After the Nashville Predators pulled themselves out of a five-game slide against the St. Louis Blues last Thursday, hopes around Nashville were that the Predators had finally turned a disastrous early-season start around.
On Saturday, however, former Predators head coach Peter Laviolette brought his Washington Capitals to Bridgestone Arena and left with a 3-0 victory. Nashville had plenty of opportunity against Washington - forward T.J. Oshie and defenseman John Carlson left the game early in the first period, but turnovers and a stagnant power play left the Predators unable to get on the scoreboard, and now face a Western Canada road trip (plus trips to Seattle and Colorado the following week) coming off a Saturday night loss in front of a packed house celebrating Halloween.