Predators vs red wings highlights update#

They went into the first intermission trailing 1-0 but came out for the second with one goal in mind: Play like you’ve been all season. He was all over the ice, and early on it was causing headaches for the Predators. Especially teenage defenseman Sam Girard. Really, this team offered no fear all night. Not only by the goal but by the aggression with which the Avalanche were playing. If Nashville were less experienced, they may have been phased. They were fast, confident, and it led to the first goal of the game when defenseman Nikita Zadorov popped one past Pekka Rinne less than seven minutes into the game. If they take the Avalanche lightly again, though, this could become an entirely different series.Ĭolorado came out blazing in the first period. Fortunately for the Predators, it didn’t cost them this first game. But considering that Colorado had to grind for weeks to simply make it here, no one should be taking them lightly. Perhaps Nashville wasn’t expecting them too either. Louis on Thursday night.Not many people outside of Colorado probably expected the Avalanche to put in work this series. Predators: Visit New York Islanders on Thursday night.

Predators vs red wings highlights update#

Blashill did not have an update on Seider after the game. Seider left the game in the third period after being hit by Nashville forward Tanner Jeannot. Red Wings: D Danny DeKeyser returned to the lineup after missing four games due to COVID-19 protocol and one game as a healthy scratch. Nashville D Ben Harpur returned to the team after a six-game conditioning stint with the AHL's Milwaukee Admirals. The Predators recalled G Connor Ingram from Milwaukee to back up Rittich. D Matt Benning was also out and is day-to-day with an upper-body injury. Predators: G Juuse Saros and D Mattias Ekholm missed Tuesday's game due to non-COVID illness and are listed as day-to-day. 'It's a good team over there, they've been playing really well this year and we knew it was gonna be a hard game, but I just thought overall, over the 60 minutes, I think we controlled the game for most of it,' Josi said.Īfter facing each other eight times last season in the modified Central Division, the Red Wings and Predators meet only twice this season. Josi assisted on the Johansen and Cousins goals, giving him 12 points (4-8-12) in his last 11 games and 27 points (3-24-27) in 33 career games against the Red Wings. Seider leads the Red Wings with 15 assists. Nedeljkovic finished with 28 saves.ĭetroit got its first goal on the power play in the second period on Robby Fabbri's rebound at the net. The score could have been a lot more lopsided for the Predators, but Nedeljkovic stopped Filip Forsberg and Philip Tomasino on breakaways in the second period. 'They beat the crap out of us down low, their D, and made it hard to get to the net and get shots and get in the slot.' 'I think every time we got in their zone, we were getting mauled,' Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin said. Detroit's Michael Rasmussen also had a third-period goal. Nashville's Nick Cousins, Eeli Tolvanen and Fabbro scored in the third period, and David Rittich stopped 14 shots. I got a little lucky, I think it hit my shin pad or something and once I got it back on my stick, I knew I kind of had a step on the D-man.' 'I think the D-man, he didn't really have a great gap, he was kind of backed up,' Josi said. Josi took a feed from Dante Fabbro in the first as he sped into the Red Wings' zone and skated 1-on-4 through the defense before beating Alex Nedeljkovic on the forehand. 'But I thought in the first was as poor a job as we've done in terms of competing and being ready to play.' 'They're a big, strong team, hard on the forecheck,' Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill said. The loss snapped Detroit's season-high five-game winning streak and its five-game home winning streak. 'This next 20-game segment is where we've talked about really solidifying our identity as a team, and this is a good way to get that started,' Predators coach John Hynes said. DETROIT (AP) Roman Josi beat four Detroit defenders for a first-period goal, Ryan Johansen scored on a power play and the Nashville Predators topped the Red Wings 5-2 Tuesday night.