The Nashville Predators traveled north into the approaching winter weather to take on the Chicago Blackhawks.
The Preds got off to a strong start, peppering Hawks goalie Petr Mrázek with chances early. Although the initial push didn’t yield results, Nino Niederreiter scored about halfway through the period to halt the Chicago pushback. Right after that, Tanner Jeannot was called for a double minor for high-sticking Jake McCabe.
While the Preds were able to kill the penalties off, they weren’t able to build much momentum from there. The game seesawed back and forth before heading to intermission.