He did better than that, scoring the equalizing goal with 67 seconds in regulation.
That forced overtime and work for the winner of Matt Halischuk 14: 51 in the second extra session gave the predators a 2-1 victory in the second game of the Western Conference semi-finals series and he attached to 1 Saturday night.
"I just tried to get it on the net and get a whistle blow and got a lucky bounce and travels," Suter said of his shot between the legs of Roberto Luongo and bounced in off the goalkeeper left pad.
After Pekka Rinne made several spectacular saves in the extra periods, Nick Spaling a pass of entry of the Suter and fed the puck cross-ice to Halischuk. He quickly recovered a shot on a sprawling defenseman and Luongo glove, giving the predators of the victory which has plunged in the first series of second round in the history of the team.
"I was trying simply to off get as hard and fast as I could," said Halischuk. "Tried to take my place, and fortunately it went."
Rinne made possible with several acrobatic game-saving stops in overtime, finishing with 18 of his 32 cases after settlement.
"It was definitely their best player, said Canucks defenceman Kevin Bieksa, who had an empty net by a head first dive of Rinne with 2: 14 left in the first overtime." "We had many chances to win in overtime and a lot of chances to go up 2-0, and he was on his head."
Alex Burrows scored a helpless two minutes in the second period, and it seemed that Luongo would stand up for his second straight shutout. But Suter it on shot 36th Nashville, harmless appearance centering pass.
"Obviously, you want to give up a goal for delay," said Luongo, who finished with 44 saves. "Sometimes." We had the chance to win. ?
Several actually.
But after little action in the regulation, Rinne appeared in overtime as a finalist for the Vezina trophy that closes the Canucks, for most of Game 1.
He robbed Henrik Sedin alone at the top of the fold on a rebound very early in overtime and stretched out to divert Maxim Lapierre with one minute left as the predators avoid losing consecutive games for the first time since early March.
The record distinguished has against Bieksa, which seems to have the net together after a beautiful cross-ice pass from Henrik Sedin before plunged Rinne.
"Obviously, I was a bit of luck," Rinne said. "Sedin made a nice pass to Bieksa and I could get my blocker and my stick out there."
Asked how he refocused after no early action, Rinne said, "you have no choice."
"It of sudden death and you are trying to be ready for each unique situation, each shot," he added. "" "". It was easy to stay focused, especially in overtime, it seemed like they were shooting more, and it's always fun when this happens. ?
Game 3 is Tuesday in Nashville, and predators are happy to go to the home page.
"It was a big game for us momentum - and confidence-wise,"Rinne said."".
It was also the longest game in the history of predators and the third longest for Canucks seeded top, which won the series opener 1-0 on Thursday, but have now abandoned the Nashville home-ice advantage. Predators will host the two following meetings before the series returns to Vancouver for the fifth game.
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