Filip Forsberg had three assists, and Steven Stamkos, Ryan O’Reilly and Mark Jankowski also scored for the Predators (11-17-7), who have won four of six (4-1-1). Juuse Saros made 25 saves. Jordan Staal and Sebastian Aho scored for the Hurricanes (21-12-3), who have lost two of their past three games. Dustin Tokarski made 20 saves.

Jonathan Marchessault had two goals and an assist and the Nashville Predators have won back-to-back games for the first time since October by defeating the visiting Carolina Hurricanes 5-2 on Monday night in the final game before a three-day holiday break.

Jonathan Marchessault scored two goals and had an assist to lead the Nashville Predators to a 5-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes.