Dallas Stars 0 vs Nashville Predators 2The Nashville Predators shutout the Dallas Stars in the final regular season game at home. The Predators treat their fans in Fan Appreciation Night. Pekka Rinne played a great game and earned the shutout in his first game back from a virus.The Nashville Predators will be playing in a 4 vs 5 match-up in the first round of the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Dallas Stars will not be in the playoffs with the loss tonight. This is their fourth straight loss, and you can't do that in this time of the year.Next Game: Predators @ Colorado Avalanche at 8 PM on FS-TN. A win would clinch 4th place and home-ice advantage in the first round.
The Cube is HOT, HOT, HOT!Francis Bouillon, aka "The Cube", scored the first goal of the game, in the third period. Bouillon was crashing the net from the point and just tipped the puck home. That goal was his fourth of the year, but three of his goals have came in the last six games.Bouillon had a chan...
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PLAYERS:
Pekka Rinne,
Francis Bouillon,
Kari Lehtonen,
Kevin Klein,
Chet Pickard,
David Poile,
Brian McGrattan,
Craig Smith,
Matt Halischuk,
Colin Wilson,
Jack Hillen,
Ryan Ellis,
Jack Maclellan,
Toby Petersen,
Reilly Smith,
Adam Pardy,
Tomas Vincour,
Brandon Yip,
Hal Gill,
Jamie Benn,
Michael Ryder,
Roman Josi,
Mike Ribeiro,
Nick Spaling,
Alex Goligoski,
Jordin Tootoo,
Alexander Radulov,
Andrei Kostitsyn,
Trevor Daley,
Mark Fistric,
Brenden Morrow,
Ryan Garbutt,
Patric Hornqvist,
Mike Fisher,
Loui Eriksson
TEAMS: Dallas Stars, Nashville Predators, Colorado Avalanche
TEAMS: Dallas Stars, Nashville Predators, Colorado Avalanche
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