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Sent down the left wing by Miikka Salomaki, Arvidsson shot a
backhander that deflected off goaltender Martin Jones and went
into the top right corner for his first playoff goal.
Jones made 28 stops for San Jose, while Pekka Rinne saved 15 of
18 shots.
Game 7 is on Thursday in San Jose. The home team have won all
six games in the series.
It was the series' second overtime win for Nashville, who took
Game 4 in the third extra period.
San Jose grabbed a 3-2 lead in the third period on the power
play when Logan Couture wristed home his sixth goal of the
playoffs off a Brent Burns feed at 10:04 as Rinne stumbled in
the crease and could not get to it.
Nashville's Colin Wilson tied it at 12:44, stuffing home a James
Neal feed at the left goalpost for his fifth goal of the
playoffs and forcing the second overtime game of the series.
San Jose quieted the raucous sellout crowd with two goals from
Chris Tierney in less than two minutes midway through the first
period.
At 9:55, Tierney got his stick on a wrister from the point by
Marc-Edouard Vlasic for his second goal of the playoffs. The
play survived a short replay review, the officials' ruling that
Tierney's stick was below the crossbar clearly correct.
Tierney, who tallied only seven goals in 79 regular-season
matches, made it 2-0 at 11:51 by stuffing home the rebound of a
Matt Nieto shot on his backhand.
But Nashville got back into the game with Roman Josi's first
goal of the postseason at 15:27 on a backhander that took a
weird bounce and jumped over Jones. Prior to that goal, Josi had
tried 38 shots without scoring, more than any player left in the
postseason.
Ryan Johansen tied it during a 4-on-4 sequence at 1:25 of the
second with a great backhand move, slipping the puck through
Jones' legs for his fourth postseason marker.
(Editing by Peter Rutherford)
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