The Nashville Predators were back in action tonight after a bruising loss to the St. Louis Blues last night. They took on the Vancouver Canucks, whose success under new head coach Bruce Boudreau has hit some recent speed bumps. David Rittich got the start for the Preds, while Juuse Saros enjoyed his first rest of 2022.
Play began slowly, with a few shots broken up by long stretches of...not that. While both teams managed to do something with their possessions, neither got anywhere particularly close to their opponent’s goal. The shot count was pretty close, but the shot on goal count favored Vancover and as near as I could tell without a stopwatch it felt like the actual possession time did too.