Pontus Aberg spent most of the season in the minors, and he had a part-time depth role for the Nashville Predators in these Stanley Cup playoffs until injuries thrust him into a key role in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals. Aberg scored his first career playoff goal with 8:59 to play Saturday, and the Predators moved to the brink of their first Stanley Cup Finals with a 3-1 victory over the host Anaheim Ducks. Nashville leads the best-of-seven series 3-2. Not much seems to bother the Predators, who overcame the absences of top scorer Ryan Johansen (leg surgery) and captain Mike Fisher (undisclosed injury). Nashville leaned heavily on goalie Pekka Rinne and got barely enough offense to survive, with Colin Wilson scoring the tying goal late in the second period and Austin Watson adding an empty-netter with 48 seconds remaining in the game. Chris Wagner scored for the Ducks, who began the game without injured 30-goal scorers Rickard Rakell (lower-body injury) and Patrick Eaves (leg injury) before losing goalie John Gibson to a lower-body injury that sidelined him after the first period. Two-time defending champion Canada and Sweden will play for the title Sunday after winning their semifinals in contrasting style in Cologne, Germany.

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