Second-period goals by the Predators' David Legwand and Dan Hamhuis have given Nashville a 3-1 lead after two periods. Legwand scored unassisted at 3:20, skating into the slot between Zach Boychuk, Brandon Sutter and Tim Conboy and zipping a shot past the Canes' Cam Ward. Hamhuis scored late in the period off a perfect feed from Michael Santorelli, who scored the Preds' first goal of the game. ...   Neither team could score in the first 17 minutes of the game, then there were two goals 58 seconds apart as the first period ended in a 1-1 tie.   Erik Cole gave the Canes a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal at 17:10, with assists from Zach Boychuk and Chad LaRose. But the Preds tied it 1-1 at 18:08 on a blast from the left circle by Michael Santorelli.    Both goalies made nice early saves — the Canes' Cam Ward on a Martin Erat shot, the Preds' Pekka Rinne on an Eric Staal shot. ...   The Canes' line of Zach Boychuk, Brandon Sutter and Tim Conboy provided some early energy but the Canes have two shots on goal in the first eight minutes. Boychuk drew the game's first penalty, a tripping call at center ice.   Lot of activity on the first power play. Tuomo Ruutu had a few good looks, Joe Corvo fired a 25-footer and Chad LaRose a hard shot that Rinne smothered. ...    The Canes' first injury came with 6:40 left in the first. Defenseman Aaron Ward was crunched to the boards by Peter Olvecky in front of the Carolina bench, was slow to get up and was taken to the locker room. Ward quickly returned. ...   First fight: the Canes' Nicolas Blanchard and Preds' Triston Grant dropped the gloves and went at it with 12 minutes left in the second. The referees let the crowd get its money's worth. ...    There's a familiar face in the RBC Center: Martin Gelinas. The former Canes forward is the Predators' director of player development. ...   The Canes next play in Atlanta on Monday night. Carolina, which played six preseason games last season, has four this year. ...