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When they did get a couple to the net, I thought our net collapse was strong.”Ĭarolina went 2-5 on the power play in their season-opening victory over the New York Islanders.ĭue to last season’s divisional realignment, the Predators and Hurricanes were in the Central Division during the shortened season.

We didn’t let a lot of pucks get through us. “On the 5-on-3, I thought we stayed really compact. “I thought the penalty kill was good,” Nashville coach John Hynes said. Nashville limited the Hurricanes to just three shots on goal during those four power plays. But Saturday against the Hurricanes, the Predators successfully killed off all four Carolina power plays, including 1:37 of a 5-on-3. Nashville finished the 2020-21 season 29th out of 31 teams on the penalty kill, with a 75.6 success rate, and allowed two power-play goals in two opportunities in Thursday night’s opener against the Seattle Kraken. Teravainen scored into an empty net with 1:12 remaining in the third.įorsberg scored off of a rebound with 44.7 seconds remaining and Saros pulled for an extra attacker, but the Predators could not find the equalizer. That’s what the players do, and as goalies, it’s the next shot.” “You can’t really focus on too much else, especially when you play a good team, I think you just want to stay in the fight and do the next shift.

“I tried to do my process of focusing on the next shot,” Andersen said. After stripping the puck from Svechnikov in the neutral zone, Johansen skated into Carolina’s end and beat Andersen high to the short side with a backhand shot. Johansen tied the game at 1-all at 7:54 of the second. He posted six in 46 games played last season, his first as a member of the Hurricanes. The goal was Fast’s second of the season. “I’m glad we won today.”įast scored the game’s first goal at 6:19 of the first, with a wrist shot from the left faceoff dot that beat Saros high to the glove side. “I made a big mistake when they scored their first goal, and I had to do that,” Svechnikov said. With the game tied at 1-all late in the third, Svechnikov beat Saros with a wrist shot from the left circle high to the short side for his third goal of the season. It’s hard to win hockey games in this league. We’ve got to find ways to win hockey games.

The fact of the matter is that we are 0-2. “We did a lot of things better tonight,” Johansen said. Ryan Johansen had a goal and an assist, and Filip Forsberg also scored for the Predators, losers of their first two games. “Usually the goalies play good, but we’re playing well. “I haven’t seen a lot of games like that for three years I’ve been doing this, where clearly the goalie was the reason we won the game,” Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour said. Jesper Fast also scored, and Frederik Andersen made 38 saves for Carolina, which has won its first two games. Svechnikov scored with 6:00 left in the third period, and Teuvo Teravainen added a late empty-net goal as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Nashville Predators 3-2 Saturday night. Andrei Svechnikov made a mistake in the second period and made up for it in the third. NHL, Nashville Predators, Carolina Hurricanes Svechnikov, Teravainen score late, Hurricanes beat Preds 3-2