National Hockey League
Nashville 4, Dallas 2
When: 8:30 PM ET, Wednesday, November 10, 2021
Where: American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
Referees: Tom Chmielewski, Dean Morton
Linesmen: Steve Barton, Vaughan Rody
Attendance: 17560

Tanner Jeannot had a goal and an assist as the Nashville Predators defeated the host Dallas Stars 4-2 Wednesday night.

Ryan Johansen, Matt Duchene and Colton Sissons also scored for the Predators, the latter into an empty net with 43 seconds remaining. Goaltender Juuse Saros made 25 saves as Nashville improved to 3-1-1 on its six-game trip that concludes Thursday in St. Louis.

Roope Hintz and Miro Heiskanen scored and Braden Holtby stopped 18 of 21 shots for Dallas, which was opening a stretch of three straight home games and nine of their next 11 at the American Airlines Center. The Stars dropped to 1-4-2 over their past seven games.

Johansen opened the scoring at 19:08 of the first period. He gained control of the puck just outside his own blue line, split a pair of defenders when entering the offensive zone to create two-on-one, passed to Jeannot on the right wing and then redirected the return feed over Holtby with a backhander.

Jeannot made it 2-0 at 4:51 of the second. He took a pass from Philip Tomasino near center ice, skated down the right wing and beat Holtby with a wrist shot from the faceoff dot.

Duchene extended the lead at 17:36 of the middle period, taking advantage of a Dallas turnover and turning it into a three-on-one break. Duchene skated down the right wing and kept the puck before putting a shot into the upper corner of the net.

The Stars got on the board just 15 seconds later. Hintz knocked the puck out of mid-air with it caroming off Saros before falling in the crease, and Hintz poked it home.

Heiskanen pulled Dallas within 3-2 with a power-play goal at 10:43 of the third, setting up near the right post and taking a nifty pass from Alexander Radulov before knocking the puck behind Saros.

Predators defenseman Alexandre Carrier left the ice after blocking a shot with 7:05 remaining in the second period and didn't return.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Nashville   Dallas
Tanner Jeannot 2 Points Miro Heiskanen 1
Tanner Jeannot 1 Goals Miro Heiskanen 1
Tanner Jeannot 1 Assists Jamie Benn 1
N/A Power Play Goals Miro Heiskanen 1
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Juuse Saros .926 Save Percentage Braden Holtby .857
Juuse Saros 25 Saves Braden Holtby 18
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Nashville 22 4 0-1 2-3 6 20
Dallas 27 2 1-3 1-1 2 32
Upcoming Games
  • Dallas will play their next game at home against Philadelphia. The Stars have a W/L % of .250 after a win and .375 after a loss.
  • Nashville will play their next game on the road against St. Louis. The Predators have a W/L % of .429 after a win and .667 after a loss.