NASHVILLE – The Stanley Cup Playoffs are all about mid-series adjustments. After dropping the first two games due primarily to losing the special teams battle, the Predators made one change to their strategy on the penalty kill, sparking a 4-1 win at Bridgestone Arena in Game 3 on Tuesday night.
Nashville scored a pair of man advantage goals, and held the Sharks’ previously scorching power play at bay. San Jose went 0-for-4, with just four shots on goal.
“They were a little better up [the] ice, I think. They showed us a little different look,” Joe Pavelski said of the Predators’ penalty killers, who had allowed three goals on five chances through games one and two.