Honest Bender Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 These two teams met two weeks ago in Chicago for a game in which the Blackhawks came out with a controversial 2-1 overtime win. The Predators will be looking for revenge, but the Blackhawks are still hungry to pay back the division rival for embarrassing them in last spring's playoff series. For the Predators Filip Forsberg is the hot hand, he already has 7 goals this season. Last season at this time he had only 2. On the other side Patrick Kane has points in 6 straight games. The Blackhawks are trying to settle their ever-jumbled defense pairings and the Predators are still searching for secondary scoring. Nashville Predators Projected Lines Filip Forsberg - Ryan Johansen - Viktor Arvidsson Scott Hartnell - Calle Jarnkrok - Kevin Fiala Pontus Aberg - Frederick Gaudreau - Craig Smith Miikka Salomaki - Colton Sissons - Austin Watson Roman Josi - Samuel Girard Mattias Ekholm - P.K. Subban Alexei Emelin - Yannick Weber Pekka Rinne Chicago Blackhawks Projected Lines Brandon Saad - Jonathan Toews - Alex DeBrincat Richard Panik - Nick Schmaltz - Patrick Kane Patrick Sharp - Artem Anisimov - John Hayden Lance Bouma - Tommy Wingels - Ryan Hartman Duncan Keith - Jan Rutta Gustav Forsling - Brent Seabrook Michal Kempny - Connor Murphy Corey Crawford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest Bender Posted October 28, 2017 Author Share Posted October 28, 2017 Good Guys Win!!! Predators - 2 Blackhawks - 1 Some positives: Depth scoring: Craig Smith and Calle Jarnkrok come through with the two Predators goals. Defense: Ekholm-Subban reunite, Girard looked good again, Matt "dumpster fire" Irwin scratched really helped the unit as a whole Goaltending: Pekka Rinne makes 43 saves on 44 shots Three Stars: * Pekka Rinne ** Craig Smith *** Calle Jarnkrok The negative takeaways would be: Lack of top-end scoring, usually when the JoFA (Johansen, Forsberg, Arvidsson) line isn't scoring then the Predators have problems. Luckily some guys who are slumping came through tonight, particularly Jarnkrok who has been absolutely awful this season and totally kills any offensive chance his line has. Undisciplined play. The Predators took six penalties and gave the Hawks six powerplays. While the Blackhawks also took six penalties and gave the Predators six powerplays, they also scored a bad shorthanded goal in which Rinne made two point-blank saves with a Predator defender on either side of the net and neither of them cleared the puck before Anisimov banged in the third attempt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest Bender Posted October 28, 2017 Author Share Posted October 28, 2017 almost forgot to add, Pekka Rinne last 6 starts 4-0-2 1.14 GAA .963 SV% Team MVP so far this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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