Racing down the ice in transition, Brandon Mountour threw a shot on goal. The St. Louis Blues put up a valiant fight, but the Predators sent them packing in six games during the Western Conference Semifinals.
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“Our organization has done such a great job of developing players and that seems to be the key”, Nashville defenseman P.K. Subban told reporters after Game 5.
Game 6 is Monday night in Nashville.
Bernier came on in relief for Anaheim to start the second period. After the first period, Anaheim was forced to change goalies after an injury to John Gibson. Jonathan Bernier made 16 saves for the Ducks. Pontus Aberg scored the game-winning goal with 8:59 remaining in regulation.
The Predators lead the series 3-2, with Game 6 scheduled for Monday night in Tennessee. The Western Conference Final has been close throughout.
The Predators did rally from a 2-0 deficit in Game 4 with two goals in the last seven minutes of regulation to force overtime, with the crowd playing a role in the comeback.
The Ducks rebounded from losing Game 3 by taking a day off in Nashville to shoot pool and throw darts.
But the team could also be without captain Mike Fisher, who is listed as day-to-day after missing Game 5 with an unspecified injury.
As many have already noted, the quality of hockey between the Nashville Predators and Anaheim Ducks as they exchange proverbial haymakers in their Western Conference Final has been top class. The seven-year reserve has never opened a playoff game in the net and surrendered two goals on 18 Nashville shots in the Preds’ narrow victory Saturday. In February, he scored back-to-back hat tricks as part of a stretch with 10 goals in five games. The Predators are 52-32-13 overall and 30-9-9 at home while the Ducks are 56-28-14 overall and 22-17-9 on the road. The 2007 Stanley Cup champion is the second-leading scorer in the current playoffs, trailing only Pittsburgh’s Evgeni Malkin. Rinne was on fire in Saturday’s win and should be able to carry that momentum with him to Nashville tonight. But he was a little late in the assessment, leaving Aberg on the ice for one more crucial shift. Gibson was taken out of the game for unknown reasons. “There’s been a couple of games I wasn’t happy after the games”. He has a.939 save percentage in the series, with 10 goals allowed on 163 shots faced.
Who is Frederick Gaudreau?
Nashville breezed past the Chicago Blackhawks in Round One with a sweep.
During his 19 shifts and 11:40 of ice time in Game 5, the center won 71 percent of his face-offs.
Both players spent the majority of the season in the American Hockey League with the Predators’ affiliate in Milwaukee.
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Yet Forsberg, now sporting hastily sewn stitches across the bridge of his nose from a cut he received at some point during Game 2, has evolved into more than an offensive weapon.
