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The captain returned Monday in Nashville after missing four games with a groin injury. Trying to get his club back to the .500 performance bar amid a plethora of injuries that have crippled the quest for consistency and victories had him in familiar territory of what became a pressure-packed 5-4 overtime victory over the Predators.

However, as much as Hughes was in the spotlight, so was the Canucks blowing a 4-2 lead in the third period. The Predators struck for a pair of goals in less than five minutes to turn what looked like a

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