The Sharks and Predators played relatively evenly on Sunday afternoon — until Mattias Ekholm snapped home Nashville's first goal of the contest. The Predators held the edge from that point on, throwing puck after puck towards Martin Jones' net, but the netminder stood tall long enough for San Jose to take a 2-0 series edge.
Through the first two games of this series, the Predators scored just once at even strength. While Nashville enjoyed relative success with the goalie pulled (two goals in two games at least raises an eyebrow), Ekholm's goal remains the only even-strength tally for the Preds in this series.