Predators BEAGM(NHL 10)

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I am going to be doing a Be a GM of the Nashville Predators.

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Skill Level: Superstar
Period Length: 9 Min
Game Style: OBG's Slider Set

I'm not going to have a fancy write-up with Newspaper articles and everything. I am going to post each game and then have a game recap. Every 10 games I will put out a summary of the entire NHL(League Leaders, Standing, Injuries,etc..). As well as the game recap I will post any transactions that took place on that day.

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Draft Preview

The Nashville Predators will be looking to get back to the playoffs after missing them last year for the first time in the last 4 years. Several players are being marketed off in an attempt to get younger and clear some cap space in case a big name player is available as a free agent.

Trade Block:
Dan Hamhuis
Jason Arnott
David Legwand

The NHL Entry Draft will be a interesting day for the Nashville Predators. Players could be moved and big shake ups in the opening night roster could happen.

As of now the lines for the Predators are

Nashville Predators - 2009 Depth Chart

	Starter	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
LW	Steve Sullivan	Martin Erat	Peter Olvecky	Marcel Goc
C	Jason Arnott	David Legwand	Colin Wilson	Jerred Smithson
RW	Jean-Pierre Dumont	Patric Hornqvist	Joel Ward	Jordin Tootoo
DEF 1	Shea Weber	Dan Hamhuis	Cody Franson
DEF 2	Ryan Suter	Denis Grebeshkov	Francis Bouillon
G	Pekka Rinne	Dan Ellis

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The Draft is only a few hours away. I will have another update logging Nashville's moves at the draft and all the transactions that occur during the draft and the following months up until opening night in October.

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Draft Recap

Well after talk of several big name players being traded at the Draft. Nashville made one move and it was just a swap of a veteran for a younger AHL player.

To NSH: (RW) Brain McGrattan
To CGY: (C) Dave Scrathard, 4th Round Pick

All of the big name players mentioned in the previous update all stayed put in Nashville for the moment. Several offers were made for Arnott and Hamhuis, but none of them helped the Predators in a way their GM was looking to either reduce cap or get them to the playoffs.

Nashville only had 4 draft picks to work with once they made their one and only trade. Here are the 2009 Nashville Predator Draft Picks:

1st Round: William Allen (LW)
2nd Round: Edwin Woywitka (C)
3rd Round: Rodney Garlock (D)
5th Round: Janne Edlund (G)

It is unknown if the Preds are going to attempt and sign all 4 draft picks, but we assure you that at Allen and Woywitka are the main focus for the management.

Trades Around the NHL:

To Van: Marty Turco (G), Toby Peterson (C)
To Dal: Christian Erhoff (D), Pavol Demitra (RW)

To Pit: Cory Sarich (D), Brett Palin (D), Steve Staios (D)
To Cgy: Sergei Gonchar (D), Mark Eaton (D), 3rd Round Pick

To Min: Barrett Jackman (D)
To Stl: Marek Zidlicky (D)

To Van: Jere Lehitnen (RW)
To Dal: Sami Salo (D)

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Opening Night is Here

Well after a slow off-season for the Nashville Predators they will start their 2009 season in Dallas. There were some minor tweaks to the roster after the draft adding several players that were skilled enough to play in NHL right away. So the lines for tonight opener are as followed.

Nashville Predators - 2009 Depth Chart

	Starter	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
LW	Steve Sullivan	William Allen	Joel Ward	Jordin Tootoo
C	Jason Arnott	David Legwand	Marcel Goc	Jerred Smithson
RW	Jean-Pierre Dumont	Martin Erat	Patric Hornqvist	Wade Belak
DEF 1	Ryan Suter	Denis Grebeshkov	Kevin Klein
DEF 2	Shea Weber	Dan Hamhuis	Francis Bouillon
G	Pekka Rinne	Dan Ellis

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Kevin Klein is the lineup to start the year, but with the drafting of Rodney Garlock look for Klein to be on a short leash before Garlock is called up to take Klein's spot. William Allen will be making his NHL debut tonight. He was the first round pick of Nashville in the draft. He is a playmaker at heart so look for him to play very well with Legwand and Erat. Pekka Rinne has earned the starting spot in net for the Preds. It was close battle and a tough decision but Rinne will give the Preds the best chance to win games. Ellis is going to be the backup but there have also been talks of Ellis being dealt to help the offense. Only time will tell.

