The win over the Sharks was the 14th time in franchise history the Predators have comeback from at least a three-goal deficit. "You're always looking for statement wins during the

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.

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.

For the first time in their history, the Nashville Predators erased a four-goal lead to defeat the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday night.

Team captain Roman Josi tied the game on a crushing, power-play slapshot with 14:37 left in the third period, defenseman Nick Blankenburg gave the Preds their first lead — 6-5 — with a wrist shot from the face-off circle three minutes later, and Filip Forsberg’s empty-net goal with 1:21 remaining sealed a remarkable comeback.

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.

The Nashville Predators pulled off the first four-goal comeback in franchise history, completing it with a 7-5 win over the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday night.

Nashville came all the way back to defeat the San Jose Sharks by a 7-5 final at Bridgestone Arena to complete their first four-goal comeback win in franchise history. The result gives the Preds four straight victories to conclude their five-game homestand - and one of the more memorable outings the club has ever experienced to start a home-and-home set with the Sharks.