Preds, somehow, someway, come back and beat Jackets…

Sometimes teams have no business being in games. That was the case Thursday night in Columbus. In front of a reported 13,852 at Nationwide Arena, the Nashville Predators played miserable hockey but somehow managed to find their game in the final 4:00 of action to pull out a miracle victory. Rinne made 21 saves for his 11th win of the year but, really, Nashville did their best work when he was out of the net. In short, the Predators scored two goals with their net empty and then used overtime to win the game. “Obviously we didn’t win any draws at our end of the rink,” Columbus Head Coach Scott Arniel said. “Once they tied it up, we were pretty rattled after that.” Columbus got things started toward the end of an otherwise uneventful first period. After a lengthy delay, Jeff Carter was finally given credit for a goal he’d scored several minutes earlier. The shot was called “no goal” on the ice because, it was thought, the puck deflected ...