Game 10: Tampa Bay Lightning at Nashville Predators
by Clark J Brooks on Oct 27, 2011 11:35 PM EDT
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The Tampa Bay Lightning's 3-game winning streak came to an end with a 5-3 loss to the Nashville Predators.
A rough second period was the Lightning's undoing as they surrendered three unanswered goals within a span of less than five minutes after rallying from a 2-0 deficit to take a 2-2 tie into the first intermission. Mike Fisher, making just his second appearance of the season after off-season shoulder surgery scored two goals and an assist.
Sergei Kostitsyn opened the scoring for Nashville on assists from Craig Smith and Fisher. Fisher doubled the lead for the Predators with his first goal of the season with helpers from Kostitsyn and Smith. Two and a half minutes later, the Lightning were on the board with a goal from Steven Stamkos on assists from Teddy Purcell and Ryan Malone. WIth less than a minute remaining in the period and on the power play, Purcell tied it up with help from Brett Connolly and Marc-Andre Bergeron.
The Predators jumped back out in front at 7:43 of the second on a goal from Patric Hornqvist set up by Matt Halischuk and Blake Geoffrion. At 11:20, Nick Spaling doubled the lead to 4-2 with assistance from Jack Hillen and Jonathon Blum. Less than a minute later, it was 5-2 after Fisher scored again, this time with help from Spaling.
Starting goaltender Mathieu Garon was relieved after the second Fisher goal, having surrendered five goal on 17 shots. Dwayne Roloson stopped all 10 shots he saw in relief. Stamkos scored his second goal of the game at 17:03 in the third thank to assists from Martin St. Louis and Bergeron but that's as close as the Bolts would get.
Pekka Rinne, who has started every game for Nashville this season, stopped 29 shots in the win, the Predators fourth of the season and first at home.
The Lightning's next game will be Saturday when they return home to face division rival (for this season, anyway) the Winnipeg Jets.
Game notes:
- This was the 200th game of Teddy Purcell's career.
- Prior to tonight, the Predators had only scored more than three goals once this season, a 4-3 win over the St. Louis Blues three weeks ago.
- The Predators have beaten the Lightning three times in row.
- Garon's record against Nashville is now 2-8-2.
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Okay that was a weird experience.
I’ve never attended a game where I was a fan of both teams before. I don’t think I like it a whole lot. I want my sports to be uncomplicated and that wasn’t. The people next to us wanted Connolly’s (?) head for that hit on Kostitsyn. They also didn’t understand either why I was upset at Hornqvist running over Garon or why I was so excited about getting to see Roli play live. They hate Downie, too, but that’s not all that unexpected. And now I’m both happy and sad.
Roli looked really good, though. So did Purcell.
R.I.P. Belak, Rypien, Boogaard, Lokomotiv.
Lightning Goalies--0 for 4 on the poke check in October 2011
Part Predator, part Lightning.
got on facebook to see that two of my friends from college (now married)
were on the kiss cam at the game tonight. She dodged. The crowd booed.
I can imagine being a fan of both teams being really strange. I’m going to the ‘Canes/Bolts game in a few days, and while I’ve bought my first ‘Canes sweater, I’ll have no qualms about being 100% Tampa. Nice and uncomplicated.
On TV, it looked like the Lightning had the better of the attack but made some important defensive mistakes. Also, Rinne saved the Preds bacon a number of times, as is kinda what he does. And that third goal (which should’ve been disallowed) did not help momentum. Have to be mentally stronger.
Heel for school, Vol for life!
Bolts, Preds, Canes (childhood team, home state team, hometown team). Canes mini-STH. Southern hockey solidarity!
by Incipient_Senescence on Oct 28, 2011 1:11 AM EDT up reply actions
Ha ha! I’d totally go on the kiss cam if the opportunity arose.
Yes on Rinne, no on the goal being disallowed. The refs are in play. From what I could see on the Jumbotron replay, it was completely accidental. If anything, I’d ask why no one even tried to collapse or to pick up Hornqvist.
R.I.P. Belak, Rypien, Boogaard, Lokomotiv.
Lightning Goalies--0 for 4 on the poke check in October 2011
Part Predator, part Lightning.
I was talking about goalie interference, not the puck hitting the ref
the latter is obviously not a problem, just an unfortunate bounce.
Heel for school, Vol for life!
Bolts, Preds, Canes (childhood team, home state team, hometown team). Canes mini-STH. Southern hockey solidarity!
by Incipient_Senescence on Oct 28, 2011 10:53 AM EDT up reply actions
That’s a rule that has a lot of room for interpretation by the officials. My guess is that the factors were a) Garon being behind the net, b) Garon moving into Horny’s path, and especially c) too much time/activity between the collision and the goal, and Gumby being back on his feet before the shot came. But what the heck do I know?
I’m just mad someone ran into one of my goalies. Horny’s a good guy, though. I’ve never seen him try to hurt a goalie. He just likes giving them a good view of his backside.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=26557
R.I.P. Belak, Rypien, Boogaard, Lokomotiv.
Lightning Goalies--0 for 4 on the poke check in October 2011
Part Predator, part Lightning.
Purcell needs to move his feet. His his PPG was more of Rinne’s reaction to Connolly’s (whiffed) shot, more than anything else.
"The Revolution will be complete when the language is perfect"
- Smith in Orwell's 1984
Purcell was pretty active over the whole night. He got chances. And the way that you score on Rinne is to do exactly what Purcell did. You take advantage when he commits. I kinda thought Rinne’s reaction on Stammer’s 1st goal was worse.
R.I.P. Belak, Rypien, Boogaard, Lokomotiv.
Lightning Goalies--0 for 4 on the poke check in October 2011
Part Predator, part Lightning.
