All Entries Tagged With: "pekka rinne"
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 Leave St. Louis Blue
4-0. That is the Predators season record against the St. Louis Blues. Looking at that record, one would think that the Predators have had an easy go of it against the Blues. But as tonight’s game at the Bridgestone Arena showed games against the Blues are anything but a cakewalk. War is the appropriate term. [...]
Flyers Flummox the Predators 4-1
The Nashville Predators hoped to have a February campaign that was as good as their January effort, where the team went 11-2. They faced a tall order in the form of the Philadelphia Flyers at the Wells Fargo Center. The Predators gave Pekka Rinne a rare night off and started Anders Lindback in net, while [...]
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 Blow Past the Jackets 3-0
The Nashville Predators looked to continue their mastery over the Columbus Blue Jackets as the Central Division foes met at Nationwide Arena. The last two games between these teams required some late game magic by the Predators to secure a victory, and the Predators were hoping to avoid finding themselves in such a situation again. [...]
Predators Continue Winning, Defeat the Islanders 3-1
The Nashville Predators ventured to Nassau Coliseum for their only meeting of the year against the New York Islanders in an afternoon matinee. The Predators looked to continue their hot play of late, as they have won 13 of their last 17 games their last 4 games. The Predators went with (surprisingly since there is [...]
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. [...]
Predators Fight Back to Win 3-2 in OT Over the Avalanche
The Nashville Predators faced the Colorado Avalanche for the second of their back to back games at the Bridgestone Arena, and this game was a mirror image of their first meeting. The difference this time was that Colorado returned the favor and dominated the Predators in the first period en route to a 2-0 lead. [...]
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 [...]
Predators Hand the Stars a 4-1 Victory
The Nashville Predators handed the Dallas Stars a 4-1 victory at the Bridgestone Arena in front of the 7th consecutive sellout for the home team. “Handed?” Sour grapes? No. Consider that in a 1-1 game, the Predators made two egregious mistakes that wound up in the back of their net and allowed the Stars to [...]
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 Stop St. Louis for the Third Time
The Nashville Predators brought a depleted line up to Scott Trade Center to take on the St. Louis Blues in the final contest of 2011. The Predators were without Shea Weber, Kevin Klein, and a late scratch, Colin Wilson, who was ruled out with and upper body injury. Pekka Rinne was in net for the [...]
Predators Win Over the Wild in a Shootout 2-1
Watching the Minnesota Wild play hockey is a bit like watching (if it were possible) your arteries harden. You know those clogged arteries are going to be a problem, you just never know when. The Nashville Predators took on the Wild at Bridgestone Arena and were able to do just enough against the sclerotic defense [...]
Red Wings Rally Past Blues 3-2
If there was a movie based on tonight’s game, it would have been called “Less Than 60 Seconds.” That is how long it took the Detroit Red Wings to step up their offense and it led to their 3-2 come-from-behind win over the St. Louis Blues at the Joe Louis Arena. Pavel Datsyuk scored the [...]
Predators Offense MIA in 4-1 Loss to Detroit
The Nashville Predators faced the Detroit Red Wings at the Bridgestone Arena in a Central Division tilt that saw the Predators try to win their second in a row over the Wings. The big news for the Predators was that they were going to try to do this without their Captain, Shea Weber, and with [...]
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 [...]