NHL: Jets stun Predators in Game 7

With that said, the Nashville Predators have been the better team all season long, are usually really good at home and are coming off the best defensive performance of the series for either side.

The lessons learned over these last four wins built a foundation for future success.

The current Jets franchise, which moved from Atlanta in 1999, will play a Game 7 for the first time Thursday.

This game may be decided by who scores first, or who gets that slight advantage, whether it be a key turnover, or a spectacular save. something will happen to give one team an advantage over the other.

Nashville coach Peter Laviolette, 5-2 in Game 7s, is one of only four National Hockey League coaches (Pat Burns, Mike Keenan and John Tortorella are the others) to win a Game 7 in each of four different playoff rounds.

The Jets won 3 of 4 games at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville in a second round series which featured the top two teams in the league. The Nashville Predators beat the Winnipeg Jets 4-0, forcing a decisive Game 7 in their Western Conference semifinal series.

“Both are emotional buildings, lots of energy”, Maurice said. Even though games five and six were blow outs, each team scored six goals.

The trading of road wins is only one of the patterns in this series, however.

Stastny finished with a second goal and an assist, and Mark Scheifele also had two goals. Because of his concert tonight in Nashville, both the Predators and Jets get an extra day of rest. It was third time in the series – all in Nashville – that Saros came on in relief for Rinne. His regular season and playoff stats are similar, as the Jets goaltender has been a major reason for his team’s success.

Back in Winnipeg, fans crowded downtown, breaking into a rendition of O Canada while also chanting: “We Want the Cup!” He was suspended five games earlier this year for delivering an elbow to the head of New Jersey’s Marcus Johansson.

It was the Ducks shedding a Game 7 jinx on Nick Ritchie’s game victor at the Honda Center. Trouba added that it’s not a situation everyone gets to experience during their career. In Game 6, he turned away all 34 shots he faced for his second shutout of the playoffs, while Filip Forsberg and Viktor Arvidsson provided the scoring with two goals apiece.

“That was every bit the series we expected it to be”. You have to lose before you can win, right? If you start to think about “if you don’t win you’re out” – you can’t think about that, or else you’re going to be scared on the ice and scared if you do a mistake…. “You have to be confident and play without fear”. And obviously, you know, the biggest moment of the season, it’s a bad feeling. This is the Predators’ third Game 7.

The Jets’ goalie Connor Hellebuyck is one cool customer and is just excited to be in the position of moving to the next round. He’s one of the main reasons why we’re here. But to enjoy it. That’s part of the game, it’s always been and always will be. I think it’s such an important thing.