So Game 1 did not go how many of the Blackhawk Up experts were thinking (props to Aaron Goldschmidt for predicting at least the first loss at home for the Chicago Blackhawks). The Nashville Predators opened the Stanley Cup Playoffs by posting a 1-0 win on the road.
The Blackhawks saw the Predators push hard for about half of the first period and do essentially nothing else the rest of the night. It left the Blackhawks with tons of opportunities to make things happen on offense, but very little did happen.
This wasn’t like the Minnesota Wild’s Game 1 against St.