NASHVILLE PREDATOR X ARIZONA COYOTS, 3: 4 (1: 3, 0: 1, 2: 0)
The second game day in the playoffs began with a particularly unremarkable showdown between two teams that were a little boring in the last regular season. But who knew that it was here, in the very first match of the series, that rivals would suddenly break through to goals and do not be surprised if in all the remaining games of the series taken together, the Preds and the Coyotes scored fewer goals in total than they managed yesterday.
Goalkeeper mistakes, a lot of unnecessary deletions (mostly in Nashville) and the still noticeable lack of composure in defense after the break did their job, and the Predators were the least ready for such an intensity of play that the opponent asked outright.
And so, here and now, when we scold Nashville, unprepared for the playoffs, from all sides, I publicly have to apologize to the subscribers that yesterday I decided to write, albeit in a trial, but still a forecast for this match, a bet on their handicap (0 ), but he himself believed that Arizona was definitely capable of resisting.
And the bald devil pulled him to believe in dismantled Nashville without reconnaissance in force, besides, against an uncomfortable opponent. By the way, about the bald devil …
John Hines, perhaps well known to you from his work in New Jersey in recent seasons, is aka “Bald Fizruk”, now head of Nashville. Well, as he had only 1 victory in his career in the playoffs, so far it remains. And in the first battle of the two “bald fizruk” yesterday, Rick Tocquet and his Arizona turned out to be a head stronger (sorry for the pun here)!
And even though Nashville, it seems, woke up by the third period and could even transfer the match to OT, which, by the way, would not be very fair based on the match as a whole, but the result is logical and the Preds paid for all their mistakes and for two weak ones period.
There will be more than enough intrigue in this series, I practically have no doubt about it, it remains only (to quickly dismiss Hynes) to wait for what conclusions Nashville will make after the defeat and whether Arizona will be able to hold at least one more such super match in terms of effectiveness in attack.
