Nashville, Tenn. — The Predators have shut down the likes of Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane, Vladimir Tarasenko and Ryan Getzlaf this postseason.
They have slowed down Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin.
Stopping them completely? Even Nashville defenders Roman Josi, Ryan Ellis, Mattias Ekholm and All-Star P.K. Subban are susceptible to an off night as they find out just how hard it is to keep track of Pittsburgh’s superstar forwards.
“It just seems to be like every second game, they’re talking about how good we play defense and then the other game they talk about how good they are as an offense,” Ekholm said Friday.