The Nashville Predators took on the Tampa Bay Lightning tonight in the first outdoor game in Nashville—and only the second in Preds franchise history—as well as a game that would matter a great deal to their precarious position in the Central Division standings.
Less than a minute and twenty seconds into the game, Ryan Johansen shouldered Erik Cernak in the head. Cernak was slow to get up and left to get checked out; the penalty was called as a match for an illegal check to the head, but reduced on review to a minor.