All Entries Tagged With: "Martin Erat"
Filppula, Howard Leads Red Wings to 4-1 Win in Nashville
The Detroit Red Wings seemed to have pushed themselves away from seconds and thirds of their Christmas dinners and got back on track with a 4-1 win over the Nashville Predators at the Bridgestone Arena. Valtteri Filppula lit the lamp twice and added an assist for the Red Wings (22-12-1), while Jimmy Howard made 29 [...]
Realignment and the Nashville Power Play
Realignment Thoughts For a Nashville Predators’ fan, what’s not to like? Travel is much better for the team. For the fan, there will be far fewer away games that start after 8:30pm CST. Nashville fans get to see every team in the League at least twice with the home-and-home games. Divisional playoffs will breed all [...]
Ducks Flying South
Tonight, the Predators welcome the 5-3-1 Anaheim Ducks to Bridgestone Arena. The last time Anaheim came to Nashville, they lost the series-deciding game six of the first round of last season’s playoffs to the Predators. I expect this game will have a slightly special meaning. Rinne was not at his best against Anaheim in last [...]
Preview: Predators’ Offseason
The coaching staff is now likely set assuming the team picks up the option on Peter Horachek. With the re-signing of Mitch Korn and promotion of Lane Lambert, Poile and Trotz can now turn the majority of their attention to filling out their roster for next season. (Jeremy Gover has kindly provided a list of [...]
Predators Eclipse Edmonton 3-1
The Nashville Predators defeated the Edmonton Oilers 3-1 in a game that at times featured surgical precision by the Predators, at times was workmanlike, and at times was frankly tedious. With the win, the Predators ran their record to 39-25-10 and are tied with Los Angeles for 5th with 88 points. The Predators opened the [...]
Predators Win Ugly, Defeat the Avalanche 5-3
Sometimes when a team notches a win, it is a thing of beauty; sometimes it is ugly. Tonight, the Nashville Predators won ugly over the Colorado Avalanche by a 5-3 margin. Fortunately, they don’t give style points for a victory as this was not the prettiest win for the Predators. The Predators came out flying [...]
Predators Fail to Snuff the Flames, Fall in a Shoot Out 3-2
7:00 60 minutes. Kill or be killed. These were the themes of a Predators shootout loss to the Calgary Flames by a score of 3-2 at the Bridgestone Arena. Let’s expand expand those themes, shall we? Although the Predators outshot the Calgary Flames 11-8 in the first period, it appeared early on as if the [...]
Tootoo Enters NHL’s Substance Abuse Program
The Nashville Predators announced today that forward Jordin Tootoo has entered the League’s substance abuse program and will be out of the lineup indefinitely. The Predators released the following statement: “We offer Jordin the full support of his teammates, coaches and the organization. There is no timetable for his return and we will have no [...]
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 [...]
Rangers Squeak Past the Predators 2-1 in a Shootout
The Nashville Predators played another shootout game, this time with the New York Rangers, their fifth of the season. They lost the shootout 1-0 to drop a 2-1 decision and fall to a record of 9-8-5. With the point, the Predators now stand at 23 points on the season. The Predators opened the scoring at [...]
Weak Effort Against the Wild Dooms Predators
The Nashville Predators put up an effort that can only be charitably characterized as weak against the Minnesota Wild in dropping a 5-2 decision in an afternoon matinee in the XCel Energy Center. Pekka Rinne got the start in net for the Predators and was left defenseless for the most part, allowing 3 goals on [...]
Blues Hand Predators First Regulation Loss 3-0
Eventually, the Predators were going to lose a game in regulation. The way the Predators lost to was particularly galling to the team and Predators fans as they dropped a 3-0 to the St. Louis Blues. The troublesome aspect of this loss was the fact that as a group, the forwards for the Predators played [...]
Predators Outlast Tampa 4-3
The Nashville Predators looked to be cruising to a 4-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning as they held that comfortable lead late in the third period. Two Tampa goals in the span of 57 seconds forced the Predators to scramble for the win, but win they did by a 4-3 margin. With the win, [...]
Predators Place Goc and Lombardi on IR, Erat and Rinne Back
The Nashville Predators placed forward Marcel Goc on IR today. Goc seperated his shoulder in Saturday night’s contests against the Washington Capitals when he was slammed into the boards from behind by the Caps Niklas Backstrom. Backstrom received a two minute penalty for the illegal hit, but was not ejected from the game. Goc is [...]
Predators Update
The Nashville Predators starting goaltender Pekka Rinne will not make the trip with the team to play the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday night. Rinne was injured in a collision with Anaheim’s Troy Bodie and Nashville’s Francis Buillon. Although Rinne’s injury does not appear to be serious, the Predators are going to give him some extra [...]
Training Camp Thoughts and Impressions
On Thursday, I was able to speak with Coach Barry Trotz for just a couple minutes after the morning skate at Bridgestone prior to him heading over to Centennial Sportsplex for the afternoon practice. (Being the noobie that I am, I forgot to record the conversation for your listening pleasure. Sorry. I’ll do better next [...]
The Curious Case of Martin Erat
As I’ve been pouring over the NHL CBA in preparation of a blog regarding the next round of CBA discussions, I decided to go a take a break from all that reading and examine the curious case of Martin Erat (who only looks like he gets younger every year). Signed in the 2007 offseason to [...]
Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda…Predators Playoff Post Mortem
The Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Nashville Predators 4 games to 2 in their first round matchup of the Stanley Cup playoffs. For the Predators, this series will be looked upon as one of missed opportunities that cost them a shot at a first round upset. There is no doubt that the Blackhawks are a powerful [...]
Game 5 Thoughts, the Fallout, and Game 6
After Game 5, I had to step away from the keyboard. I didn’t even want to see the reaction from my fellow Predator fans until I had time to digest all that occurred in that game. After pondering and stewing in my thoughts, here are my thoughts going into tonight’s game. If Nashville can put [...]
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. [...]