Predators down Senators in comeback win

OTTAWA — Roman Josi had three assists as the Nashville Predators erased a one-goal deficit in the third period and defeated the Ottawa Senators 3-2 Thursday.

Ryan Johansen scored the winning goal on the power play at 12:38 of the third period, but it didn’t come without controversy. Josi’s point shot looked to be knocked down by a high Matt Duchesne stick before Johansen tapped the puck in.

The play went under review but the goal stood.

Duchesne had the other goal for Nashville (41-25-4) who got a 28-save performance form Juuse Saros.

Mathieu Joseph and Josh Norris scored the goals for the Senators (26-38-6) who had their three-game winning streak snapped. Anton Forsberg made 31 saves in the loss.

Norris gave the Senators their first lead of the game at 4:36 of the third period as his pass attempt hit Josi’s skate, came right back to him and then he beat Saros for a 2-1 lead.

The lead, and the frustration for Josi, didn’t last long as the Predators captain blasted a shot from 10-feet inside the blue line that Tanner Jeannot was credit for tipping in past Forsberg at 7:48 to tie the game at 2-2.

There was a lot going on through two periods Thursday. A lot of energy, a lot of scoring opportunities, a lot of animosity. What there wasn’t a lot of, though, was finishing.

Through 40 minutes there were 81 shot attempts, 42 hits, 32 penalty minutes but just two goals. That despite the fact the Senators missed back-to-back break away opportunities in the second period and a minute and 16 seconds of five-on-three spanning the final 30 seconds of the first period and into the second period.

The lone goal of the first came on a slow moving two-on-one that saw Duchesne slip a crease-crease pass from Mikael Granlund past Forsberg at