After two games in the Nashville Predators’ playoff series against the Central Division’s number 1 seed, they faced a two-game deficit against the heavily-favored Carolina Hurricanes. The Hurricanes, led by rookie sensation goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic, had limited Nashville’s scoring opportunities all series long.
The next two games went into double overtime, and John Hynes’ focus on quick transition passes and creating high-danger scoring attempts proved to be exactly what the Predators needed to even up the series at two games apiece.
Let’s look at how both game-winning goals happened, starting with Matt Duchene sending the Game 3 winner home.