![]() ![]() They have permitted just one in their last eight games, killing off 25 of 26 power plays in those games. After denying Nashville on both its opportunities with the man advantage Tuesday, that extended their stretch without allowing a power-play goal to five games. The Sharks entered with the NHL’s third-ranked penalty kill at 85.9%. “We talk about this all the time - it’s trying to get some bounces, trying to get a little puck luck, trying to get more shot volume to try and produce some more offense because it’s very hard, as you can see, winning hockey games when the puck’s not going in,” Sharks coach Bob Boughner said.įilip Forsberg appeared to score at 13:29 of the opening period after tipping Roman Josi’s shot by Kahkonen, but the Sharks challenged for offside and the goal was overturned after a replay review. In overtime, Saros stopped Tomas Hertl on a breakaway with his right pad at 1:06 and later turned away Brent Burns’ attempt from the right side at 2:17. It was kind of a fun game from a goalie’s perspective.” “Yeah, I know (Kahkonen) since we were 16 years old and played against each other in junior leagues in Finland,” Saros said. Saros wasn’t as busy as his Finnish counterpart at the other end, but he made the game’s best save when he denied Rudolfs Balcers on a breakaway with 14:09 remaining in the second period. The shutout was Saros’ fourth of the season and 18th of his career. “Got a lucky bounce there at the end and we’ll take it.” “We were wearing them down throughout the game, spent a lot of time in the O-zone and we figured we’d get a break if we kept going,” Johansen said. He appeared to be sending a cross-ice pass toward Mattias Ekholm in front, but the puck caromed in off Kahkonen. In overtime, Johansen took a drop pass inside the blue line and skated down the right side. ![]() We were in the game all game, just tough result again, but I think a lot of good things for being on the road and playing a good team.” “We battled hard and we didn’t step back. Kaapo Kahkonen stopped 40 shots for the Sharks, who have dropped seven straight games - tying their longest losing streak of the season. “Tonight was a little more of that mental grind, which is why we talk a lot about mental and physical toughness and the core fabric of our team,” Nashville coach John Hynes said. Juuse Saros made 25 saves for the Predators, who snapped a two-game skid as they try to maintain their hold on a wild card in the tight Western Conference playoff race. Ryan Johansen scored from a sharp angle at 3:18 of overtime to give the Nashville Predators a 1-0 victory over the slumping San Jose Sharks on Tuesday night. NHL, Nashville Predators, San Jose Sharks I think this is a 5 goal game max, so give me the under here.Johansen's OT goal gives Predators 1-0 win over Sharks San Jose and Nashville also have two of the better backup goaltenders in the NHL (if we should even call them backups) in Kevin Lankinen and Kaapo Kahkonen. A back-to-back is hard enough as it is, but a back-to-back overseas is going to be tougher with the jetlag and I think we’re just going to see sloppy offense all over the place. I get the reasoning for backing either side in this game, but I’m firmly on the under in this one. San Jose is 1-9 in their last 10 games against the Central division and 8-25 in their last 33 games played on no rest while the under is 4-1-1 in their last 6 Saturday games. Nashville is 0-5 in their last 5 games played on no rest and 1-5 in their last 6 games against the Western Conference while the over is 8-2 in their last 10 games overall. ![]() Juuse Saros got the win in goal for Nashville, stopping 30 of the 31 shots faced in the win while James Reimer ended up with the loss for the Sharks, allowing 3 goals on 28 shots faced in the losing effort. The 3-1 lead would hold into the 3 rd and for much of the final frame before Matt Duchene iced the win for Nashville with an empty-netter with less than a minute to play. The tie would hold into the second period, where Eeli Tolvanen restored Nashville’s lead just 1:24 into the second and Nino Niederreiter doubled the lead with his first goal as a Predator with just under five minutes to go in the second. Kiefer Sherwood opened the scoring for the Predators just over a minute into the game but Tomas Hertl would tie things up at one just 7:35 later. The Nashville Predators will be looking to start the year with back-to-back wins after opening things up with a 4-1 win over the Sharks in Friday’s matchup. The Nashville Predators and the San Jose Sharks meet in NHL action from the O2 Arena on Saturday afternoon. ![]()
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