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| Red-hot Preds host Blue Jackets in key matchup |
NHL Hockey |
03/05/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Nashville Predators will try to extend their longest winning streak of the season in tonight's battle with Columbus at the Sommet Center, where they haven't lost to the Blue Jackets in nearly three years. The Predators have won five consecutive games, including the first four tests of a five-game homestand that ends tonight. Nashville's run has improved its home mark to 20-11-2 this season and has also pushed the club into a three-way tie with Edmonton and Anaheim for the final two playoff |
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| Osgood flawless as Red Wings crush Blues; Hossa hurt |
NHL Hockey |
03/04/2009 |
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| season with 34, remained down for several minutes before being taken off the ice on a stretcher. Tomas Kopecky registered a short-handed goal and collected two assists for Detroit, which rebounded from an 8-0 drubbing on Saturday at the hands of the Nashville Predators, the worst shutout loss since an 8-0 defeat on October 9, 1982 at home against the Winnipeg Jets. Henrik Zetterberg, Valtteri Filppula, Kris Draper and Niklas Kronwall also tallied for the Red Wings. Chris Mason surrendered all five goals on 36 shot |
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| Preds, Oilers meet for key test in Nashville |
NHL Hockey |
03/03/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Playoff positioning in the Western Conference will be on the line when the Nashville Predators host the Edmonton Oilers tonight in a key showdown from the Sommet Center. Only one point separates these teams in the jumbled conference standings right now, with Edmonton clinging to one of the final two postseason seeds. The Oilers are tied with Anaheim for seventh place in the West with 67 points, while Nashville sits immediately behind those two. The Predators enter this matchup as the hotter of |
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| Red Wings and Predators clash in Music City |
NHL Hockey |
02/28/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Nashville Predators will shoot for a fourth straight victory when they host the first-place Detroit Red Wings in tonight's Central Division showdown at Sommet Center. The Predators have won three straight on the heels of a three-game slide and have recorded at least a point in four consecutive tests (3-0-1). Earlier this month, Nashville set a season-high with four straight wins from February 1-6 and the club is 9-4-1 this month. Nashville is still in the Western Conference playoff mix with |
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| Ward, Rinne help Preds top Coyotes |
NHL Hockey |
02/27/2009 |
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| Nashville, TN (MySportsbook) - Joel Ward had a goal and an assist while Pekka Rinne stopped 25 shots to help the Nashville Predators to a 4-1 win over the Phoenix Coyotes at Sommet Center. David Legwand, Jason Arnott and Steve Sullivan each lit the lamp for the Predators, who have won three straight. "It was huge. Obviously we won the last game late and we just try to carry the momentum into tonight's game," said Ward. "We just have to keep winning our games and keep climbing in those standings." The Predators |
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| Predators aiming for more success against Coyotes |
NHL Hockey |
02/26/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Nashville Predators will try to continue their recent home domination of the Phoenix Coyotes tonight, when the two clubs square off at the Sommet Center. The Predators and Coyotes have split their two meetings this year, but after a 2-1 loss in Phoenix on December 18, Nashville responded with a 2-1 home win of its own on February 3. It marked the ninth time in 10 games that the Preds have notched a point on home ice versus the Coyotes, and they are 8-1 with a tie in that span. In fact, the |
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| Legwand, Preds explode in third period to top Chicago |
NHL Hockey |
02/25/2009 |
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| Nashville, TN (MySportsbook) - David Legwand keyed a four-goal outburst in the third period, as the Nashville Predators rallied to overtake the Chicago Blackhawks, 5-3, at the Sommet Center. Legwand, Jason Arnott and J.P. Dumont each finished with a goal and an assist for the Predators, who have won two straight on the heels of a three-game skid. Martin Erat collected three helpers and Dan Hamhuis finished with two, while Pekka Rinne stopped 29-of-32 shots to earn the win. "The (team) just worked hard tonight," |
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| Rinne, Weber lead Preds in OT blanking of Blues |
NHL Hockey |
02/22/2009 |
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| St. Louis, MO (MySportsbook) - Shea Weber scored the game's lone goal with 2:24 remaining in overtime, as the Nashville Predators blanked the St. Louis Blues, 1-0, in the second of a home-and-home set and the final meeting of the season between these Central Division clubs. Pekka Rinne turned in a sterling performance between the pipes for Nashville, stopping all 30 shots he faced to earn his fifth career shutout. "He's given us a chance to win every night," Weber said of Rinne. "He's making big saves. He's a w |
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| Blues strive for home-and-home sweep of Predators |
NHL Hockey |
02/21/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Nashville Predators will try to avoid a fourth consecutive loss when they visit the St. Louis Blues for the finale of a home- and-home series tonight at Scottrade Center. In addition to going 0-2-1 in its last three games, Nashville has been handed losses in five of its past seven outings. The Predators did pick up a point in the opener of this series Thursday night in Nashville, where St. Louis posted a 2-1 overtime victory. The Blues have won four of the five meetings with Nashville this |
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| Power Players: Red Wings try to stay hot vs. Ducks |
NHL Hockey |
02/20/2009 |
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| ower-play goals this year. San Jose is a distant second in both categories, recording 61 goals on the man advantage while posting a 23.9 percent conversion rate on the power play. Detroit's power-play unit was red-hot in Wednesday's 6-2 win over the Nashville Predators. Johan Franzen had two of Detroit's five power-play goals in the victory, returning from a five-game absence due to an upper-body injury to also add an assist. Nicklas Lidstrom also had two goals -- including the lone even-strength Detroit goal -- a |
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