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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Alex Burrows scored twice in the ordinal period to advance the metropolis Canucks to a 3-1 conclusion over the Nashville Predators on weekday night.

Vancouver tight the crowning spot in the Western Conference and set a concern record with their ninth straight win on the road.

Mike Fisher scored for Nashville.

Vancouver dominated the game's ordinal period, outshooting the Predators 14-2.

From the neutral zone, justice Sedin dispatched Burrows in on a breakaway with a backhanded pass. Burrows beat Nashville goaltender Pekka Rinne with a backhanded effort broad to the glove lateral at 17:31 of the third.

Earlier in the third, Burrows drew metropolis even at 1:17.

Behind the Nashville goal on the mitt side, justice Sedin dispatched a transfer to brother Henrik on the correct side, where he apace fired a transfer to Burrows every lonely in front of Rinne. Burrows beat Rinne with a one-timer for his 23rd goal of the season.

At 14:01 of the second, Jonathon Blum's effort from above the correct circle was obstructed by metropolis goaltender Roberto Luongo, but the rebound ended up at the bottom of the correct circle where Fisher was there to corral the puck and fire it broad above the fallen Luongo.

Fisher poor a 17-game unsuccessful debase Sat and today has three goals in his terminal two games.

Aaron leaders additional an empty-net goal in the test time to account for the game's test score.

Notes: In the four games between the teams this season, the first period ended with the reason 0-0. ... Canucks D Dan Hamhuis uncomprehensible Tuesday's mettlesome cod to a concussion uninterrupted in Atlanta on Sunday. Hamhuis played the first 483 games of his NHL occupation with the Predators. ... Rinne has started 37 of Nashville's terminal 41 games.

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