![]() “We battled hard but, at the end of the day, you score one goal in regulation you’re not going to win.” “I made a good play being strong on the puck and picked it up, wrapped it, got a nice balance was able to put it in. He has 10 goals in 11 regular season games against his former team. I expected to get the pass and picked my spot.”ĭuchene got the Predators within a goal when he scored off his own rebound 3:25 into the third. “I just tried to jump into the play, figured I could be a trailer, and then it shaped into being a two-on-one. “I saw Val (Nichushkin) slashing through and he made a great play on the wall to get it up to E-Rod,” Newhook said. Rodrigues has a goal and an assist since returning from a nine-game absence on Thursday night. Nashville turned it over late in the second and Newhook capitalized with a one-timer on a pass from Evan Rodrigues at 19:44. “We can’t force things, but I feel like tonight we were creating opportunities and it was only a matter of time.” We were working, so it was going to come,” Makar said. 5 at Philadelphia, which was when Nathan MacKinnon suffered an injury that will keep him out until early January. Newhook scored Colorado’s last power-play goal Dec. The goal broke an 0-for-18 stretch on the power play. “I thought they were really focused tonight and doing the right things and staying in attack mode.” “Mikko hits the post on one and then walked in he gets another crack at it shortly after that,” coach Jared Bednar said. It was his 21st of the season and sixth goal in the last five games. Rantanen hit the post on his first shot attempt on the power play and moments later beat Saros high from the right circle at 8:38 of the second period. We did a couple of good things but we’ve got to make sure we play a full 60 minutes.” “We’ve got to make sure we find a way to win more hockey games. “Saros has been great every single night,” said Nino Niederreiter, who got the lone assist on Duchene’s goal. Juuse Saros made 27 saves and Matt Duchene scored the lone goal for the slumping Predators, who are 0-4-2 since a three-game winning streak in late November and early December. NHL, Colorado Avalanche, Nashville PredatorsĭENVER - Mikko Rantanen and Alex Newhook scored goals in the second period, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Nashville Predators 3-1 on Saturday night.Ĭale Makar scored into the empty net in the final minute and added an assist and Alexandar Georgiev stopped 25 shots for Colorado, which bounced back from a Thursday loss to Buffalo in the second game of its five-game homestand. These Predators have their faults, but a fighting spirit is not one of them.Įven after a night that should have been one of the best of their season turned into the worst.Rantanen, Newhook goals lift Avs over Predators, 3-1 Look, all the people – and I’m including myself on this – sure to insist in the coming days the Predators have no chance with the seldom-used Rittich or minor leaguer Connor Ingram in net for the playoffs will be the same ones who said before the season they had little chance to make it to the postseason. The odds were stacked against playoff success for the Predators even with Saros. Either way, the Predators will be enormous underdogs. But first, they'll travel west for their final two regular-season games and likely stay gone, venturing either to Calgary or to Denver if the opening opponent is the Colorado Avalanche. The Predators will see their fans again for a Game 3. Their effort deserved, too, the opportunity to celebrate that accomplishment – however fleetingly – with their supporters. They overachieved expectations after being roundly projected to finish next to last in their division. They weren’t supposed to make it here, and they did. On that last point, Hynes deserved a subtle spike of the football. “We certainly deserve to be in the playoffs the way that I think we played all year and the way that the guys have battled. “It's a real tribute to our players,” Hynes said. Predators coach John Hynes waited to watch the Stars’ shootout before his postgame news conference. Most players were still at Bridgestone, but they were scattered about, getting treatment, going through postgame routines. When the Dallas Stars finally won their extended shootout against the Vegas Golden Knights about an hour later, it meant the Predators had officially locked up a wildcard spot and the team could finally unleash that snazzy “CLINCHED” graphic.īy then, of course, fans had gone home. Nashville Predators goaltender David Rittich (33) reacts after a goal was scored by Calgary Flames center Elias Lindholm during overtime at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday, April 26, 2022. ![]()
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