When the final buzzer sounded, it felt as if we had watched this hockey game just nine days ago. On home ice, the Vancouver Canucks defeated the Predators 5-3, the power play was perfect and the fight was feisty all the way through.
The same thing went for this matchup in Nashville. They paved a different pathway, but the final score was nearly identical. On top of that, the Vancouver power play was unstoppable — while the energy was playoff-like.
Two Western Conference teams on the bubble, scratching and clawing to get back in the win column.