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Game 1: Nashville Predators @ Dallas Stars

NHL Scoreboard - Nashville Predators (0-0-0) at Dallas Stars (0-0-0)

October 3, 2009 1 2 3 F Nashville Predators 0 1 0 1 Dallas Stars 1 2 1 4 Three Stars Loui Eriksson, Left Wing 2 Goals, 1 Assist, 3 Points Mike Modano, Center 1 Goal, 1 Assist, 1 Point Steve Ott, Left Wing 0 Goals, 2 Assists, 2 Points	Team Stats Comparison NSH DAL Shots on Goal 17 22 Hits 21 20 Faceoffs Won-Lost 12-12 12-12 Penalty Minutes 6:00 4:00 Power Plays Converted 0 1 Total Power Plays 1 3 Time on Attack 8:52 7:09
Scoring Summary First Period Scoring DAL Loui Eriksson Mike Ribeiro, Steve Ott 6:39 Second Period Scoring DAL Mike Modano Francis Brunnstrom, Nik Grossman 6:31 NSH Steve Sullivan(1) Jean-Pierre Dumont, David Legwand 7:29 DAL Loui Eriksson Steve Ott, Sami Salo 12:32 Third Period Scoring DAL Pavol Demitra Loui Eriksson, Brad Richards PP 4:31
Nashville Predators - Goaltending Shots Saves SV % GAA Pekka Rinne 22 18 82% 4.00 Nashville Predators - Key Statistics Steve Sullivan - 1 Goal, 0 Assists, 1 Point, Even David Legwand - 0 Goals, 1 Assist, 1 Point, +1 Jean-Pierre Dumont - 0 Goals, 1 Assist, 1 Point +1 Kevin Klein - 0 Assists, 0 Points, -1, 1 Hit, 0 SOG Dallas Stars - Goaltending Shots Saves SV % GAA Kari Lehtonen 17 16 94% 1.00 Dallas Stars - Key Statistics Loui Eriksson - 1 Goal, 0 Assists, 1 Point, +1 Steve Ott - 0 Goals, 2 Assists, 2 Points, +2 Pavol Demitra - 1 Goal, 0 Assists, 1 Point, -1 Mike Modano -

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Preds Can't Solve Lehtonen

The Nashville Predators travel to Dallas, Texas to take on the new look Dallas Stars. Both teams are lacking in the defensive aspect of the game, but Nashville was the first to show it. Loui Eriksson scored the first goal of the game midway through the first on a one-timer from Mike Ribeiro. Eriksson was left wide open to the left of Rinne. Rinne had no chance at the shot. 1-0 Dallas. Dallas would continue to pepper Rinne throughout the first, but Rinne stood tall. After the first it was still 1-0 Dallas.

In the second Dallas came out strong once again and skated all over the Preds. The Predators didn't register a shot in the period until the 7 minute mark. Their first shot came after Mike Modano tallied his first goal of the 2009 campaign. Once again a Star forward was alone in the slot. Another defensive laspe, another one-timer, and another goal. It was now 2-0 and the Preds had shown no will to try and battle back before the goal. Allowing that 2nd goal seemed to wake the Preds up because they were able to net a goal of their own just a minute later as Sullivan took a beautiful pass from Dumont and he buried until Lehtonen's glove to make it a 2-1 game. The Preds had new life until the 12:32 mark. When once again Eriksson would be open in the slot. He took a pass from Steve Ott and he deked Suter out of his skates and walked in on Rinne and beat him 5-Hole. 3-1 Stars was the score going into the 3rd.

The Predators were in trouble early as Dan Hamhuis took an interference penalty in front of his own net putting the Stars on an early 3rd period powerplay. Pavol Demitra was able to capitalize on the PP and sneak one past Rinne just over his blocker making it 4-1 Stars. The Preds tried everything they could to beat Lehtonen, but he was on his game in this one. The Preds seemed to have hope at the 7:11 mark when the ref put his arm up for a delayed penalty against the Stars, but as they were setting the play up in the zone with the extra man Sullivan tripped Ott and cancelled out the powerplay for Nashville and instead caused a 4 on 4 for the next 2 minutes. Both teams would have chances in the rest of the period but in the end it was the Stars that walked away with a 4-1 win on the shoulders of Lehtonen's 16 saves and Eriksson's 2 goals.

