After a disappointing 4-2 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Stanley Cup Finals, the Nashville Predators will hope to repeat almost all of that performance with the outcome reversed.
Despite a middling 240 goals for (11th in the league) and a mediocre 224 goals-against (15th), the Predators rode a hot streak into the postseason, winning 7 of their last 10 games.
Nashville seemed to embody the “jack of all trades, master of none” mantra, being middle-of-the-league in goals for, goals against, power play (just under league average at 18.9%) and penalty kill (right at league average at 80.