All Entries Tagged With: "J.P. Dumont"
Playoff Bound Predators Down Detroit 4-3 in OT
The Nashville Predators entered an afternoon tilt with the Detroit Red Wings at the Joe needing one point to clinch a playoff spot. That point was important, but the real issue was holding off the Red Wings to remain in 5th in the Western Conference. The Red Wings opened the contest with their typical strong [...]
Predators Beat Their Mirror Image, Down Coyotes 4-3
For the Nashville Predators, playing the Phoenix Coyotes is like looking in the mirror. The Coyotes and Predators are both hard working teams that can roll four lines, play sound defense, and have solid goaltending. Tonight, the mirror images decided that regulation play and overtime was not enough, and once again went to a shootout [...]
Preds Gone Wild, Down Minnesota 5-0
The Nashville Predators whipped the Minnesota Wild 5-0 at the Bridgestone Arena in a totally dominating effort. With the win, the Predators go to 85 points and have won four straight games. Pekka Rinne recorded his fifth shutout of the season, making 17 saves in the win. The Predators jumped out to a 3-0 lead [...]
Sharks erupt in third period for 8-5 win
The starts to games for the San Jose Sharks haven’t been all that great recently. However, with their latest comeback win, the Sharks became the first team in NHL history to win three consecutive games in regulation after trailing going into the third period. Today’s version was especially sweet; after a horrid first two periods, [...]
Predators Embarrassed to Find Game Lasts 60 Minutes, Not 40; Drop 8-5 Game to Sharks
Up 4-2 to start through two periods of their game with the San Jose Sharks, the game looked in hand for the Nashville Predators and two precious points were going to be secured. Unfortunately for the Predators, it’s a three period game, and in the third, the Predators absolutely fell apart. As a result of [...]
Predators Give Away A Game And Two Vital Points to Vancouver
Going in to the third period with a 2-1 lead over the Vancouver Canucks, the Predators needed to keep playing the way they had played through two periods: keep pressuring the Canucks in the zone and play solid defense. Unfortunately, the Predators did neither in the third period and dropped a 4-2 decision. Alexander Edler [...]
Wings Whip the Predators 5-2
In their game the previous night against the L.A. Kings, the Nashville Predators did the little things that led to a victory. They controlled play in the neutral zone and forechecked aggressively. In their game against the Detroit Red Wings tonight, they did very little right and paid for it with a 5-2 loss. If [...]
Predators Knock Down the Kings 4-2
Sometimes, it is the little things that make a difference in a game. In a tight playoff race, little things become big things. Tonight, the Predators did the little things well and the result was a 4-2 victory over the L.A. Kings, a team that had won 11 of their last 13 games. The Predators [...]
Predators Trade Day Post Mortem
The Nashville Predators added two players after the Olympic break to bolster the roster for a run at playoff positioning. Defenseman Dennis Grebeshkov was acquired from the Edmonton Oilers and forward Dustin Boyd was acquired from Calgary. Grebeshkov was acquired for second round draft pick while the Predators gave up a fourth round pick for [...]
Predators Bedeviled in Loss to New Jersey
The Predators ran out of gas in the third period against the New Jersey Devils, dropping a 5-2 decision after entering the final frame tied at 2. After battling hard for two periods, the third period was twenty minutes of futility for the Predators as they failed to mount a serious scoring threat against a [...]
Predators Get Much Needed Win Over Rangers
The Nashville Predators garnered a much needed win over the New York Rangers by a 2-1 margin in a game that ebbed back and forth with neither team taking control of the contest. In a game that could have gone either way, the Predators prevailed to pick up two critical points in Madison Square Garden [...]
Sharks Slip By Predators 4-3
Ryan Suter summed it up best in his post game remarks when he said that the effort put forth by the Predators against the Sharks would beat most teams in the NHL. Unfortunately, the effort the Predators brought to the ice was not quite enough as the Sharks edged the Preds by a 4-3 margin. [...]
Critcal Games Upcoming for the Predators
The Nashville Predators have ten games until the two week Olympic break begins. Twenty precious points on the line. The Predators aren’t going to lock up a playoff spot in the next ten games, but they certainly could play themselves out of a playoff spot during this critical stretch. The Predators play six of the [...]
Game 45 review – Another lousy effort, another loss
It was the same the same old story for Oiler fans last night at Rexall Place. The Oilers play, the Oilers lose. Last nights decision – a 5-3 loss to the Predators – marked the tenth loss in the Oilers last 11 games on home ice. With a record like that it’s only a matter of time until the Oilers manage to sit in the basement of the NHL.
Slick Win for the Predators
In recent games, the Predators have shown an annoying habit of starting slow, falling behind, and scrambling like mad to get back in the game. In tonight’s game against Edmonton, the Preds reversed that trend, jumping out to a 3-0 first period lead en route to a a 5-3 road win. The Predators opened the [...]
Predators Chop Down Canes 4-2
It would be easy to overlook the Carolina Hurricanes if you were the Nashville Predators. An Eastern Conference opponent sandwiched in between Western Conference tilts. An opponent that frankly had been awful on the road. An opponent that was icing a depleted lineup. Yes, easy to overlook. And if not careful, an opponent that could [...]
Missing Two D’s Leads to D for the Predators
Head Coach Barry Trotz said the Predators were missing two D’s in their 3-1 loss to the Calgary Flames. Determination and desperation. Lacking those traits in their game lead to a “D” -defeat- for the Predators, snapping a three game winning streak and extending their home losing streak to the Flames to four games. Give [...]
Predators Defeat Blues 4-3 In a Chippy Contest
The Nashville Predators snapped a three game losing streak, outlasting the St. LouiS Blues 4-3 in a contest marked by chippiness and cheap shots by the Blues. With this win, the Predators have now tallied 23 wins and 49 points for the season and maintained their hold on second place in the Central Division. St. [...]
Defensive Lapses Cost Predators a Critical Victory
The Predators lost a heartbreaker to Chicago 5-4 as Patrick Kane scored the game winner with :43 seconds remaining in the third period. While the Predators showed more heart and a much better effort in this contest than in the one the night before, defensive breakdowns cost this team two vital points. John Madden scored [...]
Predators Strike the Lightning in 7-4 Blowout
The Predators faced an unfamiliar foe in the Tampa Bay Lightning at the Nashville Arena on Tuesday night. As the first period unfolded, the game looked eerily similar to the Detroit game on Saturday. Getting outworked on the boards, losing physical battles, and seeing the first period end with the visitors taking a 2-1 lead [...]
