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It was the second overtime game in a row for the Canucks. It was the third overtime game in the last four for the Predators and their fourth game in a row to be decided by one goal.
Raymond, the first shooter for the Canucks, scored on a backhand shot over Predators goaltender Chris Mason, who was laying down on the ice.
Jason Arnott and Marek Zidlicky scored in regulation for the Predators.
The Canucks got on the board first. Raymond skated, undefended, across the goal mouth beat Chris Mason from the right side with 52 seconds left in the first period.
Arnott tied the game on a 5-on-3 power play at 5:42 of the second period. J.P. Dumont passed the puck from the right to the left side to Arnott who fired the one-timer high over the back of Canucks goaltender Roberto Luongo from low inside the left circle.
Alexander Edler put the Canucks back in the lead on the power play at 12:49 of the second period. Raymond passed the puck to Edler just inside the blue line and he blasted a one-timer between Mason's legs.
Zidlicky tied the game at 2 on a power-play goal at the 13:58 mark. His shot from the left circle beat Luongo low to his stick side.
The Predators outshot the Canucks 51-30.
Notes: Vancouver's Ryan Shannon was credited with two assists. ... Dumont has points in the last five games he has played (3 goals, 7 assists). ... Arnott has 10 points in his last seven games (4 goals, 6 assists). ... The Canucks have had 18 onegoal games in their last 23. ... Nashville's Martin Gelinas left the game with a leg injury in the second period and did not return.
[Associated Press]
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