Alan Quine scored. Who saw that coming?
Feel of the game
Saturday night was weird and good all at the same time. Maybe it’s because as an observer you always expect to see Mark Giordano or Mikael Backlund on the ice. Maybe it was the weirdly almost-sluggish pace of some of the Nashville Predators. Maybe it was the assorted cast of depth options (both AHL and NHL) who got opportunities in lieu of the aforementioned mainstays missing.
It felt more like a mid-January game, with the mid-season doldrums in full effect. At times it didn’t feel like two of the best teams in the league facing off against each other, but more like two teams playing for the sake of playing.