the final playoff matchups This win, combined with Edmonton<\/a> beating visiting Vancouver<\/a>, means Anaheim starts the first round at Edmonton.<\/p>\n

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Anaheim also took the season series against Nashville 2-1, though the Ducks go into the postseason 2-6-2 over their final 10.<\/p>\n

Cutter Gauthier<\/a>, Jackson LaCombe<\/a>, Alex Killorn<\/a> and Tristan Luneau<\/a> scored for Anaheim. Mikael Granlund had three assists.<\/p>\n

Steven Stamkos<\/a> scored twice and had an assist for Nashville, giving him 42 goals this season. Filip Forsberg<\/a> scored two goals, giving him 40, and the Predators a pair of 40-goal scorers. Luke Evangelista<\/a> and Ryan Ufko<\/a> added two assists apiece.<\/p>\n

Gauthier scored 96 seconds into the game to put Anaheim up with a snap shot for his 41st of the season.<\/p>\n

The Predators, eliminated from contention, answered with Stamkos scoring his 41st midway through the first off an assist from rookie Cole O\u2019Hara, making his NHL debut.<\/p>\n

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Forsberg scored on a tip-in on the man advantage at 15:54 for a 2-1 lead. LaCombe\u2019s shot from near the blue line got through traffic tying it at 2 with 20.8 seconds left in the first.<\/p>\n

Killorn\u2019s slap shot gave the Ducks a 3-2 lead at 4:33 of the second. Forsberg tied it at 14:37 with a shot from the slot, then Stamkos put Nashville up 4-3 with a wrister just outside the left crease on the power play.<\/p>\n

Luneau tied it at 4:17 of the third scoring off the rebound of Granlund\u2019s shot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASHVILLE, Tenn. \u2014 Troy Terry scored on a power play with 2:54 left, and the Anaheim Ducks beat…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272780,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[4855,163,824,165,164,1720,1718,20862,13518,2099,1716,62459,118285,823,4227,12753,117991,18695,1606,74039,4862,31561],"class_list":{"0":"post-272779","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-anaheim","8":"tag-alex-killorn","9":"tag-anaheim","10":"tag-anaheim-ducks","11":"tag-anaheim-headlines","12":"tag-anaheim-news","13":"tag-beckett-sennecke","14":"tag-cutter-gauthier","15":"tag-edmonton","16":"tag-filip-forsberg","17":"tag-jackson-lacombe","18":"tag-leo-carlsson","19":"tag-luke-evangelista","20":"tag-matt-blewett-imagn","21":"tag-mikael-granlund","22":"tag-minnesota-wild","23":"tag-nashville-predators","24":"tag-ryan-ufko","25":"tag-steven-stamkos","26":"tag-the-ducks","27":"tag-tristan-luneau","28":"tag-troy-terry","29":"tag-vancouver"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}