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Nashville had some work to do after a heart-breaking closing seconds loss against the league-leading Detroit Red Wings Friday night. Dallas came into tonight playing the latter of a back-to-back where the Stars have had little success over the season going 0-8-2 into tonight’s match-up.
Tonight also marked the first appearance of newly-acquired Hall Gill for the Nashville Predators who dressed 7 defenseman with a late scratch of Mike Fisher due to illness.
Tonight’s game was all about momentum and which team would take advantage of it. All season long, Dallas has had Nashville’s number when it came to playing at American Airlines Arena so Nashville needed to make some adjustments. After Dallas struck first with a horrible covering job behind the net that saw Ribiero wrap around and Ryder bury the feed in front, Nashville responded by simply putting the puck on net. Bourque tipped home his third goal of the season and the Predators tied th...
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The Predatorial:
PLAYERS:
Mike Fisher,
Shea Weber,
Hal Gill,
Colin Wilson,
Craig Smith,
Michael Ryder
TEAMS: Detroit Red Wings, Nashville Predators, Montreal Canadiens, Dallas Stars
TEAMS: Detroit Red Wings, Nashville Predators, Montreal Canadiens, Dallas Stars
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