Best Goalies of the 2017-18 Regular Season Jeff Seide | May 5, 2018 Historically, there are three statistics that are looked at to evaluate and compare a goaltender: wins, goals against average (GAA) and save percentage (SV%). While they all have some merit,…
Sharks Blue Line Comes up Big in Game 4 George Matarangas | May 3, 2018 Game 4 at the SAP Center was nerve-racking for fans. The series was at 2-1 in favor of the Vegas Golden Knights going into the game and the San Jose Sharks…
Subban’s No Scapegoat for Defensive Woes George Matarangas | April 24, 2018 The Nashville Predators had their hands full with the Colorado Avalanche in round one of the playoffs. What should’ve been an easy win turned into six games of a heated…
NHL Team Rankings Based on Players’ Prime Seasons Kyle Gipe | April 22, 2018 In March, ESPN published an article, “Which team would be MLB’s best if every player were in his prime?” The writers went through each MLB franchise, took every team’s roster and…
Sharks’ Tierney Shining In First Few Playoff Games George Matarangas | April 18, 2018 The Pacific Division playoff series have some striking similarities, but there’s one that’s impossible to ignore: One team is dominating the series as the Vegas Golden Knights and San Jose…
3 Teams Underperformed in 2017-18 Kyle Gipe | April 16, 2018 Now that the regular season is over, it is time to reflect on it by looking at results and seeing how successful teams performed relative to expectations. A good way…
Forsberg Dominated the Avalanche… or Did He? George Matarangas | April 14, 2018 The better team won on Thursday night. It took the Nashville Predators two periods to get started but once they did, it wasn’t even close. The Colorado Avalanche won the…
3 Teams Outperformed in 2017-18 Kyle Gipe | April 13, 2018 Now that the regular season is over, it is time to reflect on it by looking at results and seeing how successful teams performed relative to expectations. A good way…
Predators Dominate Despite Mixed Analytics George Matarangas | April 9, 2018 Game 82 of the season has come and gone and the Nashville Predators are the best team in the NHL. The Presidents’ Trophy is coming to Tennesee and it was…
Predators Destroy Blue Jackets B-Team George Matarangas | April 8, 2018 Yes, the title is a little bit snarky but it’s true. The Columbus Blue Jackets were sitting Cam Atkinson, Norris Candidate Seth Jones, Zach Werenski, Ryan Murray, Nick Foligno, Alexander…
Predators Convert on Capital Opportunity George Matarangas | April 6, 2018 For as much as I like to stress five on five play, special teams are just as important. Thursday night was a great example as four of the total goals…
Predators Escape With Win After Wild OT George Matarangas | March 28, 2018 The slump is over! The Nashville Predators triumphed over the Minnesota Wild not once, but twice last night. Unfortunately, a very close, but correct offside review called the game back and…
