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The Predators hadn't won a game all season when trailing after two periods, but a sense of calm prevailed in the team's locker room after 40 minutes Saturday.

Nashville Predators at the Sommet Center, 7 p.m. TV: Comcast SportsNet Radio: WGN 720-AM What to watch: The Hawks hope they have an edge in that the Predators played in Minnesota on Wednesday night.

It's no secret the Predators have some serious scoring woes, but coach Barry Trotz isn't feeling sorry for his players.

The offensive struggles of three of the Predators' more prominent players continued in Saturday's 2-0 loss to Chicago.

The Washington Capitals coach admired Ovechkin's wizardry, and then a moment later, was taken aback when he saw the home crowd litter the ice with hats.

Shea Weber scored his second goal of the game on a power play in overtime Thursday night and the Nashville Predators escaped Ottawa with a wild 6-5 victory over the Senators.

's play in a 3-1 victory over the Nashville Predators on Thursday night. It may have lacked the dramatics of the last three games at the United Center, but the Hawks were delighted to go home with their fourth straight win -- which left them at 5-1-1 for their best start since 1971-72, when they opened 7-1. ''There wasn't much to do,'' Huet said.

Nashville Predators captain Jason Arnott was placed on injured reserve Monday with a left arm injury and is slated to miss up to two weeks.

The Predators take a four-game losing streak and the NHL's worst offense - averaging just 1.17 goals per game - into Saturday night's game at Washington.

DALLAS - The Predators' 6-0 loss to Dallas on Wednesday ensured that one set of ugly numbers remained the same for Nashville: Through five games, only four Predators forwards have produced points - Jason Arnott, Patric Hornqvist, Steve Sullivan and J.P. Dumont.

Dustin Byfuglien and Tomas Kopecky scored in a 28-second span early in the second period to help the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Nashville Predators 3-1 on Thursday night.

Storyline: This is the Blackhawks ' only road game over an eight-game span and is the second of back-to-back games after they took on the Oilers on Wednesday night.

The average life expectancy of an NHL coach is three weeks. Yes, that's a significant exaggeration, but you might be forgiven for believing changing NHL head coaches is like changing an oil filter if you lived somewhere like Chicago, where the Blackhawks have gone through nine head coaches since 1997, or Calgary, where the Flames have gone through ...

Nashville coach Barry Trotz reminded his team at the end of the second period of the need to react the right way under pressure.

The Predators and Colorado Avalanche are tied 0-0 after the first period. Nashville outshot the Avs 9-7 during the first 20 minutes, but there were few quality scoring chances for either team.

Patric Hornqvist scored twice 2:17 apart in the third period, and the Nashville Predators rallied to beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 in their home opener Thursday night.

Neither the Nashville Predators or Dallas Stars made any major moves this offseason despite missing the postseason last year.