All Entries Tagged With: "Joel Ward"
Predators Hand Ducks a 5-3 Victory
The Nashville Predators handed the second game of their Stanley Cup Series to the Anaheim Ducks by a margin of 5-3 to even their series at one. The Predators gave up a 5 on 3 power play as well as a power play goal and a goal one second after a power play had expired [...]
Kings Choke the Life Out of the Predators 4-2
The Los Angeles Kings defeated the Nashville Predators 4-2 at the Bridgestone Arena. With the loss, the Predators failed to move into a playoff spot. This is not the way the Predators needed to start perhaps the most important week of the season for this team. Some thoughts from tonight’s game… I thought the first [...]
Predators Conquer Colorado 4-2
In the course of a season, there are wins that are things of beauty. There are also wins that are not pretty by any stretch of the imagination, but they are wins nonetheless. Tonight, the Nashville Predators won a contest with the Colorado Avalanche by a score of 4-2 that was anything but pretty. But [...]
Wild Tamed by the Predators 4-0
With 15 games remaining in the regular season, you hate to think that this game against Minnesota was a must win for the Predators, but with their play of late, this game was definitely one the Predators had to have. The Predators played with this game with a sense of urgency, dispatching the Wild 4-0 [...]
Predators/Wings Redux: Wings Whipped (Again) 4-1
The Nashville Predators washed away the stench of a debacle in their previous game against Edmonton with a decisive 4-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings at the Joe Louis Arena. The victory over the Red Wings moves the season series to 3-1 for the Predators. The Predators lost their last game from the neck [...]
Predators Whip the Wings 3-0
A four game losing streak and the Central Division leading Detroit Red Wings coming to town did not bode well for the Nashville Predators and their attempt to end the streak. The Predators, however, had Pekka Rinne in net, and the big netminder stopped all 35 shots he faced in the 3-0 win to end [...]
Predators Fall 3-2 in a Phrustrating Loss to Philly
The Nashville Predators battled the Philadelphia Flyers, the Eastern Conference points leader skate to skate before falling 3-2 at the Wells Fargo Center on a late goal by Ville Leino. This is the fourth straight loss for the Predators. The Flyers opened with Sergei Bobrovsky in net while the Predators started Anders Lindback. Once again, [...]
Predators Give Away A Game to the Canucks 2-1
The Nashville Predators completed a six game road trip by giving away a game to the Vancouver Canucks by a score of 2-1. The Predators played two scoreless periods against the Canucks before taking a 1-0 lead just 37 seconds into the third period when Shea Weber potted his 9th goal of the season with [...]
Predators Burnt by the Flames 3-1
All good things come to an end, and tonight, the Nashville Predators three game winning streak came to an end against the Calgary Flames in a 3-1 loss at Calgary. The Predators saw their potent penalty kill give up two power play goals and their effective offense rendered impotent by an aggressive Calgary defense that [...]
Predators Slide Past the Oilers in a Shootout 3-2
The Nashville Predators continued their lengthy road trip with a stop in frigid Edmonton, and for moments in the game, it looked as if the Predators had a brain freeze in their defensive zone. The Predators prevailed over the Oilers 3-2 in a shootout, but it was a game that shouldn’t have been this close [...]
Predators Defeat the Desert Dogs 5-2
The Nashville Predators had dropped three games in a row in Jobing.com Arena and had been vexed by the Phoenix Coyotes and their stellar netminder Ilya Bryzgalov. Tonight, they reversed their fortunes with a 5-2 win, allowing them to leapfrog over the Coyotes in the Western Conference standings by a point. The game opened with [...]
A Series of Defining Moments
Barry Trotz often speaks of a game’s “defining moment”. Last night was a series of defining moments- one of which included the sold out crowd at Bridgestone Arena. The first defining moment of the night came after Chicago scored a power play goal at 14:59 of the first. To that point, the Predators had played [...]
Predators Whip the Wild 5-1
Watching the Minnesota Wild play hockey is akin to watching mildew grow in your bathroom: ugly and difficult to get out. Tonight at the Bridgestone Arena, the Nashville Predators faced the Minnesota Mildew Wild, and for two periods, it appeared as if the Wild would be the fungus that would frustrate the home team with [...]
Should Nashville Pursue Iginla?
Does there exist an opportunity for Nashville to make a major splash via a trade and should they do it? There may actually exist two such opportunities. One might be Zach Parise in New Jersey, however I don’t believe that truly exists. I really don’t see a scenario where a player of Parise’s age, ability, [...]
Losing Streak Over, Predators Tame Wild 4-1
With every loss, the burden of the Predators five game losing streak weighed heavier. Despite playing with good jump and effort, the Preds just could not break through to the win column. Attempting to break the streak at the Xcel Energy Center against the Wild did not bode well for the Predators. Earlier this season, [...]
Predators Pounce on Panthers 3-0
When an old friend comes to visit, it is always nice to give them a warm welcome, and sometimes some nice gifts. The Nashville Predators did just that, welcoming Tomas Vokoun, a former Predators goalie with two first period goals en route to a 3-0 victory over the Florida Panthers. Vokoun was welcomed back to [...]
Predators Clip the Wings 3-2
The Nashville Predators have shown that they have had an inability to close out teams teams in tight contests. Tonight, the Predators found themselves in another such contest against Detroit at the Joe. Leading 2-1 going into the third period, the conventional wisdom was that the Predators would not hang tough and get a much [...]
Predators Waste 2 Goal Lead, Fall to Thrashers in OT 3-2
The Nashville Predators went to the overtime session for the tenth time this season in their contest with the Atlanta Thrashers, falling 3-2. This is a disappointing loss for the Predators as they failed once again to hold a lead going into the third period. Nashville opened the scoring at 8:39 of the first period [...]
Analyzing One Predators Power Play Vs Carolina
Saturday night, Pekka Rinne played another solid game allowing the Predators to squeeze out a tough 2-1 shootout win on the road against the Carolina Hurricanes. Without two of their best defensive players in Ryan Suter and David Legwand, the Predators were able to limit the Hurricanes to 22 shots on net for the night. [...]
Detroit Dominates and Embarrasses the Predators 5-2
When you play the Detroit Red Wings, you have to bring your “A” game. Tonight, it would be generous to say that the best the Nashville Predators brought to the ice was an “F”. Numerous penalties, a depleted lineup due to injury, and a less than stellar effort doomed the Predators in this road contest [...]
