The Predators won their final game before the bye week, beating the Oilers 2-1 in a “hunker down in the defensive zone as soon as you go up by two goals and hope Rinne can keep them off the board” kind of night.
Somehow, it worked.
The first period flew by. After eight uninterrupted minutes of pure hockey, the Predators found themselves on the power play. A P.K. Subban slapshot hamstrung Cam Talbot and Craig Smith was there to backhand the rebound home. That made it 1-0.
Then, a Roman Josi shot went off Adam Larsson’s face (ouch).