On the Forecheck Jan 26, 2023
Game Preview: Nashville Predators vs New Jersey Devils 1/26/23
Photo by Rich Graessle/NHLI via The Preds fit in their last game before the break tonight. The Nashville Predators play tonight before an extended break. Their opponent: the New Jersey Devils, who've put together a great season after years of struggles. Nashville will be minus Alexandre Carrier. The team announced this morning that he'll be out 4-6 weeks with an upper-body injury. Kevin Gravel has been recalled from the Milwaukee Admirals. This is rough news for Carrier and the Preds in general, and comes at a particularly challenging time. The Devils are near the top...
On the Forecheck Jan 24, 2023
Nashville Predators 2, Winnipeg Jets 1: Depth, Saros give comeback win
Photo by John Russell/NHLI via Cody Glass and Tanner Jeannot had the Preds’ goals, and Saros held on through a late barrage. The Nashville Predators, hoping to build on their recent success, faced the Winnipeg Jets tonight. Pierre-Luc Dubois got the scoring started 48 seconds in, tapping in an easy backdoor chance to put the Jets up 1-0. This was followed up on the next shift with a fight between Logan Stanley and Alexandre Carrier in response to Stanley’s hit on Cody Glass; Carrier fairly resoundingly lost the fight. The Jets continued to press the attack,...
On the Forecheck Jan 21, 2023
Nashville Predators 5, Los Angeles Kings 3: Early Lead & Goaltending Put the Preds on Top
Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports Juuse Saros kept the Predators in the game, providing a path to victory on a late 3rd period surge. The Nashville Predators have had a busy up and down week and were coming off an ugly 5-2 road loss to the St. Louis Blues. But tonight they hoped to bounce back at home against the Los Angeles Kings, who were trying to have their own bounce-back game after being shut out by the Dallas Stars on Thursday. The First Period The Preds put the pressure on early, with Mikael Granlund tipping in a shot by Alexandre Carrier only 19 seconds...
On the Forecheck Jan 14, 2023
Nashville Predators 3, Buffalo Sabres 5: Preds fumble human game from Saros
Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports Saros had an off night, and the team couldn’t recover in front of him. The Nashville Predators returned home after a road trip that started great and ended poorly, to face a Buffalo Sabres team also looking to recover after a loss. Alexandre Carrier was out with an injury, and Roland McKeown got to dress again for the Preds. The Sabres got off to a strong start, setting up in the Preds’ end and making Juuse Saros work to keep the score level. McKeown was forced to take a penalty during a sustained Sabres OZ sequence the...
