Stamkos, Josi each has goal, assist in Predators win against Avalanche

Stamkos, Josi each has goal, assist in Predators win against Avalanche

Defenseman scores 1st of season; MacKinnon, Makar push point streaks to 12 for Colorado

Avalanche at Predators | Recap

NASHVILLE — Steven Stamkos, Roman Josi and Gustav Nyquist each had a goal and an assist for the Nashville Predators in a 5-2 win against the Colorado Avalanche at Bridgestone Arena on Saturday.

Colton Sissons and Filip Forsberg also scored for the Predators (4-6-1), who had lost two in a row. Juuse Saros made 28 saves.

Cale Makar and Nathan MacKinnon each had a goal and an assist to extend his season-opening point streak to 12 games for the Avalanche (5-6-0), who have lost three in a row. Justus Annunen made 20 saves.

Makar gave the Avalanche a 1-0 lead at 2:54 of the second period on a 4-on-3 power play with a wrist shot from the top of the right circle.

Stamkos tied it 1-1 at 8:31 with a power-play goal on a one-timer that went in off the glove of Annunen.

Sissons gave Nashville a 2-1 lead at 18:40 on a redirection of a shot from the point by Marc Del Gaizo.

Josi extended it to 3-1 at 5:15 of the third period on the power play with a one-timer from the slot on a pass from Stamkos. It was his first goal of the season.

MacKinnon cut it to 3-2 at 17:43 on a spinning backhand shot that banked in off Saros’ shoulder.

Forsberg scored an empty-net goal to make it 4-2 at 18:46, and Nyquist also scored into an empty net at 19:19 for the 5-2 final.