Nick Blankenburg scored the eventual game-winner as the Nashville Predators erased a four-goal deficit to defeat the visiting San Jose Sharks 7-5 on Tuesday night.

Nick Blankenburg scored at 8:09 of the third to lead the Nashville Predators to a 7-5 comeback victory over the San Jose Sharks.

Despite an encouraging 40 minutes against the Boston Bruins, the San Jose Sharks couldn't finish the job on Monday. View the original article to see embedded media. Tonight's matchup against the Nashville Predators could boost both teams' confidence.

Guarding goal Tuesday

It was the first four-goal comeback for the Predators in their history. Jonathan Marchessault had a goal and three assists, and Filip Forsberg extended his goal streak to six games and had two assists for the Predators (17-22-7), who have won four straight. Tommy Novak also had a goal and two assists.

The Nashville Predators will look to extend their winning streak to four games when they host the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday in the first of a home-and-home between the two clubs.

Nashville owns a 13-game point streak (12-0-1) against San Jose that dates back to March 16, 2019, in which the team has not allowed more than two goals against in a single contest. The Predators have won each of their last 10 games vs. the Sharks.

If only it was just one thing or even a handful things to fix. When an entire team collapses, like the San Jose Sharks did blowing a 5-1 lead to the Nashville Predators, what do you do? Would calling a timeout have stopped the bleeding?

The Nashville Predators erased a four-goal deficit for the first time in franchise history to rally past the San Jose Sharks, 7-5, Tuesday at Bridgestone Arena.

The Predators are likely to start Juuse Saros, who is looking for his 12th win of the season. The Sharks started former Predators prospect Yaroslav Askarov in net in Monday's 6-3 loss in Boston; they will likely will start Alexandar Georgiev on Tuesday.

After grinding out a 5-3 win over the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday, the Edmonton Oilers will immediately be back in action on Thursday when they travel to Colorado to face the Avalanche. 1.