All Entries Tagged With: "Patric Hornqvist"
Predators With a Wild Comeback Win
The Nashville Predators hoped to pick up right where they left off before the All Star break, where they were the hottest team in the NHL. They would begin this quest at the XCel Energy Center against the Minnesota Wild. The Predators had Pekka Rinne in net, while the Wild went with Josh Harding. Dany [...]
Predators Keep Rolling, Defeat the Blackhawks 3-1
The Nashville Predators looked to continue their hot play as they trekked to the United Center to do battle with the Chicago Blackhawks in an important Central Division tilt. The Predators came into the contest with 62 points, trailing the Blackhawks, who have 64 points. The Predators were playing their second game in two nights, [...]
Predators Crush Columbus 4-1
There are things that are certain in this life: the sun comes up in the East; taxes; and the Nashville Predators beating the Columbus Blue Jackets. That trend continued tonight at the Bridgestone Arena as the Predators defeated the Jackets 4-1. This was the last meeting this season for the two teams, and Nashville took [...]
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 Get a Humongous Win Over the Flyers
The Philadelphia Flyers made a rare visit to Nashville to take on the Predators in a barn where they last won in the year 2000. The Predators continued the Flyers misery in the Music City with a 4-2 victory in front of a sell out crowd that had a number of Flyers fans in attendance. [...]
Match.com- Nashville and New Jersey
New Jersey and Nashville are two teams that are both coming to a similar crossroads. Both teams have a core player that will be unrestricted at the end of this season and neither has re-signed their player due to different reasons. Can these two teams solve one another’s problems? I think so. But it might [...]
Predators Bury the Avalanche 4-1
The Nashville Predators ventured to the Pepsi Center to do battle with the Colorado Avalanche. Even though it is early January, this game took on some significance because the Predators stood just one point in front of the Avs in the standings, with the Predators in 7th place with 48 points and the Avalanche in [...]
Predators Blow Away the Hurricanes 5-2
The Nashville Predators played one of their most complete games of the season, dominating the Carolina Hurricanes by a 5-2 margin. The Predators power play, which had gone 0-14 in their recent games, exploded for a 4 for 4 performance to lead the Predators in the win. The Hurricanes were playing the second of back [...]
Kostitsyn’s Hat Trick Leads Predators Past the Flames
New Year’s day signifies the start of something new, a chance to begin afresh. For the Nashville Predators, their contest with the Calgary Flames started in a way that was anything but new. They gave up the first goal and allowed the Flames to hold a significant territorial advantage in the first 12:30 of their [...]
Predators Wow the Home Crowd With a 6-5 Victory Over the Jackets
Wow! That sentiment, along with a few others, can only begin to capture what happened in the Bridgestone Arena as the Nashville Predators faced the Columbus Blue Jackets in a Central Division tilt. The Predators won the game 6-5 in spite of making it extremely difficult on themselves. Heck, they didn’t make it difficult on [...]
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 [...]
Predators Fail to Show Up in a 6-2 Loss to the Oilers
Let’s say this: the young Edmonton Oilers are a talented team. Their young players are quickly blossoming into quality NHLers. That being said, the Nashville Predators made them look like the Oilers dynasty of old as they absolutely failed to show up in a 6-2 loss. You can find the terrifying box score here. The [...]
Predators Suffer an Embarrassing Loss to the BJ’s in OT 4-3
The Nashville Predators suffered a 4-3 overtime loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets at Bridgestone Arena that was in a word, embarrassing. Throughout the game, the Predators were unable to get through the neutral zone and turned the puck over more times than I can count. Rather than skate the puck through the zone or [...]
Predators Party Spoiled by the Habs
The Nashville Predators celebrated their 1,000th game by hosting the Montreal Canadiens at the Bridgestone Arena. Quite an achievement by a franchise that many thought would be relocated just four years ago. There were many festivities leading up to the game, as employees, coaches, and management were honored in pre-game ceremonies. The events leading up [...]
Hee Haw! Predators Pound the Ducks 4-2
The Nashville Predators faced a familiar nemesis in the Dirty Ducks of Anaheim at the Pond in Anaheim in the final game of a five game road trip out west. The fact that there is no love lost between the Predators and the Ducks is well known. This contest promised to be a continuation of [...]
Predators Fall to the Kings 4-3
The Nashville Predators continued their west coast swing with a visit to Los Angels to take on the Kings at the Staples Center. The Predators gave workhorse Pekka Rinne the night off and Anders Lindback got his first start in net since March 20th of last season. The Kings went with their back up netminder [...]
Predators Cap an Improbable Comeback, Defeat Sharks 4-3 in OT
The Nashville Predators continued their west coast swing with a visit to the Shark Tank to take on the San Jose Sharks. The Tank has not been a hospitable place for the Predators, and they were looking to change their fortunes in the second meeting between the two teams. Pekka Rinne got the start for [...]
Predators Bite the Coyotes 3-0
The Nashville Predators must feel that they are looking in the mirror when they play the Phoenix Coyotes. Both teams are aggressive on their forecheck, play tough defense, and have good goaltending. Often their contests are a punch/counter-punch affair, with each team looking to capitalize off the others mistakes. This game, at least early on, [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week in Review – Introducing The Quarterdeck Log
The Tampa Bay Lightning are 5-4-2 with 12 points through eleven games. After eleven games last season, the Bolts were 7-2-2 with 16 points. The Lightning are in third place in the Southeast Division, tied with Florida, two points behind the Washington Capitals and seventh in the Eastern Conference. After eleven games, forward Steven Stamkos leads the team in goals with [...]
Dirty Ducks Downed by the Predators 3-0
The Nashville Predators defeated the Anaheim Ducks 3-0 at Bridgestone Arena in a contest that can only be characterized charitably as “chippy”. Heck, let’s just call it the way it was. The Ducks were their typically classless and dirty selves. The Predators set the tone for the contest by scoring just 14 seconds into the [...]