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Game 2: Nashville Predators vs Colorado Avalanche

NHL Scoreboard - Colorado Avalanche (0-2-0) at Nashville Predators (0-1-0)

October 8, 2009 1 2 3 F Colorado Avalanche 1 0 0 1 Nashville Predators 1 0 2 3 Three Stars Pekka Rinne, Goalie 28 Saves, 1 Goal Against, 1.00 GAA William Allen, Winger 1 Goal, 1 Point Dan Hamhuis, Defenseman 2 Assists, 2 Points	Team Stats Comparison COL NSH Shots on Goal 29 27 Hits 14 29 Faceoffs Won-Lost 16-15 15-16 Penalty Minutes 0:00 10:00 Power Plays Converted 0 0 Total Power Plays 4 0 Time on Attack 6:29 7:45
Scoring Summary First Period Scoring NSH Jean-Pierre Dumont(1) Dan Hamhuis, Steve Sullivan 3:57 COL Darren Haydar Stephane Yelle, Brett Clark 18:37 Third Period Scoring NSH Williams Allen(1) Unassisted SH 5:20 NSH Martin Erat(1) Dan Hamhuis, David Legwand EN 19:41
Colorado Avalanche - Goaltending Shots Saves SV % GAA Craig Anderson 27 25 93% 2.00 Colorado Avalanche - Key Statistics Darren Haydar - 1 Goal, 0 Assists, 1 Point, Even Stephane Yelle - 0 Goals, 1 Assist, 1 Point, Even Brett Clark - 0 Goals, 1 Assist, 1 Point, Even Nashville Predators - Goaltending Shots Saves SV % GAA Pekka Rinne 29 28 97% 1.00 Nashville Predators - Key Statistics Dan Hamhuis - 0 Goals, 2 Assists, 2 Points, +2 William Allen - 1 Goal, 0 Assists, 1 Point, +2 Jean-Pierre Dumont - 1 Goal, 0 Assists, 1 Point, +1 Martin Erat - 1 Goal, 0 Assists, 1 Point, +1

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William Allen Scores His First NHL Goal

Allen and Rinne Lead Predators Past Avalanche
The Predators hosted the Colorado Avalanche for their Home Opener this season. Both teams came out hot putting lots of shots on net. Dumont was able bury an easy tap in after a beautiful play in the zone by Hamhuis and Sullivan found Dumont on the goal mount wide open. He tucked in behind Anderson to give the Preds a 1-0 lead only 3 minutes into the game. After a calm 14 minutes of back and forth neutral zone play the Avalanche were able to get set up in the offensive zone and work the puck to Stephane Yelle who was then able to find an open Haydar on the weak side and he beat Rinne to tie the game at 1. After the first period it was a tie at 1.

In the 2nd period Rinne really shined. As the Preds would put the Avalanche on several powerplays in the period. Rinne would make 12 saves over the course of the 2nd. Since the Preds spent most of the 2nd in their own zone killing off penalties they were only able to muster 5 shots for the period. No one was able to get anything even close to beating Rinne. After 2 with was still 1-1.

At the start of the 3rd the Preds came out flying all over the place but were unable to beat Anderson. They fired 6 shots on him in the first 4 minutes, but then Legwand took another penalty to put the Preds back on the Kill. William Allen the Preds 1st Round Pick this year was out there on the PK and he was able to steal the puck from Haydar on the left boards. Instead of clearing the puck he had room so he skated it into the Avalanche zone. He got to the top of the circle and ripped a slapshot over the shoulder of Anderson giving him his first NHL goal and the Preds the lead once again. He was later asked after the game how his first goal felt, "I love that I was get it this out of the way so it wouldn't hold me down later. But all and all I am just glad we're able to win the game." After that goal the Preds took over. They kept the puck down in the Avalanche zone for about 80% of the remaining game. Martin Erat was able to bury an empty netter for a 3-1 lead and the win for the Predators. Pekka Rinne was the first star of the game for good reasons. He stopped 28 out of the 29 shots that the Avalanche threw at him.

