The Nashville Predators, coming off a statement win against the Tampa Bay Lightning, took on the Carolina Hurricanes, fresh off a pair of embarrassing losses to the Detroit Red Wings, on the road tonight. It didn’t end well.
The game started off with a bang, as in the first minute the Predators got an extended OZ possession, got a shot off the crossbar, and drew a penalty. However, their power play’s struggles without Eeli Tolvanen and Filip Forsberg (both still injured) continued against a fabulous Hurricanes penalty kill unit, and halfway through the power play Mikael Granlund committed an infraction of his own.