By Seth Lake
In what was likely a meeting between two teams facing each other in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs beginning in a little over a week from now, the Nashville Predators and Detroit Red Wings each came into Friday night’s meeting at Joe Louis Arena coming off of losses to divisional opponents. Both teams were looking to right the ship as they battle for the fourth seed in the Western Conference and the home-ice advantage that comes with it.
On Friday night, the Predators lost the faceoff battle for only the second time since Gaustad (pictured) returned to the Predators lineup
After exchanging blows throughout the first half of the contest, the Predators got on the board first with Gabriel Bourque’s 6th goal of the season midway through the second period and used the strength of goaltender Pekka Rinne and the penalty kill to fly out to a 3-0 lead early in the third period. The Wings got on the board late, but after a couple of late saves by Rinne, Predators cap...
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PLAYERS:
Paul Gaustad,
Gabriel Bourque,
Pekka Rinne,
Shea Weber,
Hal Gill,
Jordin Tootoo,
Jimmy Howard,
Nick Spaling,
Sergei Kostitsyn,
Alexander Radulov,
Henrik Zetterberg,
Tomas Holmstrom,
Roman Josi,
Jakub Kindl,
Francis Bouillon,
Andrei Kostitsyn,
Pavel Datsyuk,
Colin Wilson,
Martin Erat,
Brandon Yip,
Mike Fisher,
David Legwand,
Patric Hornqvist,
Matt Halischuk,
David Poile
TEAMS: Nashville Predators, Detroit Red Wings
TEAMS: Nashville Predators, Detroit Red Wings
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