[BLemieux]

Re: Game 2: Nashville Predators vs Colorado Avalanche

Nice job so far. The layout is awesome!

[Huskies v3]

Re: Game 2: Nashville Predators vs Colorado Avalanche

Nice job so far. The layout is awesome!

Thank you. I am going to try and some more games posted tonight, but I have several NCAA games to play first.

[BLemieux]

Re: Game 2: Nashville Predators vs Colorado Avalanche

Your one of those multi-dynasty fellows, eh? Well I've got a FNR4 dynasty, but I can easily manage my time as I have memorized all of my fights (I won all of them until the 25th). I've gotta play a few more games on my own dynasty, too.

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Re: Game 2: Nashville Predators vs Colorado Avalanche

Your one of those multi-dynasty fellows, eh? Well I've got a FNR4 dynasty, but I can easily manage my time as I have memorized all of my fights (I won all of them until the 25th). I've gotta play a few more games on my own dynasty, too.

I play in 5 Online Dynasties with friends. 3 of those we play several games in a day. But we average maybe a season every week and a half.

[BLemieux]

Re: Game 2: Nashville Predators vs Colorado Avalanche

woooooooow. A season every week and a half... that'll keep this exciting. My favourite part of all the dynasties are the play-offs.

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Game 3: Nashville Predators vs Buffalo Sabres

NHL Scoreboard - Buffalo Sabres (1-1-0) at Nashville Predators (1-1-0)

October 10, 2009 1 2 3 F Buffalo Sabres 0 0 1 1 Nashville Predators 3 0 1 4 Three Stars Denis Grebeshkov, Defenseman 1 Goal 1 Assist 2 Points Pekka Rinne, Goalie 21 Saves 1 GA 1.00 GAA William Allen, Winger 1 Goal 1 Point	Team Stats Comparison BUF NSH Shots on Goal 22 30 Hits 28 21 Faceoffs Won-Lost 14-16 16-14 Penalty Minutes 6:00 6:00 Power Plays Converted 0 0 Total Power Plays 3 2 Time on Attack 7:51 7:33
Scoring Summary First Period Scoring NSH William Allen(2) David Legwand, Denis Grebeshkov 4:47 NSH Denis Grebeshkov(1) Jason Arnott SH 7:36 NSH Shea Weber(1) Kevin Klein 15:37 Third Period Scoring NSH Jordin Tootoo(1) Wade Belak 8:52 BUF Craig Rivet Unassisted 19:51
Buffalo Sabres - Goaltending Shots Saves SV % GAA Ryan Miller 30 26 87% 4.00 Buffalo Sabres - Key Statistics Craig Rivet - 1 Goal, 0 Assists, 1 Point, +1 Nashville Predators - Goaltending Shots Saves SV % GAA Pekka Rinne 22 21 95% 1.00 Nashville Predators - Key Statistics Denis Grebeshkov - 1 Goal, 0 Assists, 1 Point, -2 William Allen - 1 Goal, 0 Assists, 1 Point, +2 Shea Weber - 1 Goal 0 Assists 1 Point, Even Jordin Tootoo - 1 Goal, 0 Assists, 1 Point, +1

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Rinne Stands Tall Once Again

As the Sabres journey down to Nashville there was a debate in whether Rinne should have the night off or not. It would end up being a great decision to let him start his third straight game. The Sabres came out lacking in every aspect. The Preds jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead 4:30 into the game off the stick of rookie Williams Allen. Who now has a goal in 2 straight games. He is also beginning to look like the player they saw in junior hockey. After a couple 2 good shifts by Buffalo Rinne kept them off the board, and then at the 7:36 Denis Grebeshkov blew one past Miller from the point off a faceoff. Also that was on the pk so it was the 2nd SH goal of the season for Nashville. They were off to a great start and it didn't stop there. With 5 minutes left in the 1st Kevin Klein found Weber open on the other point and hit him with a perfect pass that Weber was able to tee up on and rip on net. Goal. With that it was 3-0 lead late in the 1st. After a calm final 4 minutes the teams went into the locker rooms, with Nashville still up 3-0.

