In a close series between the Nashville Predators and the Dallas Stars, the difference might boil down to each team’s top scorers. Tyler Seguin and company are performing admirably for the Stars, but the Predators have yet to get much out of Filip Forsberg, Ryan Johansen, and Viktor Arvidsson
That’s in large part thanks to the Stars’ checking line consisting of Andrew Cogliano, Radek Faksa, and Blake Comeau. Head coach Jim Montgomery tries his best to get the trio out against Nashville’s top line, and they’ve done a great job of shutting down the Nashville forwards thus far:
“For offensive players, they want time and space and they want to be able to carry the puck into your end to be creative,” Montgomery said.