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Top-seeded Canucks try to extend lead over Preds in Game 2 Sat Apr 30 10:56:54 2011 EST
(Sports Network) - The top-seeded Vancouver Canucks will try to grab a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference semifinals when they host the Nashville Predators in tonight's Game 2 matchup at Rogers Arena. The Canucks were just two days removed from a thrilling Game 7 overtime victory against the defending-champion Blackhawks when they hosted the Predators on Thursday in the opener of this best-of-seven series. Vancouver showed little sign of fatigue, however, as it recorded a 1-0 victory over the v
Top-seeded Canucks host Preds in Game 1 of West semis Thu Apr 28 11:04:01 2011 EST
(Sports Network) - Just two days after a thrilling Game 7 victory, the top- seeded Vancouver Canucks will host the Nashville Predators at Rogers Arena in the opener of the Western Conference semifinals. The Canucks were pushed to the limit by the Chicago Blackhawks in the first round, as the series went seven games despite the fact that Vancouver had won the first three contests. In the end the Blackhawks were not destined to become the fourth team in NHL history to win a series after trailing
Nashville/Vancouver opens NHL conference semis Thu Apr 28 01:16:36 2011 EST
New York, NY (Sports Network) - After a first round that included four Game 7s, the second round of the NHL playoffs will get underway on Thursday with a matchup between the Vancouver Canucks and Nashville Predators. The Canucks won the Presidents' Trophy as the best team in the regular season, but were taken to seven games by the eighth-seeded Chicago Blackhawks in the Western Conference quarterfinals. Game 7 went to overtime, when Alexandre Burrows' goal gave Vancouver a 2-1 win that dispatch
Stanley Cup Playoff Preview - Vancouver vs. Nashville Wed Apr 27 16:57:12 2011 EST
Sami Salo is questionable for Game 1 of this series with an undisclosed injury. Vancouver finished a respectable 4-for-18 on the power play in Round 1, but the Canucks also yielded six goals on Chicago's 27 chances with the man advantage. NASHVILLE PREDATORS (5th seed, West) REGULAR SEASON RECORD: 44-27-11 2011 PLAYOFFS: Defeated Anaheim 4-2 in conference quarterfinals (Sports Network) - For the first time in franchise history, the Predators know what it feels like to win a playoff series. Nas
Canucks' Luongo vindicated, for now Wed Apr 27 12:46:16 2011 EST
above the criticism will be enough to silence the non-believers - for now. Luongo will continue to define himself with how he handles the rest of the playoffs. When the puck drops in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals against the Nashville Predators, everyone will have forgotten what transpired against the Blackhawks, and a new foe in Vezina Trophy candidate Pekka Rinne will have emerged. Vancouver fans can only hope this win builds the character and fortitude needed to put the issues
Predators far from satisfied with 1st playoff win Tue Apr 26 03:51:00 2011 EST

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Nashville Predators are happy after winning their first playoff series in their sixth try, and they're also far from satisfied.

Nobody remembers who wins in the first round, defenseman Ryan Suter said, so there's no time for the young Predators to start celebrating.

``If we win the Stanley Cup, then sure,'' Suter said.

The small-market team in the nontraditional hockey market has bigger goals after being eliminated early in the playoffs six of the past seven

Predators oust Ducks for first playoff series win Sun Apr 24 21:10:59 2011 EST
Nashville, TN (Sports Network) - Nick Spaling scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period, as the Nashville Predators won their first playoff series in franchise history with a 4-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks in Game 6 of this Western Conference quarterfinal. Spaling also lit the lamp in the first period for the Predators, who won in overtime in Game 5 to take a 3-2 series lead. Steve Sullivan and David Legwand also scored. Pekka Rinne made 25 saves for Nashville, which entered the NH
Preds aim to win first playoff series in Game 6 vs. Ducks Sun Apr 24 10:59:49 2011 EST
(Sports Network) - A comeback victory in the last contest has the Nashville Predators just one win away from winning a playoff series for the first time in franchise history. The Predators hold a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference quarterfinals and can finally reach the second round when they host the Anaheim Ducks in tonight's Game 6 at Bridgestone Arena in the Music City. Nashville, which entered the NHL as an expansion club in 1998, had never even claimed three games in a posts
Predators ready for next step: playoff series' win Sat Apr 23 14:07:00 2011 EST

The Nashville Predators are in position to take the biggest step in franchise history.

The team best known for being just good enough to make the playoffs but go no further can advance to its first Western Conference semifinals with a win over the Anaheim Ducks in Game 6 Sunday.

Nashville grabbed a 3-2 lead in this opening series in dramatic fashion Friday night in Anaheim, rallying for a 4-3 overtime win. It was the Predators' first victory in a Game 5, their first postseason OT win and

Clawing ahead: Preds top Ducks in OT, take series lead Sat Apr 23 01:14:19 2011 EST
Anaheim, CA (Sports Network) - Shea Weber tied the game with 35.3 seconds left in regulation and Jerred Smithson won it 1:57 into overtime to give the Nashville Predators a 4-3 win over the Anaheim Ducks in Game 5 of a Western Conference quarterfinal series. In the final minute of regulation with Pekka Rinne on the bench, a left-circle faceoff in the Anaheim end was won by Mike Fisher. The puck went back to the right side for Cody Franson, who sent it over to the left and Weber's successful one
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