How Canucks shocked the world to take stranglehold lead vs. Predators: 5 takeaways

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Sometimes all you can fairly say about a game is “Wow.” With an opportunity to grasp a stranglehold lead in their first-round series against the Nashville Predators on Sunday afternoon, the Vancouver Canucks looked dead in the water. Casey DeSmith was a surprise absence from Game 4, as the club kept him out of the lineup in favor of Arturs Silovs due to an injury that the veteran Vancouver backup reportedly sustained late in Game 3. While …