The Vancouver Canucks scored three times in the third period to earn a 4-2 comeback win on the road over the Nashville Predators on Sunday afternoon.

With the game tied 2-2, Predators J.P. Dumont and Denis Grebeshkov collided in the neutral zone and Kyle Wellwood saw an opening and found Jannik Hansen with a stretch pass.

"They seemed to fall on each other and there was a pileup," Wellwood said. "It was a pretty easy pass. The first thing I noticed was the two guys on the ice at that point — both of my wingers were looking for a breakaway."

Hansen had a breakaway on Nashville's Pekka Rinne, who stopped the initial shot but didn't see the rebound lying by his right foot, Hansen had an easy tap-in for his seventh goal at 14:18.

"Wellwood made a nice cross-ice pass over their last guy, and I got a great break from the blue-line," Hansen said. "I tried to put it five-hole, but didn't quite succeed, but luckily I got the rebound."

It was the ninth time that the Canucks have rallied from a deficit after two periods as they improved to 7-5-0 on their franchise-high 14-game road trip.

"We were down by a goal going into the third and, again, we found a way to get it done," Canucks coach Alain Vigneault said.

Alex Edler, Mikael Samuelsson and Henrik Sedin, into an empty net, also scored for Vancouver.

Jason Arnott and Jordin Tootoo scored for the Predators, who have dropped back-to-back games after winning three straight.

Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo rebounded from one of his worst outings of the season on Friday, when he gave up five goals in the first period in a 6-3 loss to Chicago.

Luongo was much better against Nashville, making key saves at critical moments in the second and third periods to give the Canucks a chance to win. He stopped 33 of 35 shots.

Hornqvist robbed

His best save of the night came off the stick of Patric Hornqvist, who found himself all alone at the side of the net during a Nashville power play in the final minute of the second. Luongo slid across the crease, robbing Hornqvist with his right pad. That save kept the Canucks within one goal, heading into the third.

In the dying minutes of regulation, Luongo stoned Jason Arnott with another cross-crease save, to preserve the victory.

The Canucks goalie seemed to improve as the game wore on.

In the first period, he appeared to be fighting the puck, having difficulty controlling rebounds. While Arnott's first-period goal took a few lucky bounces, Tootoo's marker in the second period was the direct result of a fat rebound.

At the other end of the rink, Pekka Rinne allowed three goals on 27 shots.

The Predators lost for just the third time this season when leading after two periods.

"I thought we were pretty solid for the most part," Nashville coach Barry Trotz said. "They're going to get a few chances because they are a good team. We were in scramble mode after their second goal. With the third goal, you have to play with more risk to get it back."

Predators defenceman Shea Weber missed Sunday's game with an upper-body injury sustained Friday night in Detroit.