All Entries Tagged With: "kevin klein"
Vancouver Slips Past the Predators in a Shootout 4-3
Two plays. Two plays victimized the Predators in a 4-3 shootout loss to the Vancouver Canucks at the Bridgestone Arena. Two defensive breakdowns led to two quick first period goals by the Canucks en route to a 3-1 first period lead. The Predators fought back to force the shootout, but fell in the sixth round [...]
Predators Pound the Blackhawks 5-2
The Chicago fans in attendance in Nashville clapped and cheered during the national anthem. Predator fans cheered when it was most important: as the clock wound down on a dominating 5-2 win over their Central Division rivals. The Predators controlled the Hawks throughout the game, winning puck battles and stifling a very potent offense with [...]
Predators Blow Another Third Period Lead, Fall to the Oilers 3-1
The Nashville Predators made their first trip of the season to the great white North, taking on the Edmonton Oilers at Rexall Place. In the Oilers, the Predators faced a young, talented, speedy squad that could be very dangerous with the puck. Sorta like what the Predators had hoped to be at the outset of [...]
Predators Bounce the Blues 4-2
The Nashville Predators ran their record to 2-0 with their second consecutive road win over a division rival, topping the St. Louis Blues by a score of 4-2 at the ScottTrade Center. The Predators relied on their usual formula- outstanding goaltending by Pekka Rinne; a tenacious defense; and opportunistic scoring. Quickly emerging as an offensive [...]
Predators Finish Pre-Season 7-1 With 2-1 OT Win Over Carolina
Wow! That is all that you can say after Craig Smith displayed an amazing amount of grit and determination to score the OT winner for the Predators with 10.3 seconds remaining to give the Predators a 2-1 win over the visiting Carolina Hurricanes. This was the final pre-season game for both teams, and the Predators [...]
Predators Take a 3-2 Series Lead With an Amazing 4-3 OT Win
The Anaheim Ducks scored what will arguably be the prettiest goal of the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Nashville Predators, however, scored the gritty goals, the heart goals to defeat the Anaheim Ducks in overtime 4-3. With this win, the Predators have now taken a 3-2 series lead for the first time [...]
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, [...]
Third Period Meltdown Dooms the Predators in a 6-3 Loss to the Blackhawks
As good as the Nashville Predator’s win over the Blackhawks was on Saturday, their re-match in Chicago was horrid. A third period meltdown cost the Predators a chance to sweep the back to back contests with their division rivals, as the Blackhawks turned a close game into a blowout, defeating the Predators 6-3. The Predators [...]
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 [...]
Assessing the First Half
It’s certainly been an interesting season to this point, hasn’t it? Given the injury rate this season, I’m sure that I will develop carpal tunnel before this season is out and miss a few games myself. Minuses You have to start with all of the injuries. It began with Matthew Lombardi suffering a concussion in [...]
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 [...]
Predators Beat Blue Jackets 4-3 in a Shootout
The Nashville Predators journeyed to the Nationwide Arena once again for a divisional tilt with the Columbus Blue Jackets. Unlike their first foray into enemy territory, the Predators effort in this contest was decidedly better than the first meeting with the Jackets. The Predators took the game to a shootout, defeating the Blue Jackets 4-3 [...]
At the Quarter Pole- A Predators Report Card
21 Games into the season, the Predators stand 9-8-4 and have 22 points, good for 13th in the Western Conference. The Predators are 3-1-4 at home and 6-7 on the road. They have 50 goals for and 58 goals against. Time to give a report card on the performance of the team so far this [...]
Predators Let One Get Away in the Desert
Last night in Phoenix, inopportune penalties, untimely turnovers, defensive lapses, lack of urgency, and less than typical goaltending from Pekka Rinne allowed one to get away from the Predators as they end up with their third consecutive regulation loss. All that obscured some really solid things that the Predators and their fans can take away [...]
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 [...]
Predators Handcuff Hawks 4-1 to Take a 2-1 Series Lead
The Predators looked to rebound from a lackluster effort in their second game of their matchup with the Chicago Blackhawks in a pivotal game three in the Bridgestone Arena. The task before them: shut down the potent Hawks offense and generate offensive chances that challenged Antti Niemi. More importantly, bury those chances. Mission accomplished. The [...]
Wings Outlast Predators 2-1 in an 11 Round Shootout
Two of the hottest teams in the Western Conference decided that 65 minutes of hockey wasn’t enough to settle the contest at the Bridgestone Arena as Nashville and Detroit went skate to skate in an important tilt for playoff standings. The shootout appeared for a time as if it was going to cycle through every [...]
Predators Nip Penguins 4-3 In A Shootout
In the final game before the Olympic break, the Nashville Predators looked perilously close to getting blown out of the Igloo in the first period of their game with the Penguins. In fact, it looked as if the third period debacle against the New Jersey Devils on Friday night was being replayed on Sunday afternoon. [...]
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. [...]
Predators Shoot Down Stars
Nashville had not won a game when trailing after two periods in this young season. Down 2-1 at the end of two periods, the Stars appeared to have the Predators right where they wanted them. A funny thing happened on the way to an apparent victory by the Stars. The Predator offense awoke and scored [...]