Offense hasn’t come easy, and that shouldn’t surprise anyone considering all of the roster turnover that has occurred. Pretty straightforward, but is so paramount to the Predators finding scoring chances. Reshuffling the deck, you’ve seen Mark Jankowski in particular make a major contribution on the penalty kill, and I also can’t overlook Cole Smith in that role. They lost valuable penalty killers like Tanner Jeannot, Mattias Ekholm and Mikael Granlund through the trade deadline, and have recently been without their captain Roman Josi. When you consider what all has been lost through trades and injuries, it’s pretty extraordinary that the penalty kill has remained a strong area for this team. That obviously has to continue into this game. The Predators have elevated their penalty kill to 11th in the NHL and it’s really been their calling card to remain close in games and pull off some upsets along the way. The Penguins went 0-for-3 on the power play in the first meeting and their power play ranks 13th in the NHL. My first key to victory for the Predators is for the penalty kill to remain red hot. Keys to Victory for the Nashville Predators over the Penguins Let’s dive into this matchup with the Pittsburgh Penguins, a team that defeated the Nashville Predators 3-1 on February 28 in a game that had zero goals until the third period. The Nashville Predators are coming off an emotional and gutsy upset win over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday, slightly boosting their postseason odds to just over 10 percent, per. The Penguins have more room for error, but a loss for either team will be a setback in their playoff hopes. This game tonight is going to feel like a play-in tournament game. A matchup between two teams on the playoff bubble.įor the Penguins, they’re just one point ahead of the Florida Panthers for the final wildcard spot, while the Predators sit three points back of the Winnipeg Jets for the Western Conference’s last wildcard spot.
Many of the sea lions attempt to sink their teeth into passerby penguins, but they’re simply too slow and clumsy to strike it rich while the penguins are small and agile.A “must-win” is a term that gets overused in sports a lot, but it’s absolutely necessary in this one tonight as the Nashville Predators travel to take on the Pittsburgh Penguins. In order to get back to their nesting site, the penguins will need to brave the sea lions, stepping in between and over them to scurry back to safety. This likely explains why the penguins are so afraid of the playful fur seals in the first place. Sea lions look a lot like fur seals, albeit three times as large and willing to harm or eat the penguins. But we don’t blame the penguins for going with the flight response, as they’re particularly large compared to the birds.Īs the penguins run away, they’re eventually pushed far into a sea lion colony before they can make their way back to their nesting site. The penguins don’t realize that the fur seals are only playing, as they prefer to prey on fish and creatures of the sea. Video footage captured with the help of a hidden camera disguised as one of their own shows a group of Humboldt penguins being chased by fur seals. Humboldt penguins are small and easy prey for larger predators, and with that in mind, it may not come as much of a surprise that they run away from potential dangers.
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