Welcome to the post for the quarterfinal series between the Nashville Predators and the Detroit Red Wings. Please use this post as reference for the entire series.
Game 1: Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee. In goal: Pekka Rinne for Nashville; Jimmy Howard for Detroit. Paul Gaustad opened the scoring for Nashville, assisted by Brandon Yip and Francis Bouillon. Detroit tied it in the second period when Henrik Zetterberg scored an unassisted power play goal. The Predators regained the lead with a Gabriel Bourque goal, fueled by Matt Halischuk. Nashville added on in the third period with the second of the night for Bourque, coming off of Nick Spaling and Patric Hornqvist. The Red Wings made it close later on in the frame as Tomas Holmstrom scored a power play goal powered by Kyle Quincey and Valtteri Filppula. They never tied it, falling 3-2. The three stars were given to Bourque, Rinne (35 for 37 in saves), and Gaustad. Nashville leads 1-0 in the series.
Game 2: Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee. In goal: Pekka Rinne for Nashville; Jimmy Howard for Detroit. Detroit began with an Ian White goal made possible by Tomas Holmstrom and Drew Miller. Cory Emmerton added on for the Red Wings with an unassisted goal. Nashville got one back in the second period as Andrei Kostitsyn scored with the help of Alexander Radulov and David Legwand. Detroit answered with a Johan Franzen goal, pushed through by Brad Stuart and Pavel Datsyuk. The Predators tried to rally in the third period on a Shea Weber goal, helped along by Paul Gaustad and Nick Spaling, but they didn't tie it and lost 3-2. The three stars were awarded to Howard (24 for 26 in saves), Franzen, and Emmerton. The series is tied at 1.
Game 3: Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan. In goal: Jimmy Howard for Detroit; Pekka Rinne for Nashville. Nashville started with a Shea Weber power play goal, his second of the postseason, powered by Andrei Kostitsyn and Alexander Radulov. The Predators added on in the second period as Kevin Klein scored with a lone Martin Erat assist. Detroit got one back as Pavel Datsyuk scored an unassisted goal. Nashville padded the lead in the third period with a Sergei Kostitsyn goal, helped along by Mike Fisher and Klein. The Red Wings tried to rally back but never got a tying goal after Henrik Zetterberg made it 3-2 with a power play goal, his second of the playoffs, via Datsyuk and Niklas Kronwall. The three stars went to Weber, Datsyuk, and Rinne (41 for 43 in saves), while Klein gets an honorable mention. Nashville leads the series 2-1.
Game 4: Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan. In goal: Jimmy Howard for Detroit; Pekka Rinne for Nashville. Nashville started things in the third period with the third of the postseason by Gabriel Bourque, assisted by Alexander Radulov. Detroit tied it with a Jiri Hudler power play goal, powered by Niklas Kronwall and Kyle Quincey. The Predators took the lead again as Kevin Klein scored his second of the playoffs, thanks to Martin Erat. Nashville iced it at 3-1 with a David Legwand unassisted power play goal. The three stars were handed out to Rinne (40 for 41 in saves), Klein, and Quincey. Nashville pushed Detroit to the brink, now leading the series 3-1.
Game 5: Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee. In goal: Pekka Rinne for Nashville; Jimmy Howard for Detroit. Nashville led off with an Alexander Radulov goal, fueled by David Legwand. Detroit tied the game in the second period with a Jiri Hudler goal, his second of the postseason, set up by Valtteri Filppula and Henrik Zetterberg. Legwand gave the Predators a 2-1 lead in the third period with his second of the playoffs, courtesy of Gabriel Bourque and Radulov just thirteen seconds into the frame. This held up as a final, with Legwand, Radulov, and Rinne (21 for 22 in saves) getting the three stars. Nashville won the series and became the first teams to clinch for the second round by a 4-1 margin.
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