Nashville Predators keep Stanley Cup dreams alive
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The Predators beat the Penguins, tieing the series at two games each.
Last night the Nashville Predators defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1. The hometown crowd in Nashville was lively—numerous people gathered not just to watch the game in the stadium but outside as well on a big screen TV.
If the Predators lost game 4, the odds would not have been in their favor to win three straight against the defending Stanley Cup champions.
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Nashville got on the board first, with 5:09 left in the first period. Pittsburgh challenged the goal for goalie interference and lost their timeout in the process.
A little bit more than a minute later, with 4:09 left in the first, Sidney Crosby scored on a breakaway—Pekka Rinne almost got his pad over in time to make the save.
Nashville’s second goal came on a wrap around. Initially, it was not ruled a goal on the ice and the light never came on; after reviewing it, the officials ruled it a goal because the puck completely crossed the line. The game clock was reset to 16:15 in the second period.
About five minutes later, Crosby had his second breakaway of the game. This time he was shut down by Rinne.
The Predators stepped it up with a breakaway goal with 6:52 left in the second, setup by a diving flip pass from Carrie Underwood’s husband, Mike Fisher.
The Penguins pulled their goalie with 3:31 left in the game with a faceoff in the Predators zone. Not less than ten seconds later the Predators put the game away with an empty net goal.
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