The Nashville Predators lost to the Chicago Blackhawks 5-3, splitting the back-to-back season opening weekend.
The Blackhawks roared back from their first two losses of the season with a flurry of goals in the 1st period. Nick Schmaltz scored his 1st NHL goal, beating Mazanec high over his glove side. Then after Brent Seabrook scored, Richard Panik spun Matt Carle around like a toy and finished on the backhand. It was looking pretty ugly.
Then Colin Wilson got the Preds on the board and it looked like a whole new hockey game.