Islanders, Predators and Juuse Saros
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FanDuel Sports Network and parent company Main Street are reportedly on the verge of folding, but the Predators have backup plan for broadcasts.
Matthew Schaefer and the Islanders will head to a house of horrors Thursday night. The Isles haven’t won in Nashville since Oct. 28, 2017, a span that stretches six games and four head coaches. A few weeks ago,
David Rittich and Juuse Saros battled through 65 minutes to a 1-1 tie, but Filip Forsberg scored the only goal of the shootout as the Nashville Predators defeated the Isles, 2-1, before a sellout crowd of 17,159 at Bridgestone Arena.
Earlier in the day, Nashville SC had teased a new signing, but did not officially unveil Espinoza by the time he landed on the big screen at the Predators game. Previously, the 30-year-old star winger had been linked with Nashville’s MLS side by The Athletic ’ s Tom Bogert, as the club continues to build toward its MLS Cup goal.
Brady Martin suffered an injury while playing for Canada at the World Junior Championships on Jan. 4. He left the game and did not return.
Stamkos scored his 600th goal in a 4-2 win at the Vegas Golden Knights on New Year’s Eve. It came during one of his best scoring runs with Nashville, getting 10 goals in 10 games. The Predators (19-19-4) went 7-3-0 in the stretch to get back into the playoff hunt in the Western Conference.
The Nashville Predators are playing the final leg of a seven-game road trip that extends to before the holiday break, and the lack of Edmonton scoring is the result of the second-lowest team shooting percentage (5.6%) despite generating the seventh-most expected goals per 60 minutes at 5-on-5.
Predators coach Andrew Brunette is the latest to sing the praises of Islanders superstar rookie Matthew Schaefer.