The Carolina Hurricanes erased a four-goal deficit to defeat the Nashville Predators 6-5 at First Horizon Coliseum on Thursday. Felix Unger Sorum broke a late tie with three seconds remaining in regulation, completing Carolina's comeback from a 5-1 hole in preseason play.
Nashville built an early advantage in the first period behind goals from Vitali Pinchuk, Cole O'Hara on the power play, and Jonathan Marchessault. Logan Stankoven got Carolina on the board early in the second period, but Adam Edstrom and Jack Drury responded for the Predators to extend their lead to 5-1. Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Juha Jaaska scored later in the middle frame to trim Carolina's deficit to 5-3 before the second intermission.
Juuso Valimaki scored on the power play at 8:26 of the third period, bringing the Hurricanes within one. Stankoven scored his second goal of the night with 1:24 left on the clock to tie the game at 5-5, finishing with three points alongside Taylor Hall, who collected three assists. Unger Sorum then scored the winner at 19:57 off a setup from Bradly Nadeau.
Pyotr Kochetkov earned the win for Carolina, facing 28 shots, while Justus Annunen took the loss for Nashville against 31 shots. Both teams converted once on three power-play chances and finished with six penalty minutes each. Next on the schedule, the Hurricanes visit the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday, October 20, while the Predators visit the Boston Bruins on Thursday, October 22.
