The Nashville Predators came to town with a sterling 10-0-0 record against Eastern Conference teams. They left with a slightly tainted 10-0-1 record, after the Senators nearly gave away a game in which they were up 3-0, but managed to win just 20 seconds into overtime. It was also country night, which led me to include a bunch of heavily forced references to country songs in this recap.
The first period was the Senators’, led by the guys who don’t look a day over fast cars and freedom. First, Thomas Chabot drew a penalty just a minute into the game.