Blues at Predators preview/GameDay Thread: Hop to it

Photo by Danny Murphy/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesApologies on the double-duty post today. It’s a holiday, and I’ll be with my family around puck-drop - Hildy

The Blues’ win yesterday afternoon against the Minnesota Wild was a dominant one for about two periods, but the team took their foot off of the gas for the third allowing the Wild to tie the score and force overtime.

Lesson learned, hopefully. The postseason doesn’t make a lot of allowances for lapses in judgement. Honestly, neither do the Nashville Predators. They silenced Patrick Kane and the Blackhawks yesterday 4-3. Juuse Soros put in a solid performance, Philip Forsberg had two assists, and Mikael Granlund added a goal and an…