The Nashville Predators looked to get back to winning tonight, while the Arizona Coyotes mostly looked to endure a grueling marathon of a road trip (and also get back in the W column). Former Pred Connor Ingram faced his former team in goal, while Juuse Saros minded the net for the Predators.
The Preds got started with two early power plays, courtesy of penalties taken by Barrett Hayton (who tripped Colton Sissons) and Juuso Valimaki (who interfered with Cole Smith). Neither of those amounted to much for the Preds, but at least they were able to contain the Coyotes’ penalty kill—it’s been a couple of years since the Coyotes’ penalty kill was outscoring their power play, but they still play aggressive (and their power play has improved).