The Nashville Predators entered the 2017 playoffs facing the top team in the West, the Chicago Blackhawks. Watch today’s NHL Nugget for more with a guest appearance by country music singer Jason Aldean.<\/p>\n
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Here’s today’s NHL nugget.<\/p>\n
Here’s today’s NHL nugget.<\/p>\n
April 20th, 2017, and in Nashville, the music wasn’t the only thing shutting the house down.<\/p>\n
April 20th, 2017, and in Nashville, the music wasn’t the only thing shutting the house down.<\/p>\n
The Nashville Predators didn’t just beat the Chicago Blackhawks, they swept them.<\/p>\n
The Nashville Predators didn’t just beat the Chicago Blackhawks, they swept them.<\/p>\n
Four games, no mercy, first playoff sweep in franchise history.<\/p>\n
Four games, no mercy, first playoff sweep in franchise history.<\/p>\n
And this wasn’t just any team.<\/p>\n
And this wasn’t just any team.<\/p>\n
Chicago had finished as the top seed in the West, then proceeded to lose eight straight games to end their season.<\/p>\n
Chicago had finished as the top seed in the West, then proceeded to lose eight straight games to end their season.<\/p>\n
That’s not a slump.<\/p>\n
That’s not a slump.<\/p>\n
That’s a full system shutdown.<\/p>\n
That’s a full system shutdown.<\/p>\n
Pekka Rinne?<\/p>\n
Pekka Rinne?<\/p>\n
Absolute lockdown.<\/p>\n
Absolute lockdown.<\/p>\n
123 saves on 126 shots, a .70 goals against average, and a .976 save percentage in the series.<\/p>\n
123 saves on 126 shots, a .70 goals against average, and a .976 save percentage in the series.<\/p>\n
And then there was Roman Josi.<\/p>\n
And then there was Roman Josi.<\/p>\n
Josi opened the scoring with a one-timer through traffic, then came back and buried a tic-tac-toe beauty for his second.<\/p>\n
Josi opened the scoring with a one-timer through traffic, then came back and buried a tic-tac-toe beauty for his second.<\/p>\n
Colton Sissons added one that bounced off Corey Crawford like a bad rebound off a drum kit, and Viktor Arvidsson iced it with the empty netter.<\/p>\n
Colton Sissons added one that bounced off Corey Crawford like a bad rebound off a drum kit, and Viktor Arvidsson iced it with the empty netter.<\/p>\n
And just like that, Nashville’s up 4-1, and the top seeds headed home early.<\/p>\n
And just like that, Nashville’s up 4-1, and the top seeds headed home early.<\/p>\n
Backed by clutch moments like Rinne slamming the door on Patrick Kane and Filip Forsberg saving a goal with a huge block, the Predators didn’t just win, they stunned the hockey world.<\/p>\n
Backed by clutch moments like Rinne slamming the door on Patrick Kane and Filip Forsberg saving a goal with a huge block, the Predators didn’t just win, they stunned the hockey world.<\/p>\n
April 20th, the night a President’s Trophy contender got swept off the stage in Smashville.<\/p>\n
April 20th, the night a President’s Trophy contender got swept off the stage in Smashville.<\/p>\n