Predators Score Four Goals In Third For A 4-1 Victory Over Blackhawks

While the Predators won Game One 4-1, both teams had issues with one thing after the game, ice conditions.

The United Center had the Harlem Globetrotters on Thursday night, so the short turnaround may have affected ice conditions. That being said, nothing planned there on Saturday so ice conditions should be better for Game Two.

Game 2 is Sunday before the series shifts from the Windy City to the Music City.

Nashville tied the game on a fluky goal. Dumont flipped a innocuous-looking backhander from along the right boards on goal that hopped past Niemi 1:31 into the third.

For more on this game and the teams involved, check out our Hawks blog, Second City Hockey, and our Predators blog, On the Forecheck.

Chicago, which made it to the Western Conference finals last spring, is coming off a regular season in which it set franchise records with 52 wins and 112 points, enough to give the Central Division residents their first division title of any kind since winning the Norris back in 1993.