The Preds looked as if they were going to duke it out for a Wild Card berth just a week or so after the All-Star game. The team that had looked so good at that break after sweeping four Canadian teams in a row and on a five-game win streak couldn’t get it together.
They started out with four losses in five games and were actually outside, looking in on the playoffs. Since then, they have been one of the hottest teams in the NHL ripping off all kinds of streaks. They are 10-1-4 since that last loss and had streaks of 14 straight games with a point and a 13-game road point streak.