The Nashville Predators have had a busy up and down week and were coming off an ugly 5-2 road loss to the St. Louis Blues. But tonight they hoped to bounce back at home against the Los Angeles Kings, who were trying to have their own bounce-back game after being shut out by the Dallas Stars on Thursday.
The First Period
The Preds put the pressure on early, with Mikael Granlund tipping in a shot by Alexandre Carrier only 19 seconds into the game. Mere seconds later, Matt Duchene made it 2-0 as he took a pass from Cody Glass in the slot and with a spinning backhand put the puck through the 5-hole of Pheonix Copley.