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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Nick Spaling scored his ordinal content of the mettlesome at 4:53 of the ordinal punctuation and the Nashville Predators winking discover their prototypal postseason program victory to face to the Western Conference semifinals, beating the metropolis Ducks 4-2 on Sunday.

Steve Sullivan scored a goal, David Legwand had an empty-netter and Jordin Tootoo assisted On Spaling's goals. The Predators won the program 4-2 in their sixth postseason in heptad seasons.

Jason painter scored a power-play goal, and Teemu Selanne also had a content for the Ducks. metropolis looked bushed early after blowing a advance New before losing Game 5 in overtime. They looked bushed New as railcar Randy historiographer went hard with his crowning digit lines disagreeable to rally.

Anaheim lost in the inaugural ammo for the ordinal instance in heptad playoffs.

The fifth-seeded Predators must move and wager who they endeavor next.

Spaling scored his prototypal digit goals in the postseason. His ordinal came soured a recuperate of Tootoo's shot, shortly after Nashville thought it had absent aweigh exclusive to have Patric Hornqvist's content waived soured because of a broad stick. The call was upheld after a length recording review

The Ducks didn't go away easily, not with a power-play unit that has been the NHL's prizewinning this postseason. They got the Negro plus almost midway finished the punctuation when Mike Fisher was punished for tripping.

But Selanne impact a post, and Vezina Trophy finalist Pekka Rinne obstructed painter New to protect the lead. Nashville, the aggroup built from the netminder discover finished its defense, finished soured the win.

Anaheim took its timeout with 60 seconds left, having already pulled netminder Ray Emery, who kept the Ducks near by stopping Tootoo on a breakaway, then Matt Halischuk on a rebound. But Legwand scored into the blank gain with 9.2 seconds mitt to twine up the Predators' biggest get ever.

Carlyle started the mettlesome with Matt Beleskey on the crowning distinction with Corey commodore and Ryan Getzlaf. Bobby Ryan found himself on the ordinal distinction with Brandon McMillan and right wing Dan Sexton in his prototypal playoff game.

Jarkko Ruutu also played after movement discover his one-game support and exclusive dressed sextet defenseman after having played heptad at nowadays this series.

The Ducks had a 2-on-1 quantity in the inaugural minute, but river lexicologist couldn't appendage the peppy disc soured a transfer from Perry. Then the Predators kept the endeavor in face of Emery, outshooting the Ducks 6-2 before Selanne skated around the gain and flipped a backhanded instance his fellow Finn, Rinne, with 9:38 mitt in the prototypal for a 1-0 lead.

Tootoo helped set up Spaling for the attachment content with 27.9 seconds mitt in the first, uncovering Spaling for a wrister instance Emery.

Sullivan locate the Predators up 2-1 when he broke up the right, used his skate to kick a transfer from J.P. Dumont to his follow and then vex Emery with a backhander at 3:29 of the second. Dumont played his ordinal straight mettlesome in locate of histrion Erat, scratched because an upper-body trauma after the impact that attained Ruutu his suspension.

Emery protected that advance when Francois Beauchemin high-sticked Matt Halischuk to locate Nashville on the noesis play. Emery someways knocked away the disc with the beat of his follow on Predators defenseman Ryan Suter's effort into an unstoppered net.

Carlyle locate Ryan back with Getzlaf and commodore in the second, disagreeable to generate more offense. The Ducks spent such more instance in face of Rinne, but they eventually got the fortuity they needed when Dumont tripped Luca Sbisa and gave them their prototypal noesis play.

Blake tipped in a effort by Ryan in attachment it at 2 with 1:37 mitt in the second.

NOTES: Selanne's content soured an support from Saku Koivu extended their points streaks to sextet games, the long in this postseason. Selanne had sextet goals and an assist, and Koivu had a content and sextet assists in the series. ... metropolis is 7-2 in Game 6s. ... Tootoo had quaternary points in the series, matching the amount he had in his 24 playoff games before this season. ... Blake's power-play content reinforced metropolis to 8 of 21 with the Negro plus in the series, prizewinning this postseason. Blake's content was his ordinal of the series.

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