Nashville Predators 2, St. Louis Blues 0: Two More

The first of two Father’s Trip games went very well for the Nashville Predators.

Former Predator Carter Hutton started in net for the Blues. (Hi, Carter!). The Preds managed to ice the puck on the opening faceoff, and I became nervous. Not to worry, however. Ryan Johansen blasted a blocker-side shot past Hutton for the first goal of the game at only 17:38. Filip Forsberg and PK Subban picked up assists on Johansen’s goal.

Johansen took a tripping call shortly after his opening goal. Several large saves by our much-loved Rinne and some timely puck clearing by the penalty killers were highly effective. A bench minor with 9 minutes gone put the Preds on the penalty kill again. Another solid kill…