Nashville's inability to score haunted them for the second straight game, as the Anaheim Ducks earned a 4-1 win on the road over the Predators in Game 4.
Ducks vs. Predators, 2016 NHL playoff results: Anaheim evens series with another dominant road win
Nashville had no answer for Frederik Andersen again.
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Anaheim’s win leveled the series at 2-2 as the series heads back to California this weekend. The road team has won every game in the series so far.
Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau's decision to start Frederik Andersen over John Gibson in net worked again. After blanking the Predators in Game 3, Andersen stopped 30 of 31 shots in Game 4, including a 15-save second period.
Ryan Getzlaf got the Ducks an early lead with a goal just 1:02 into the first period. The Ducks captain led his teammates in ice time.
Nashville leveled the score early in the second period. The Predators crashed the net, and Colin Wilson found Mike Fisher in front for the tying goal at 11:26.
But the Ducks quickly restored their lead and extended it. Nashville got caught puck watching in their own zone, and Rickard Rakell and Nate Thompson combined for the go-ahead (and game-winning, as it turned out) goal at 17:04 of the second. Less than two minutes later, Jamie McGinn scored off a pass from Chris Stewart to extend the lead to 3-1.
Andrew Cogliano twisted the dagger deeper late in the third period with a goal off a Predators faceoff loss. That emptied the building and sent the series back to Anaheim tied up.
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