San Jose, CA – The Nashville Predators get out shot 39-19 in 2-1 loss to the San Jose Sharks Saturday night at the HP Pavilion. San Jose, who had been struggling with power-plays of late, scored both goals with the man advantage. This was the Sharks first win over the Predators this season.
The Predators have now lost two in a row having lost Wednesday night to the Anaheim Ducks 5-1. Nashville ranks last in goals with just 2.05 per game.
 Nashville Predators’ Pekka Rinne stopped 37 shots on goal Saturday night. (Photo by Don McPeak-USA TODAY Sports)
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Nashville Predators play San Jose Sharks Saturday night
March 1, 2013 |
Nashville Predators vs. San Jose Sharks
Satuarday, March 2nd, 2013 | 9:30pm (CT)
San Jose, CA | HP Pavilion
Nashville, TN – With their second visit to HP Pavilion in the last month, the Nashville Predators wrap up their 2012-13 season series against the San Jose Sharks on Saturday night.
In Nashville’s first visit here on February 2nd, in game No.6 of a franchise-record tying seven-game road trip, Sergei Kostitsyn notched his first goal of the season that night, while NHL sophomore Craig Smith recorded the only goal in the shootout in a 2-1 shootout victory.
 NHL – Pekka Rinne, Nashville Predators (Kelvin Kuo – USA TODAY Sports)
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Nashville Predators head south to face off against the San Jose Sharks, Saturday
February 1, 2013 |
Nashville, TN - Coming off of a thrilling shoot-out win over the reigning Stanley Cup Champion Los Angeles Kings, the Nashville Predators have some momentum as they continue their road trip.
With four shootouts in its first seven games, Nashville has gone to the post-overtime tiebreaker more than any other team in the League this season, posting a 1-3 record in those contests. The Predators took home their first shootout win of the season on first-career shootout goals from Craig Smith (1-for-7 for his career), Gabriel Bourque (1-for-1) and Sergei Kostitsyn (1-for-5). «Read the rest of this article»
Nashville Predators visit Los Angeles Kings
Nashville Predators at Los Angeles Kings
Saturday, March 17th, 2012 at 9:30pm CT
Los Angeles, CA | Staples Center
Los Angeles, CA – Saturday night, the Nashville Predators and Los Angeles Kings close out their season series at Staples Center. The Predators are 22-23-(3)-3 all-time against the Kings, including a 13-9-(0)-3 mark in Tinseltown. Los Angeles is the only team the Preds have a winning record against on the road but a losing record against at home (9-14-(3)-3).
These teams met 11 days ago in Nashville as the Kings took home a 5-4 win. Patric Hornqvist scored two goals on the night, becoming the first Predators draftee to post at least 20 goals in three straight seasons for the team. Martin Erat and Sergei Kostitsyn both added goals for the Predators, while Andrei Kostitsyn – who notched his second multi-point effort in as many games – and Ryan Suter added two assists. «Read the rest of this article»
Nashville Predators visit San Jose Sharks
Nashville Predators at San Jose Sharks
Thursday, March 15th, 2012 at 9:30pm CT
San Jose, CA | HP Pavilion
San Jose, CA – Thursday night, the Nashville Predators and the San Jose Sharks close out their season series at HP Pavilion. Nashville is 2-1-0 against San Jose this season after going 2-0-2 against San Jose in 2010-11, tying its best record against the Sharks in franchise history – the Predatorss also garnered six points against the Sharks in 2005-06 (2-0-2) and 2006-07 (3-1-0).
Close games have been the trend between these two clubs as of late, as 13 of the last 17 games – dating back to February 9th, 2008 – have been decided by one goal. «Read the rest of this article»
Nashville Predators beat the Phoenix Coyotes 5-4 in Overtime
March 13, 2012 |
Written by Jay Levin
Nashville Predators
Glendale, AZ – The Nashville Predators opened their four-game West Coast road trip with a wild 5-4 shootout win against the Phoenix Coyotes. Nashville never trailed in the game, owning leads of 1-0, 2-1, and 4-2, but saw Phoenix rally each time to tie the score and ultimately force overtime.
Both teams had several chances in the OT frame, but were unable to convert, sending the game to a shootout. Pekka Rinne denied all three Coyotes shooters, starting with Ray Whitney to open the shootout. After Andrei Kostitsyn scored on Nashville’s first attempt, Rinne stopped Radim Vrbata and Mikkel Boedker to seal the two points for the Predators. «Read the rest of this article»
Nashville Predators vs. San Jose Sharks
October 24, 2011 |
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011 at 7:00pm CT at Bridgestone Arena
Nashville, TN – The Predators kick-off a three-game homestand tomorrow tonight against the San Jose Sharks after spending last week in Western Canada. Nashville went 2-0-2 against San Jose in 2010-11, tying its best record against the club in franchise history, the Predators also garnered six points against the Sharks in 2005-06 (2-0-2) and 2006-07 (3-1-0).
All four games last season – and 12 of 14 games between the clubs dating back to February 9th, 2008 – have been decided by one goal. Four of those 12 have needed extra time, including the last two. «Read the rest of this article»
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