Juuse Saros’ shutout definitely wasn’t the most memorable part of the Nashville Predators’ 2-0 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night at Bridgestone Arena.
That came during the second period. Someone – it appeared to be a game referee – made candid, explicit comments that were captured by a live microphone as the Predators’ television broadcast was going into a commercial.
A couple of minutes after the Predators’ Viktor Arvidsson was whistled for a rather soft tripping penalty, these words made it anonymously onto the air before being cut off: “It wasn’t much, but I wanted to get a (expletive) penalty against Nashville early in the …”
A necessary disclaimer before digging in: I don’t know for sure who said this.