After a much-talked-about game on Tuesday night, the Nashville Predators hosted the Detroit Red Wings for another showdown at Bridgestone Arena. It was a rematch of goalies from Tuesday—Thomas Greiss in goal for the Red Wings, and Juuse Saros, coming off of a fantastic shutout game against Detroit, for the Preds.
Period One
Eeli Tolvanen started the game off with a bang with a hard check on Dylan Larkin, sending the Red Wings center down the tunnel once he picked himself up off the ice. (Larkin did return to the ice before the end of the period.