Milestone night for Nashville Predators in their revenge game vs. Canucks

You could feel the collective exhale for the Nashville Predators in their 4-2 revenge game against the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday.

Steven Stamkos finally flashed his power play elite capabilities in his normal spot, moving him into 11th place in NHL history in power play goals.

Stamkos lights it up, Josi hits 700, L'Heureux gets his 1st

Stamkos found a way to to beat goaltender Kevin Lankinen with his accuracy. You can argue it was his best game as a member of the Nashville Predators, and he's now tied for second on the team in goals with six on the season. Five of those on the power play.

With the two power play goals, the Predators have moved into the top-10 in power play percentage with a 23.3 success rate. That's ninth in the NHL, while also boasting the league's best penalty kill.

Roman Josi also reached a significant milestone of his own, becoming the first Swiss born player in NHL history to hit the 700-point mark.

Josi hasn't been his normal dominant self, but lately he has started to look more like the former Norris Trophy winning captain. His puck possession and skating has really stood out recently.

For the Predators franchise points list, Josi has an 80-point cushion over second-place Filip Forsberg. Next up among active Predators players you have to go all the way down to Colton Sissons at 202 career points.

And not to be outdone on the milestones, rookie Zachary L'Heureux scored his first NHL goal early in the game to give the Predators an early lead to play with. It was a slam dunk goal with an open net, with Cole Smith and Michael McCarron getting the assists.

L'Heureux has steadily become a consistent role player for the Predators and has cemented himself long-term into the NHL lineup. There were questions of how long he would actually stick before being sent back to Milwaukee Admirals, but it appears he's here to stay for the long haul. And he has absolutely earned it.

With the goals, L'Heureux is up to four points, 13 shots on goals and 37 hits while keeping his penalty minutes in check with only six through 14 games played.

The Predators have now gotten six out of a possible eight points on the current five-game road trip, with the Seattle Kraken the last opponent coming up on Wednesday. If the Predators can get the two points there, then you'll no doubt have to chalk this up as a successful road trip.

Even with the win, the Predators are still flirting with last place in the Western Conference and have a long climb back up the standings. They can't afford to trade wins and losses anymore. Their margin for error is razor thin the rest of the way.

Either way, it's a huge sigh of relief to see the Predators beat a really high quality Canucks team and get back into the win column. I look at it this way; the Predators have to learn to walk again before they can run.