Cody McLeod made a positive impression on his new teammates and the Nashville Predators came back in the third period from a two-goal deficit to defeat the Colorado Avalanche on the road 3-2.
The Avalanche opted today for a new strategy. Coach Jared Bednar gathered everyone around the whiteboard before the game, drew some x’s and o’s with interconnecting post-modernist line art and said, “Hey, let’s try scoring first!” Initially everyone was confused; after all, it certainly wasn’t a tactic they were used to employing. But then captain Gabe Landeskog stood up with a big smile on his face and exclaimed, “Yeah, let’s try scoring first!