NASHVILLE — Craig Smith has a knack for timely goals in the playoffs, and he helped the Nashville Predators avoid a very big hole heading to Dallas. Smith scored five minutes into overtime to give the Predators a 2-1 victory over the Dallas Stars on Saturday, tying the first-round Western Conference series at 1-1. And it was really good for Craig.”That was the first post-season overtime goal of Smith’s career, and the third winner of his career in the playoffs. Stars centre Mattias Janmark went straight to the locker room after a collision with Predators’ defenceman Dan Hamhuis into the boards. … Grimaldi played his first post-season game since April 2016 with Florida.

Source: National Post April 14, 2019 01:18 UTC