Sissons scores OT winner as Predators beat Canucks 4-3

Colton Sissons scored 3:05 into overtime to give the Nashville Predators a 4-3 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night.

Ryan Hartman, Nick Bonino and Calle Jarnkrok also scored and Pekka Rinne made 19 saves for the Predators, winners of two straight.

Jay Beagle, Brock Boeser and Bo Horvat had the goals for the Canucks, who had won three in a row.

Nashville Predators center Colton Sissons (10) is congratulated after scoring the winning goal against the Vancouver Canucks in overtime of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018, in Nashville, Tenn. The Predators won 4-3. (AP PhotoMark Humphrey)

Vancouver tied it with 43.5 seconds remaining in the third period when Horvat, parked at the far post, slipped one past Rinne. The Canucks were short-handed at the time and had pulled goalie Anders Nilsson for an extra skater.

In overtime, Bonino sent a pass from the left boards to Sissons skating through the slot and he elevated a shot over Nilsson.

Hartman scored the game's first goal at 5:52 of the opening period.

Nashville Predators center Ryan Johansen (92) and Vancouver Canucks defenseman Troy Stecher (51) chase after the puck in the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP PhotoMark Humphrey)

With the Canucks changing lines, Predators defenseman Dan Hamhuis sent a long pass from inside the Nashville zone to Hartman at the red line. Skating in on the right side, Hartman used Vancouver defenseman Ben Hutton as a screen and beat Nilsson on the glove side with a wrist shot from above the right circle.

Bonino made it 2-0 at 8:40 of the first with a wrist shot from the left faceoff dot that beat Nilsson high to the far side.

Beagle halved the Nashville lead at 15:15 of the first.

Nashville Predators center Calle Jarnkrok (19), of Sweden, celebrates after scoring a goal against the Vancouver Canucks in the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018, in Nashville, Tenn. At left is Canucks center Jay Beagle (83). (AP PhotoMark Humphrey)

With the Predators on a power play, Markus Granlund intercepted a pass from defenseman Mattias Ekholm in the neutral zone. Granlund carried the puck into the Nashville zone on the left side. Inside the circle, he sent a pass to Beagle in the slot, where he made a quick forehand-to-backhand move and beat Rinne on the stick side.

Nashville regained its two-goal lead at 11:05 of the second when Jarnkrok tipped Kyle Turris' shot past Nilsson, who finished with 30 saves.

Turris returned to Nashville's lineup after missing eight games with an injury.

Vancouver Canucks left wing Antoine Roussel (26), of France, moves the puck ahead of Nashville Predators right wing Craig Smith (15) in the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP PhotoMark Humphrey)

Boeser made it 3-2 at 15:55 of the third with a power-play goal.

Rookie sensation Elias Pettersson got the secondary assist on Boeser's goal, extending his point streak to five games (three goals, eight assists).

NOTES: Beagle's goal was his first with the Canucks. ... Nashville is 16-1-0 when scoring first this season. ... Middle Tennessee natives David Price and Mookie Betts of the World Series champion Boston Red Sox attended the game. Betts is from Nashville and Price is from Murfreesboro and attended Vanderbilt in Nashville. ... Hartman has six goals in eight career games against Vancouver.

Vancouver Canucks center Jay Beagle celebrates after scoring a goal against the Nashville Predators in the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP PhotoMark Humphrey)

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Vancouver Canucks center Jay Beagle celebrates after scoring a goal against the Nashville Predators in the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP PhotoMark Humphrey)

Nashville Predators center Calle Jarnkrok (19), of Sweden, deflects the puck past Vancouver Canucks goaltender Anders Nilsson (31), of Sweden, for a goal in the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP PhotoMark Humphrey)

Nashville Predators right wing Ryan Hartman (38) passes the puck from behind the net as Vancouver Canucks defenseman Derrick Pouliot (5) and goaltender Anders Nilsson (31), of Sweden, defend in the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP PhotoMark Humphrey)

Nashville Predators right wing Craig Smith (15) checks Vancouver Canucks center Elias Pettersson (40), of Sweden, into the boards in overtime of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018, in Nashville, Tenn. The Predators won 4-3. (AP PhotoMark Humphrey)

LAS VEGAS (AP) — William Nylander, who leads the Maple Leafs in scoring, went to the locker room late in the first period of Toronto's Thursday night game against the Vegas Golden Knights with a lower-body injury.

Teammate Oliver Ekman-Larsson also left the ice in the first, but returned for the second period.

The Maple Leafs said that Nylander would not return to the game.

He entered the game with a team-leading 30 assists and 46 points. Nylander added to those totals with a goal and an assist against the Golden Knights.

His overtime goal gave the Maple Leafs a 4-3 victory at Colorado on Monday night to end the Avalanche's 17-game home winning streak.

The 11-year veteran has been an ironman for the Maple Leafs, having appeared in all 82 games each of the past three seasons and in 81 games in 2021-22. However, he had just returned to action Saturday after missing six games with a lower-body injury.

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Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson, left, celebrates with right wing William Nylander after his goal in overtime of an NHL hockey game against the Colorado Avalanche Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)