Preds win sixth straight, Vegas up next

By Midstate Daily Sports Desk · Edited by Channing Webb · Nov. 12, 2026

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TLDRThe Predators beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-2 Wednesday night for their sixth win in a row, the longest active streak in the NHL and Nashville's first six-game run since March 2024. Shane Wright had a goal and two assists, Nils Hoglander scored between his legs, and Roman Josi picked up his 800th career point. Nashville (10-4-5) plays at the Vegas Golden Knights (13-5-2) at 9 p.m. CT Friday.

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The Nashville Predators beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-2 Wednesday night at Honda Center for their sixth straight win, the longest active streak in the league, according to the team and NHL.com. It is Nashville's first six-game winning streak since March 13-26, 2024. The Preds are 10-4-5 and swept a back-to-back in Southern California after a 3-0 shutout of the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday, when Juuse Saros made 30 saves.

How the Preds beat Anaheim

Anaheim came in hot, too. The Ducks had won five straight and scored at least five goals in eight games in a row, NHL.com reported. Cutter Gauthier put them ahead 1-0 at 8:08 of the first period, his goal in a seventh straight game.

Nashville answered 21 seconds later. Wright fed defenseman Jayden Struble, who scored from the left circle to tie it. In the second period, Hoglander drove to the net, ran out of room and scored from between his legs to make it 2-1. "Sometimes, you have to try something and I did," Hoglander told NHL.com.

Wright scored his first goal as a Predator on a rebound at 11:55 of the third. Play kept going until a replay showed the puck had bounced off the in-net camera. Mikael Granlund cut it to 3-2 for Anaheim 16 seconds later, but Steven Stamkos finished a 2-on-1 feed from Mavrik Bourque at 16:04 to seal it. Justus Annunen made 27 saves for his fourth straight winning start, the Associated Press reported.

"For our group, that was a gutsy win," coach Andrew Brunette said, according to the Predators' recap. "[It] wasn't pretty, but we kind of knew in these back-to-back situations, we're sort of been built for this all season."

Josi hits 800, and the depth is scoring

Captain Roman Josi had two assists, and his first one, on Wright's goal, was the 800th point of his NHL career. Per NHL Stats, he is the fifth defenseman born outside North America to reach 800, after Nicklas Lidstrom, Erik Karlsson, Victor Hedman and Sergei Gonchar. Josi also became the fastest Predator to 20 assists in a season, doing it in 19 games.

The streak has not been carried only by the stars. On SI's Predators On SI site, Joe Gaither counted 14 of Nashville's 21 goals during the six wins coming from players other than Filip Forsberg, Josi, Stamkos and Ryan O'Reilly, with five scored by defensemen. Wright, acquired from Seattle on Nov. 1, had three points Wednesday. Struble, acquired from Montreal on Oct. 9, had his first multipoint game in 189 NHL games, NHL.com said.

Jonathan Marchessault remains out with a lower-body injury, the team said.

Vegas next, then San Jose and Minnesota

The test gets harder Friday. Nashville plays at the Vegas Golden Knights (13-5-2) at 9 p.m. CT at T-Mobile Arena, with TV on Scripps Sports, according to NHL.com's gamecenter. Vegas won the first meeting 5-2 in Nashville on Oct. 13.

The five-game trip continues at San Jose at 8 p.m. CT Sunday, Nov. 15, and wraps up at Minnesota at 7 p.m. CT Tuesday, Nov. 17. The Predators return to Bridgestone Arena on Saturday, Nov. 21, against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Catch up on the start of this run in our Preds at Avalanche preview and the Hometown Remix jerseys story, or follow all Predators coverage. Fans gearing up for the next homestand can browse Nashville Predators gear.

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