Happy Birthday Pete Weber!
Hope you like your present! The Nashville Predators got you a win, two points in the standings and dealt the Columbus Blue Jackets their first shutout loss of the season.
In front of a reported 17,233 at Nationwide Arena, the Preds blanked the host team 3-0 behind goals from Martin Erat, Mike Fisher and Shea Weber and an amazing performance by Pekka Rinne.
The Kempele, Finland native turned aside all 38 shots he faced (including 18 in the third period alone), improving to 25-11-0 on the season.
Nashville scored their first goal in five and a half periods when Sergei Kostitsyn corralled an errant puck off the boards and broke in with Erat 2-on-1. He was able to get the puck over to Erat, who was crashing the net, to open the scoring.
Just moments later, while on the man advantage, Fisher tapped home a beautiful tic-tac-toe play from Erat and rookie blueliner Roman Josi. The Swiss defenseman found Erat cross ice in the face-off circle who, in turn, found Fis...
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