By Seth Lake
Heading into their final three games of the regular season in the midst of a fight for the fourth seed in the Western Conference and home-ice advantage in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs beginning next week, the Nashville Predators took to the ice at Bridgestone Arena on Tuesday night facing a Minnesota Wild club that had fallen out of the playoff race, but had a roster full of hard-working players fighting for jobs for next season and looking to finish strong.
After Gabriel Bourque and Dany Heatley scored even-strength goals in the second period, Anders Lindback (25 saves) and Niklas Backstrom (23 saves) matched each other save for save as the game headed into a shootout. On the strength of an Alexander Radulov shootout goal and 3 stops from Lindback the Predators escaped with a 2-1 victory.
Lindback gets rare start – Showing no rust while making his 9th start of the season in the Predators 80th game of the regular season, Lindback got his second home sta...
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PLAYERS:
Alexander Radulov,
Niklas Backstrom,
Gabriel Bourque,
Dany Heatley,
Anders Lindback,
Pekka Rinne,
Chet Pickard,
Nick Spaling,
Clayton Stoner,
Paul Gaustad,
Kevin Klein,
Shea Weber,
Matt Halischuk,
Jordin Tootoo,
Craig Smith,
Brandon Yip,
Colin Wilson,
Andrei Kostitsyn,
Mike Fisher,
Mikko Koivu
TEAMS: Nashville Predators, Minnesota Wild
TEAMS: Nashville Predators, Minnesota Wild
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PK%
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(34-35-11)
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4th Northwest
2.05 (30)
2.65 (14)
15.1% (26)
81.5% (19)
Chicago Blackhawks
(44-26-10)
98
4th Central
2.98 (5)
2.85 (23)
15.7% (23)
78.2%(28)
Minnesota Wild
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