The Nashville Predators returned to their winning ways with a 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues at Bridgestone Arena on Saturday night in front of another capacity crowd.The game was the sixteenth sellout of the season which ties last year's regular season total and the Predators still have fourteen additional home dates remaining. They will easily surpass the franchise record of twenty capacity crowds that was set in the inaugural season of 1998-99.It was the Predators 13th win in their last 15 home contests and the crowd was one of the more appreciated of the year from the players standpoint after a tough loss in Philadelphia on Thursday.Brian McGrattan had high praise for the crowd's intensity. "It was huge. On the bench, I said to Hally that that was one of the best crowds that I've ever played in front of.""I've played in two Canadian cities and that crowd tonight blows them out of the water. It's huge to have a loud crowd behind you when ...
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Jordin Tootoo,
Mike Fisher,
Chris Porter,
Pekka Rinne,
Sergei Kostitsyn
TEAMS: Nashville Predators, St. Louis Blues, Vancouver Canucks
TEAMS: Nashville Predators, St. Louis Blues, Vancouver Canucks
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