Shea Weber scored on the power play Monday as the Nashville Predators continued to shine on the road with a 3-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks.
The Predators held a 4-on-3 man advantage when Weber fired Ryan Suter's pass from the blue line, beating Vancouver netminder Roberto Luongo with 4:03 remaining in the game.
All Nashville goals came on special teams as Joel Ward scored short-handed and Ryan Jones added a power-play marker in the first period.
Alex Burrows, who was in the penalty box when the winning goal was scored, continued his torrid scoring pace with both Canucks goals.
The Predators, who have lost only three of their last 12 road games, improved to 27-16-3 and closed to within nine points of Central Division-leading Chicago Blackhawks.
The Canucks dropped their second consecutive game at home to fall to 27-17-2 and missed a chance to move into a first-place Northwest Division tie with Calgary and Colorado.
The clubs entered the third period tied 2-2 after Nashville held a 2-1 first-period edge when Ward scored early on a short-handed breakaway and Jones tallied on a late power play.
Ward scored on the game's first shot when Vancouver defenceman Alexander Edler couldn't handle Kyle Wellwood's pass in the attacking zone.
The turnover was collected by Ward who fired between Luongo's legs for his eighth goal of the season and the Predators' fifth on the penalty kill.
Burrows drew Vancouver even when he buried Daniel Sedin's pass from the corner after Henrik Sedin won an offensive zone face-off.
Jones restored the lead when he tipped David Legwand's pass through traffic behind Luongo with 28 seconds remaining in the period and Henrik Sedin off for hooking.
The opportunistic Burrows drew the Canucks even on an early second-period power play.
Ellis, who was solid with 30 saves, was called for roughing when he took exception to Ryan Kesler's nudge after gloving the Vancouver centre's shot.
Burrows, who was screening the Nashville netminder, tipped Edler's point shot into a bottom corner for his ninth goal in five games and 19th of the season.
Nashville was outshot 24-16 through 40 minutes but had chances to take the lead. Luongo came out to deny Legwand and Dan Hamhuis' shot through traffic hit the post.
Legwand was stopped on a 2-on-1 short-handed chance early in the third period and Marcel Goc fanned when he tried to put the rebound into an open net.