Backhands are notoriously hard to read, and Rinne had to slide right to left to track the puck. I give Rinne a pass on it, personally.
"The Revolution will be complete when the language is perfect"
- Smith in Orwell's 1984
Except that he got down low. More than once in the first period, he went down in his butterfly and didn’t keep his back straight, even when he wasn’t trying to see around (or under) someone. Then he made a really, really weak backside push. It was odd. He was fine in the 2nd and 3rd, though.
R.I.P. Belak, Rypien, Boogaard, Lokomotiv.
Lightning Goalies--0 for 4 on the poke check in October 2011
Part Predator, part Lightning.
I used to do that often, actually – go to a game where I liked both teams. I just don’t cheer for anybody, in those cases. I simply sit back and enjoy watching a hockey game and don’t stress about who wins or loses. :o)
"You don't have enough talent to win on talent alone." -Herb Brooks
Raw Charge, an SBN Tampa Bay Lightning community. Follow me on Twitter: @dagmar27.
by Cassie McClellan on Oct 28, 2011 8:11 AM EDT up reply actions
I wish I could do that. I just get too invested. Interesting to see Tootoo v Downie, though. I guess in the end Downie’s reputation is stronger than Tootoo’s.
R.I.P. Belak, Rypien, Boogaard, Lokomotiv.
Lightning Goalies--0 for 4 on the poke check in October 2011
Part Predator, part Lightning.
My natural state of hockey affairs is cheering on individual players and not teams, so I tend to not get invested in teams as much.
"You don't have enough talent to win on talent alone." -Herb Brooks
Raw Charge, an SBN Tampa Bay Lightning community. Follow me on Twitter: @dagmar27.
by Cassie McClellan on Oct 28, 2011 10:25 AM EDT up reply actions
While the defense wasn’t spectacular, it wasn’t as awful as that Philly-Winnipeg game. Rinne was a huge difference, I think. He one of the most underrated goalies in the NHL, in my opinion.
"You don't have enough talent to win on talent alone." -Herb Brooks
Raw Charge, an SBN Tampa Bay Lightning community. Follow me on Twitter: @dagmar27.
by Cassie McClellan on Oct 28, 2011 8:13 AM EDT reply actions
the fact that he's generally rated as top three and is still one of the most underrated says something
Heel for school, Vol for life!
Bolts, Preds, Canes (childhood team, home state team, hometown team). Canes mini-STH. Southern hockey solidarity!
by Incipient_Senescence on Oct 28, 2011 10:55 AM EDT up reply actions
On the one hand, statistically, he’s always up with the leaders. On the other hand, in the media, he’s hardly ever mentioned. A lot of that has to do with the fact that he plays in Nashville and not someplace like Pittsburgh. His name is rarely mentioned in the discussions about good goalies in the NHL.
"You don't have enough talent to win on talent alone." -Herb Brooks
Raw Charge, an SBN Tampa Bay Lightning community. Follow me on Twitter: @dagmar27.
by Cassie McClellan on Oct 28, 2011 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Last week, the first period of play was horrific. Last night, the second period was frightening.
None of our d-men played well. Hedman apparently was in Arkansas on Kostitsyn’s goal—what’s he doing that far up ice? Brewer, Clark, Kubina—sloppy play.
Gilroy is actually looking better—and to you, Cassie, I apologize for passing judgment too quickly. :-)
"The Revolution will be complete when the language is perfect"
- Smith in Orwell's 1984
Oh, And did I not warn you about the yellow jerseys?
They are very yellow.
R.I.P. Belak, Rypien, Boogaard, Lokomotiv.
Lightning Goalies--0 for 4 on the poke check in October 2011
Part Predator, part Lightning.
I did notice a very shrewd marketing plan by the Preds, though—different warm-up jerseys than the game jerseys. I’m sure they $ell well in the team store.
I’m sure it’s only a matter of time before all the teams in the league pick up on that idea.
"The Revolution will be complete when the language is perfect"
- Smith in Orwell's 1984
Those were the Hockey Fights Cancer warm-ups. I believe they’re going to be auctioned off.
R.I.P. Belak, Rypien, Boogaard, Lokomotiv.
Lightning Goalies--0 for 4 on the poke check in October 2011
Part Predator, part Lightning.
They were.
They were being featured down at the Silent Auction table at the Predators Foundation after the pregame. All proceeds were going toward HFC charities. If I remember right, the Penguins did the same thing the other night.
Last night was exactly what I pictured: a fast-paced, up-and-down cardio workout of a game. So many of the Western Conference games are just grindfests that seem to slow down. This was just fun to watch. At no time did I think the Preds had it wrapped up, so potent is the Lightning offense.
That last sentence shows how where both my teams did good. The Preds didn’t let up in the 3rd like they usually do and the Bolts still were able to score under all that pressure.
R.I.P. Belak, Rypien, Boogaard, Lokomotiv.
Lightning Goalies--0 for 4 on the poke check in October 2011
Part Predator, part Lightning.
I’ve always liked TB as an Eastern Conference team. I was all kinds of pessimistic about Nashville being able to put any good effort together, especially against the Bolts.
(You know, I don’t recall Adam Hall ever getting one of those “tribute videos” from back in the day when the Preds didn’t resign him. Seems like everyone else got one. A lot of newer fans won’t remember how integral a part of the team he used to be, including the ‘first playoff goal in franchise history’.)
Little known fact: Adam Hall was the first Pred I ever got an autograph from in person. He’s a face-off stud for the Bolts. I love it.
R.I.P. Belak, Rypien, Boogaard, Lokomotiv.
Lightning Goalies--0 for 4 on the poke check in October 2011
Part Predator, part Lightning.
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