The Nashville Predators put a season-low 16 pictures on aim, and none of them discovered the again of the web as they fell to Darcy Kuemper and the Los Angeles Kings by a last rating of 3-0 Monday at Bridgestone Area.
How the Predators lined up vs. Los Angeles
Forsberg-O’Reilly-Nyquist
Stamkos-Pärssinen-Marchessault
Jankowski-Novak-Evangelista
L’Heureux-Sissons-Smith
Skjei-Josi
Lauzon-Service
Del Gaizo-Schenn
Saros
Wedgewood
Additional: McCarron, Tomasino, Fabbro
Recreation Abstract
Anze Kopitar received issues rolling for the Kings at 13:24 of the primary interval, banking a shot in off the pad of Juuse Saros from under the aim line to offer Los Angeles a 1-0 lead.
An uneventful first interval for the Predators gave technique to a scrappy second. Luke Schenn and former Predators ahead Tanner Jeannot dropped gloves at 6:36 of the body, and every was assessed a five-minute preventing main. Lower than two minutes later, Kings defenseman Kyle Burroughs clipped Gustav Nyquist with a knee, and Ryan O’Reilly swiftly got here to Nyquist’s protection. O’Reilly and Burroughs every received 5 minutes for preventing, and Burroughs received an additional two for kneeing, giving the Predators a power-play alternative – however with out certainly one of their prime energy gamers in O’Reilly.
The Predators had been unsuccessful on the person benefit and play continued at even power till Jeremy Lauzon laid a giant hit on Alex Turcotte and needed to reply to Phillip Danault. Each Danault and Lauzon had been whistled for roughing, however neither staff might get something going at 4-on-4 and the 1-0 rating carried into the second intermission.
The Predators additionally made some modifications to their ahead line combos within the second interval, with Luke Evangelista and Zachary L’Heureux transferring as much as be part of Steven Stamkos on the second line. Juuso Pärssinen slid all the way down to the fourth line to play on the wing with Colton Sissons and Cole Smith, and Jonathan Marchessault joined Tommy Novak and Mark Jankowski on the second line. Although the shuffling didn’t generate something offensively for Nashville, the Predators did handle to carry Los Angeles to only three pictures on aim within the second interval.
That rapidly modified originally of the third interval, nonetheless, when the Kings piled up 5 fast pictures on aim earlier than the Predators might handle one. It paid off for Los Angeles, as former Predators ahead Kevin Fiala scored on a rebound within the opening minute of the third to increase the Kings’ result in 2-0.
This time, it was the Predators who managed to place simply three pictures on aim within the third interval whereas they had been down within the recreation. Adrian Kempe scored into the empty web for Los Angeles at 17:02 of the third interval for the 3-0 last.
Key Takeaways
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Monday marked Lauzon’s three hundredth profession NHL recreation.
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Nashville defenseman Marc Del Gaizo made a giant play on the prime of the second interval, swiping the puck away from the aim line after it had snuck previous Saros to rob the Kings of what would have been their second aim of the night time.
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Turcotte didn’t return to the sport after taking the hit from Lauzon within the second interval.
Up Subsequent
The Predators hit the street for a back-to-back set Wednesday towards the Washington Capitals and Thursday towards the Florida Panthers. Puck drop for every recreation is at 6 p.m. CT, and the video games shall be broadcast regionally on FanDuel Sports activities Community South and on ESPN+ for out-of-market prospects in the USA.
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