Both teams came out in the 2nd fast. Buffalo found its stride but was still unable to solve Rinne. The Nashville defense was able to force Buffalo to take most of their shots from the outside. They were doing a great job of clearing the traffic out in front of the net. Rinne also allowed very few rebounds. The Sabres had a golden opportunity as they were able to get a guy free in the high slot. Pominville found Roy up high and he ripped a wicked one-timer from the high slot, but it was no match for Rinne who made the challenging glove save look incredibly easy. After 2 still 3-0 Nashville.

Nashville came out in the 3rd and ran away with the game. They would only allow Buffalo 2:00 in the zone for the period. They would also tack on a 4th goal. Jordin Tootoo was open at the right circle, Belak found him and he was able to get it to him and Tootoo ripped one on net quickly and it banked in off the left post making it 4-0. Rinne was in great position to get his first shutout of the season until a bad giveaway at the Nashville point. Craig Rivet picked up the puck and fired one on net with 9 seconds left and it beat Rinne because of the 2 Nashville dmen in his way. Nashville would go on to win 4-1.


Around the NHL:

SJ: Joe Thornton will be out for at least a month with a fractured ankle.

[BLemieux]

Re: Game 3: Nashville Predators vs Buffalo Sabres

Nice, way to beat the Sabres.

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Game 4: Nashville Predators vs Edmonton Oilers

NHL Scoreboard - Edmonton Oilers (4-0-0) at Nashville Predators (2-1-0)

October 12, 2009 1 2 3 F Edmonton Oilers 1 0 3 4 Nashville Predators 0 0 2 2 Three Stars Ales Hemsky, Winger 1 Goal 2 Assists 3 Points Dustin Penner, Winger 2 Goals 2 Points Jason Arnott, Center 2 Goals 2 Points	Team Stats Comparison EDM NSH Shots on Goal 17 26 Hits 22 11 Faceoffs Won-Lost 11-10 10-11 Penalty Minutes 2:00 2:00 Power Plays Converted 0 0 Total Power Plays 0 1 Time on Attack 7:52 8:16
Scoring Summary First Period Scoring EDM Dustin Penner Sheldon Souray, Ales Hemsky 18:16 Third Period Scoring EDM Ales Hemsky Shawn Horcoff, Ray Whitney 0:29 EDM Dustin Penner Ales Hemsky, Sheldon Souray 2:13 NSH Jason Arnott(1) Jean-Pierre Dumont, Shea Weber 4:12 EDM Shawn Horcoff Unassisted 18:32 NSH Jason Arnott(2) Steve Sullivan, Jean-Pierre Dumont 19:33
Edmonton Oilers - Goaltending Shots Saves SV % GAA Nikolai Khabibulin 26 24 92% 2.01 Edmonton Oilers - Key Statistics Ales Hemsky - 1 Goal, 2 Assists, 3 Points, +4 Dustin Penner - 2 Goals, 0 Assists, 2 Points, +4 Sheldon Souray - 0 Goals, 2 Assists, 2 Points, +4 Nashville Predators - Goaltending Shots Saves SV % GAA Dan Ellis 17 13 76% 4.00 Nashville Predators - Key Statistics Jason Arnott - 2 Goals, 0 Assists, 2 Points, -1 Jean-Pierre Dumont - 0 Goals, 2 Assists, 2 Points, -2 Steve Sullivan - 0 Goals, 1 Assist, 1 Point -1 Shea Weber - 0 Goals, 1 Assist, 1 Point, -1

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Khabibulin Helps Keep Oilers Undefeated

The Edmonton Oilers ventured into the country music capital of the world to take on the Nashville Predators. The Oilers came into this one with a record of 4-0-0. Nashville was thrilled that they had a chance to hand the Oilers their first loss of the season. Unfortunately the Oilers had other plans. Nikolai Khabibulin was the story in this one stopping 24 out of 26 shots and leading the Oilers to a 4-2 victory.

