Thatcher Demko makes 31 saves as Canucks beat skidding Predators 3-1

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Thatcher Demko made 31 saves to lead the Vancouver Canucks over the skidding Nashville Predators 3-1 on Tuesday night.

Elias Pettersson, Brock Boeser and Juho Lammikko scored in Vancouver’s second consecutive victory. The win ended the Canucks’ stretch of nine straight road games on a high note. Vancouver last played at home Dec. 14.

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"We have a lot of heart," coach Bruce Boudreau said. "We’ve got a great goaltender. There’s no doubt about it. He stopped two or three clean-cut breakaways tonight. He’s a wall back there."

Philip Tomasino scored and David Rittich turned away 21 shots for Nashville, which has lost four in a row. The Predators went 12-1-1 in their 14 previous games before the slide.

"We’ve had some good stretches here, and I think now the attention to detail we need to play with, the consistency level with that, needs to be better and that’s what we want to focus on here," coach John Hynes said. "We’re not playing the way we need to play to give ourselves a chance to win."

Tomasino scored the opening goal at 2:51 of the second period.

Vancouver Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko (35) stops a shot by the Nashville Predators during the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn.  (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)

With the Predators on a power play, Tomasino beat Demko high to the far side with a half slap shot from just above the right faceoff dot for the rookie’s sixth goal of the season.

Pettersson tied it at 7:23 of the second, cleaning up the rebound of Vasily Podkolzin’s shot from the slot.

"In the second, I felt like we didn’t play hard enough,"