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Canucks coach defends not challenging Preds' goal in Game 5 win

Vancouver Canucks coach Rick Tocchet defended his decision not to use a coach's challenge to review the Predators' game-tying goal in Nashville's 2-1 Game 5 victory on Tuesday night.

At 7:15 of the third period, with Vancouver's Dakota Joshua in the box for boarding, Predators defenseman Roman Josi went hard to the Canucks net and made contact with goalie Arturs Silovs. The puck ended up behind Silovs, who scrambled to find it.

Both Vancouver forward Teddy Blueger and Nashville winger Gustav Nyquist crashed the crease, and the momentum pushed Silovs into the puck, forcing it over the goal-line for a Nashville power-play goal.