Most of the scoring happened in a flurry during the 3rd. The score was 1-0 Edmonton going into a 3rd period in which the teams combined for 5 goals in the period. Dustin Penner picked up his 2nd of the night which would eventually end up being the game-winning goal. Jason Arnott was finally able to get on the scoresheet for the season netting 2 goals late in the 3rd. Pekka Rinne was able to solidify his starting job from sitting on the bench. Dan Ellis got the start tonight and he was not sharp at all. He allowed 4 goals on only 17 shots. Look for Rinne to get even more starts then initially expected at the start of the season.

The Nashville Predators fall to a 2-2-0 record after losing to the Edmonton Oilers 4-2.

Around the NHL:

Trade:
To BUF: Jeff Tambellini
To NYI: Mike Grier

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Game 5: Nashville Predators at Dallas Stars

NHL Scoreboard - Nashville Predators (2-2-0) at Dallas Stars ()

October 14, 2009 1 2 3 OT F Nashville Predators 0 1 0 1 2 Dallas Stars 1 0 0 0 1 Three Stars Pekka Rinne, Goalie 29 Saves, 1 GA, 0.93 GAA Shea Weber, Defenseman 1 Assist, 1 Point. +1 Jean-Pierre Dumont, Winger 1 Goal 1 Point 1 GWG	Team Stats Comparison NSH DAL Shots on Goal 17 30 Hits 28 9 Faceoffs Won-Lost 10-14 14-10 Penalty Minutes 4:00 4:00 Power Plays Converted 0 1 Total Power Plays 2 2 Time on Attack 8:43 7:01
Scoring Summary First Period Scoring DAL Brenden Morrow Mike Ribeiro, James Neal PP 19:08 Second Period Scoring NSH William Allen(3) Dan Hamhuis, Martin Erat 5:19 Overtime Scoring NSH Jean-Pierre Dumont(2) Steve Sullivan, Shea Weber 4:43
Nashville Predators - Goaltending Shots Saves SV % GAA Pekka Rinne 30 29 97% 0.93 Nashville Predators - Key Statistics Jean-Pierre Dumont - 1 Goal, 0 Assists, 1 Point, +1 William Allen - 1 Goal, 0 Assists, 1 Point, +1 Martin Erat - 0 Goals, 1 Assist, 1 Point +1 Shea Weber - 0 Goals, 1 Assist, 1 Point, +1 Dallas Stars - Goaltending Shots Saves SV % GAA Cory Smallenberg 17 15 88% 1.87 Dallas Stars - Key Statistics Brenden Morrow - 1 Goal, 0 Assists, 1 Point, Even Mike Ribeiro - 0 Goals, 1 Assist, 1 Point, -2 James Neal - 0 Goals, 1 Assist, 1 Point, Even

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Dallas Dominates Regulation and Preds Win in OT

The Nashville Predators go back on the road after their 2 game home stand. They are traveling to play the Dallas Stars for the 2nd time this season. The first game the Stars once easily 4-1. The Preds had a different outcome for this one on their minds. Although the Preds wanted to come out with their best game and really take it to the Stars they didn't. Not even close. The Stars were all over them all game long. If it wasn't for Pekka Rinne this game wouldn't of even been close. Rinne stopped 29 out of 30 shots on him. The only goal against came really late in the 1st on the PK. The Stars got a shot on net and Rinne let out a rebound to the left of the net and the Preds were unable to clear it out of the zone instead they gave it right to Ribeiro who threw it on net and once again there was a juicy rebound that Morrow was able to corral and put past Rinne giving the Stars a 1-0 lead.

After a scoreless 2nd period the Preds seemed to be in trouble as they were outshot 21-7 going into the 3rd. Rinne was the only reason the game wasn't out of hand. After the Stars were able to kill off an early penalty the Preds kept the pressure on with their 2nd line. Erat fed the puck to Hamhuis on the point and he ripped one at the net. The puck hit a defenseman in front of the net and landed right on rookie William Allen's stick. He lifted up over the sprawling goalie tying the game at 1.

The game was tied after regulation and would require overtime. In the overtime the Stars dominated the first 2 minutes putting 6 shots on net. Once again Rinne kept his team alive. With just 17 seconds left in the OT period J.P. Dumont was able to split the defense and dangle the goalie out of his pads and he lifted the puck over his glove to win the game for the Preds in OT.

The Preds are now 3-2-0. They face the Chicago Blackhawks next. By far the best team on paper they have played to this date.