In Nashville, the Predators picked up their third straight win, 3-2, over the New York Islanders on Saturday afternoon.
Roman Josi was credited with the deciding goal in the skills competition.
“[Resiliency] is exactly what it was,” Nashville’s Colton Sissons said. “It’s never [an] easy game against the Isles. They do a good job defensively. It’s hard to generate some clean offense, so we hung in there and had a conversation in between the second and third [periods] that we were going to get it done. We ended up getting it done so it felt great.”
Juuse Saros made 34 saves in the Preds win.
Anthony Beauvillier and Oliver Wahlstrom were the Isles strikers.
“I liked our game,” Islanders head coach Barry Trotz said. “This is a hard building to come into. We were emotionally engaged right from the start.”
Tanner Jeannot scored both regulation goals for Nashville.
“I think that’s the type of team we want to be,” Jeannot said. “We want to be a team that never gives up. We’re always the hardest working team out there. We want to be. I think that’s just the mindset that we have going in, especially our line. We know what we’re good at and we know how we can help the team, so that’s what we try and focus on doing is getting pucks deep and being tough to play against and generating momentum for our team.”
Nashville improved to 4-4-0.
“We have a lot of confidence in [Jeannot],” Predators head coach John Hynes said. “He’s really picked up where he left off last year. We saw some good signs when he got called up (from Milwaukee of the American Hockey League) and the games he played at the end of the season and into the playoffs. He was just really consistent, and I think some of it is just the mental makeup of the player. He’s a big, physical guy (6-foot-2, 208 pounds). But the consistency that he plays with, his coachability, and his desire and competitiveness allow a lot of what his skillset is to be able to come out. He continues to play well and be a major factor.”
Ilya Sorokin made 21 saves in the New York loss.
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