As we might have expected, the Preds’ franchise-record point streak came to an end not against a Stanley Cup favorite, but against one of the teams they’ve never been able to solve. The Arizona Coyotes added a fantastic all-around game to their longtime status as a Nashville roadblock and stopped the streak cold–or hot, given the current temperature in Phoenix.
The Preds came out strong to start the game, with Cody Glass setting Jason Zucker up for two goals against his former team in the first 5:11. The Coyotes, however, were in no mood to let the game be run away with, and Jack McBain banked a shot in off of Juuse Saros’s knee to make it 2-1 Preds at 8:00.