The Hawks take their first loss of the season. I only saw the last half of the 3rd period. From what I am reading I may not have missed too much from a Hawks perspective.
Nashville is a new team. Trotz has been trotted away and a more offensive coach, Laviolette, is now in place along with a couple of strong forwards acquired over the summer. Problem 1 for the Hawks in this game, SOGs. Only 15 in the first 40 minutes. While they got 17 in the third, Rinne's confidence was high by that time and he was making the saves. 32 shots against Rinne may not be enough to win any more now that the Preds have more offensive power. Neal with 27 goals last year now has 4 with three of those coming last night. The Preds are a different team this year and may be a bit underrated in the press. Their start certainly indicates that they are a team to recon with.
So let's look to the weekend and Darlings first start behind the Indian head. This has to be a 3 point weekend for the Hawks if not 4. My summary on Monday.
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