NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Dan Hamhuis and Shea Weber scored in 32-second span in the first period, and the Nashville Predators evened their first-round Western Conference playoff series against the Detroit Red Wings with a 3-2 victory in Game 4 on Wednesday night.

Dan Ellis stopped 39 shots, Greg de Vries added a goal and Martin Erat had two assists as the Predators grabbed a lead in the first period and never let up on the top-seeded Red Wings. They even chased six-time Vezina Trophy winner Dominik Hasek at 6:35 of the second, having stopped 11 of 14 shots.

Game 5 is Friday night in Detroit.

Pavel Datsyuk scored twice for Detroit.