The Nashville Predators hockey club does not have a great record facing elimination. The Chicago Blackhawks are the stone cold closers of the playoffs, and have the banners to back it up. It was safe to say that this game had all the desperation in the corner of the upstarts from Music City.
The game got off to a frantic start, and did not feature enough stoppages to the allotted TV timeouts. Both the Predators and Blackhawks traded goals in the first, and for the Preds' sake it was a good thing they did so quickly.