The Nashville Predators made a brief stop home to face the Pittsburgh Penguins tonight. Both teams were working hard for playoff positioning, and that and some old bad blood promised a lively game.
The Penguins got off to a much stronger start than the Preds, bouncing the home team out of the offensive zone whenever they gained it and making Juuse Saros stay sharp. An early collision between Mattias Ekholm’s skate and Sidney Crosby’s arm sent Crosby off to the locker room in some visible discomfort, but he returned shortly.
A little less than halfway through the period, Filip Forsberg interfered with Jake Guentzel, and sadly was sent to the penalty box instead of being awarded a medal.