ANAHEIM — It was somewhat humourous — and just a tad premature — when a reporter asked Anaheim Ducks head coach Randy Carlyle if Sunday night’s Game 2 against the Nashville Predators was of the “must-win” variety. Certainly, the start of the Sunday’s game wasn’t any better than in Game 1 which ended badly for the Ducks with the Preds winning 3-2 in overtime. Nashville took a 1-0 lead at 4:18 in the first period when Viktor Arvidsson sprung Ryan Johansen on a breakaway. With the series heading to Nashville, where the Predators are 5-0 at home, look for Johansen to get a much-needed break from his pesky shadow. Obviously he doesn’t like that.”While the Predators have had no trouble scoring goals, preventing them has not been quite as easy.

Source: National Post May 15, 2017 04:41 UTC