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Sunday Notes…
- If any of the 17113 at Bridgestone Arena left unentertained last night, they need to check their pulse. Fire wagon hockey, great goaltending, overtime, an 11 round shootout and just a hint of nastiness was the recipe for a really good hockey game.
- Detroit came away with the two points, but the one for Nashville was huge, keeping them in 5th place… for now. Detroit still has a game in hand.
- The Predators head to Florida for a classic trap scenario in Monday night’s game. An Eastern Conference Opponent, right before two critical Western games, against their old goaltender… and because of the Versus blackout on Monday’s, no TV.
- Blake Geoffrion sure lived up to the family name over the weekend in the West Region of the NCAA Hockey Tournament, two goals and three assists in leading the Wisconsin Badgers to the Frozen Four.
- Congratulations to the UAH Chargers on their solid effort against number one seed Miami (Ohio), falling just short 2-1. Speaking of Geoffrions, Blakes little brother Sebastian did well in his NCAA debut.
- According to a tweet from Blues color man Darren Pang (@Panger40), the Philadelphia Flyers were in Ft. Wayne for the UAH/Miami game, scouting UAH goaltender Cameron Talbot who played a simply incredible game.
- Check out www.hockeybuzzradio.com for picture from the HBR road trip and new shots from last night’s 11-round shootout thriller at the Bridge.
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Where We Stand… A daily look at where the Predator’s stand in the playoff race…
Coming into tonight’s play, the Predators stand 2nd in the Central division and 5th in the Western Conference. Nashville is…
- 8 points behind 4th place Phoenix.
In the chase group… Nashville leads…
- 6th place Detroit by 1 point, the Red Wings have a game in hand on the Preds.
- 7th place Los Angeles by 2 points, the Kings have two games in hand
- 8th place Colorado by 3 points, Av’s have two games in hand.
- 9th place Calgary by 9 points, the Flames have a game in hand.
The Preds have…
1 game left against – @ Florida (Monday), Kings(home), Coyotes (road)
2 games left against – Blues (2h)
Tonight’s Impact Games
According to SportsClubStats.com, the results of last night’s play has the Predators chance of making the playoffs at 99.7%. Every game had a positive impact on the Preds last night, including the OT loss to Detroit.
Washington / Calgary – A Cap win in regulation increases the Preds chances.
San Jose / Colorado – A Sharks win in regulation increases the Preds chances.
Chase Group Odds of Making the Playoffs (according to SportsClubStats.com)
Detroit – 99.7% - If someone’s falling out of the race, it ain’t going to be the Wings.
Colorado – 98.8% - The Av’s are not making it easy on themselves.
Calgary – 1.6% If Calgary is going to make a miracle happen, they can’t have efforts like yesterday’s against Boston. Calgary finds themselves rooting for the Sharks tonight.
Wed 3/30 – We’re live at Dave and Busters breaking down the playoff races and talking to NHL newsmakers like Craig Custance from The Sporting News and Aaron Sims from the Milwaukee Admirals. 6pm Wednesday, live from Dave and Buster’s at Opry Mills on SportsRadio 560 WNSR.
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