Recap: Saros shines as Predators defeat Penguins

Photo by John Russell/NHLI via Getty ImagesAfter a slow start, the Penguins got better in the second half of the first period, but it would be Nashville who would strike at almost the buzzer of the opening period to open the scoring. On a Pittsburgh d-zone draw with about 10 seconds left, Matt Duchene cleanly won a draw against Teddy Blueger. The Preds ran a set play that showed some players crash the net and Mattias Ekholm escape into empty space. Filip Forsberg let Ekholm creep into a shooting spot and fed it to him for a finish with just 1.5 seconds left in the period.

In the second period, the Pens would be the ones to take advantage of an offensive zone face off and score a goal off it.…