As satisfying as the first round sweep of the Chicago Blackhawks may have been, the road to the Stanley Cup Finals is not over for the Nashville Predators. Now they await the winner of the Blues-Wild series. Game 5 of that series is slated for 2 p.m. today, with the Blues leading the series 3-1.
No matter which team ends up the Predators’ opponent in the next round, they will have a drastically different style of play from the Blackhawks. Both the Wild and the Blues have a more physical approach to the game, looking to play tough on the boards while battling for pucks and trying to out-defense the opponent on the way to a low scoring win.