The Nashville Predators concluded their long, long road trip with a swing west tonight, taking on the Dallas Stars while still shorthanded. Pekka Rinne was back in the starter’s crease after two games off, while Mikael Granlund was out day-to-day.
Fortunately for us all, the Preds started this game off much more evenly than they did last night’s game against the Florida Panthers. While they didn’t look great, they looked reasonably competent, got some time in the offensive zone, and didn’t have me wondering about relegation. The Stars have been struggling with some injury issues of their own.