The bad news? The Preds lost to the Blackhawks. The good news? They’re still in fourth place.
In front of yet another sold out crowd inside Bridgestone Arena, the Predators mounted a tremendous four-goal comeback but allowed a late fifth goal in an emotional 5-4 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks.
With the victory, Chicago tied the Detroit Red Wings with 97 points but remain in sixth place due to Detroit having played one less game. They also punched a ticket to their fourth consecutive postseason.
Nashville goaltender Pekka Rinne, who had played Friday night in Detroit, got the start once again on Saturday. He collected 32 saves but fell to 42-18-8 on the year. The 2011 Vezina Trophy finalist has started all 71 games he’s played in this season so, with the playoff less than a week and a half away, it’ll be interesting to see how much work back-up Anders Lindback sees in the final three games.
The visitors scored early, taking advantage of an exhausted penalty kill unit. With Matt Halis...
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PLAYERS:
Pekka Rinne,
Anders Lindback,
Matt Halischuk,
Patrick Sharp,
Hal Gill,
David Legwand,
Marian Hossa,
Dave Bolland,
Patrick Kane,
Viktor Stalberg,
Alexander Radulov,
Martin Erat,
Shea Weber,
Brent Seabrook,
Corey Crawford,
Andrei Kostitsyn,
Andrew Shaw
TEAMS: Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, Nashville Predators, Minnesota Wild, Dallas Stars, Colorado Avalanche
TEAMS: Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, Nashville Predators, Minnesota Wild, Dallas Stars, Colorado Avalanche
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