On The Forecheck

The last-place Predators once again tried to staple together a win today, against a goalie who’s struggled, and once again just couldn’t find the offense to get themselves out of trouble. They started off with an early goal, courtesy of Roman Josi and set up by Steven Stamkos, and had some more good looks at the start. Around five minutes in, Anthony Cirelli took a puck to the … [Read more...] about Nashville Predators 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 3 (OT): Josi’s goals not enough

After knocking off the NHL’s top team in the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday night, the Nashville Predators traveled to take on the league’s second-best team, the New Jersey Devils on Monday evening. Unfortunately, the team followed up it’s most dominant performance of the year with easily one of the worst – just hours after the team’s announcement of the trade of Philip Tomasino to … [Read more...] about Nashville Predators 2, New Jersey Devils 5 – Hischier’s natural hat trick dominates Predators

The Nashville Predators return home after an unsatisfactory road trip that saw their offense continuing to struggle. Juuse Saros turned in a couple of great performances with no reward, and the team’s star players have expressed frustration and an acknowledgement that they’re not performing as they — or the coaching staff — expects. The trip also saw Dante Fabbro waived (and … [Read more...] about Game Live Thread: Nashville Predators v Winnipeg Jets 11/23/24

The Preds ended their road trip with a sad fizzling noise. Nashville started out with an early penalty for starting the wrong lineup — the players on the ice didn’t match the ones on the paperwork submitted to the league — but were able to kill it off, thanks to some great work by Juuse Saros. The Preds got a chance of their own on the power play halfway through the period when … [Read more...] about Nashville Predators 0, Seattle Kraken 3: Preds blanked again

The Nashville Predators wrap up their western road trip tonight in Seattle, where they’ll face a Kraken team that’s had a good recent stretch on the standings board and will look to rebound from getting shut out against the Rangers on Sunday. Both teams are rested, and both in a way have something to prove — the Preds a win to build on, the Kraken a loss to recover from. Source … [Read more...] about Game Preview/Live Thread: Nashville Predators @ Seattle Kraken 11/20/24