NHL Tuesday: Craig Berube debuts coaching debut

It’s important to keep in mind that Hertl is just 19 years old and Tuesday’s game was just his third in the NHL. Oh, and he already has six goals.

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Nash played 5:53 and recorded one shot on goal before leaving. He suffered a concussion during the 2012-13 season.

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The Predators are counting on Forsberg, 19, to be a big part of their future and help boost an offense that was near the bottom of the NHL last season.

Meanwhile, in Washington, Erat has opened the season playing on the Capitals’ fourth line.

The problem for Harding is that Nystrom was awarded a penalty shot on the play after he was hauled down, knocking him into Backstrom. That’s a difficult situation for a goalie to come into cold and Nystrom ended up scoring to give Nashville a 3-1 lead.

Backstrom appeared in 42 games for the Wild last season and posted a .909 save percentage to go with a 24-15-3 record.

In his first game he looked like the goalie that was at the top of the NHL prior to his sabbatical. Over the past two games he’s looked like a goalie whose best days have already passed him by.

At least that’s what he looked like on this goal by Braydon Coburn midway through the first period to give the Flyers a 2-0 lead in Craig Berube’s coaching debut.

On Tuesday night, Schneider returns to Vancouver to face his former club and his close friend, Luongo.

Besides the drama surrounding where Luongo would land, the most compelling element of the story was the relationship between the two goaltenders. Seemingly forced into an unwanted situation, the two players made the best of an awkward circumstance and supported one another to the very end.