The Blue Jackets took the lead less than a minute after the Red Wings killed off Tomas Holmstrom's hooking penalty against Rick Nash.
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January 23, 2012
I thought some of you would enjoy this ‘Bowmanism’ regarding Tomas Holmstrom…
from a Windsor Star story on February 7, 2008, “When I got over here Scotty (Bowman) told me never to leave the front of the net,” said Holmstrom, who has 20 goals and 36 points in 44 games. “He said. ‘Don’t even go into the corner, just stay in front.’...
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January 23, 2012
Tomas Holmstrom celebrated his 39th birthday by doing what he does best; frustrating goalies, leading to Red Wing goals. He stood tall in front of Jaroslav Halak, allowing Niklas Kronwall to bang home the goal that sealed it for Detroit late in the third. Kronwall’s goal gave the Wings a 3-1 advantage, which they would see through to the finish. The win was Detroit’...
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January 24, 2012
The Nashville Predators won their fifth consecutive game on home ice Monday night when they beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1 at Bridgestone Arena. It was their third win in a row and seventh win in the last eight games.
All-Star defenseman, Ryan Suter returned to the lineup. Suter says the team has finally established the home ice advantage Nashville is known for maintaining....
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January 23, 2012
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Mike Fisher scored two goals, and the Nashville Predators beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1 on Monday night for their third straight victory and 11th in 13 games.
The Predators wrapped up their season series with Columbus by going 5-0-1, and Fisher is a big reason for the success against their Central Division-rival. Fisher has scored six of his 11 goals...
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January 20, 2012
The Nashville Predators return home for the last push before the All-Star break with a convincing 3-0 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets. The win featured all of the things this Predators team is known for, team resiliency, fantastic play from Pekka Rinne, great play on the blueline as Francis Bouillon completely shut down Rick Nash, and timely scoring. The Predators are now 4-0...
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January 23, 2012
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Mike Fisher scored two goals, and the Nashville Predators beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1 on Monday night for their third straight victory and 11th in 13 games.
The Predators wrapped up their season series with Columbus by going 5-0-1, and Fisher is a big reason for the success against their Central Division-rival. Fisher has scored six of his 11 goals...
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January 23, 2012
Mike Fisher scored two goals, and the Nashville Predators beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1 on Monday night for their third straight victory and 11th in 13 games.
The Predators wrapped up their season series with Columbus by going 5-0-1, and Fisher is a big reason for the success against their Central Division-rival. Fisher has scored six of his 11 goals this season against the...
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January 24, 2012
No matter how many times the Nashville Predators beat Columbus, they refuse to take any game against the Blue Jackets for granted.
Mike Fisher scored two goals, and the Predators beat Columbus 4-1 on Monday night for their third straight victory and 11th in 13 games. They also avoided any letdown against a team that is only 5-24-6 in Nashville sandwiched between games against Chicago...
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January 21, 2012
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One meeting is all the Predators and Blackhawks have on the season and in the ultra-competitive Central division…it’s going to get pretty dicey between these rivals in the next four days.
In the second meeting of the season, the first at Bridgestone Arena, the Predators are looking to gain ground on the top three of the Central...
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January 23, 2012
Nashville Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne has been playing his best hockey of the season of late. It wasn’t any more evident than in the second period tonight when the all-world goaltender made key saves on the penalty kill in the Predators’ 4-1 win over Columbus.Blue Jackets forward Rick Nash tied the game at 1-1 early in the second, as the Predators struggled to find its...
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January 23, 2012
The win against the West’s worst has set up a must-see game against one of the West’s best.
In front of 14,310 at Bridgestone Arena, the Nashville Predators beat the Columbus Blue Jackets, 4-1.
Pekka Rinne finished with 25 saves — 16 of which came in the second period — for his eighth straight win, a new franchise record.
He is now 27-11-4 on the year.
Sitting...
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January 22, 2012
The Nashville Predators' recent hot streak has helped create a four-team logjam atop the stacked Central Division as the All-Star break nears.
The NHL-worst Columbus Blue Jackets are the odd team out of the race.
Nashville seeks its fifth win over Columbus of 2011-12 when the teams conclude their season series Monday night at Bridgestone Arena.
The Predators (28-16-4) have...
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January 24, 2012
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With Ryan Suter back in the lineup, Nashville had a chance to pull within 2 points of both St. Louis and Chicago with a win tonight against the Columbus Blue Jackets. Getting 2 assists from Suter, 2 goals from Mike Fisher, and 28 saves from Pekka Rinne, the Nashville Predators up-ended the Blue Jackets 4-1 for their 3rd straight win...
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January 23, 2012
7:00 PM CT – Blue Jackets (13-28-6) @ Predators (28-16-4)Players to watch:CBJ- Rick NashThe Blue Jackets captain, who has struggled with consistency in 2011-12, has seven points in five points against the Preds this season.NSH- Mike FisherFisher, who has seven goals in 13 games vs. Columbus, and his linemates have been consistent this month. The team is 14-2-1 this year when Fisher...
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January 23, 2012
Unfortunately it's the Jackets who continued to get owned after yet another loss to the Nashville Predators.
1. The Predators finished the 6 game season series with a 5-0-1 record. That's 11 of 12 possible points for those keeping score. The Jackets? Well they finished with a 1-5 record. That's 2 out of 12 possible points for those worse at math than me (and that...
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