Vancouver Canucks vs Nashville Predators
9:00 PM ET, May 3, 2011
Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee
In Nashville, it's dubbed the Predator Way: Work hard, scrap, defend at all costs and score just enough timely goals to win.
Nashville certainly isn't changing its ways in the Western Conference semifinals.
"We're OK with the hard stuff," Nashville coach Barry Trotz said Monday after practice. "If anybody's been around us ... we haven't done anything easy ever. The harder it gets, it might sound sick, but we get really good when it gets hard. Great resiliency, and I expect us to up our compete level and conviction level even higher."
The Predators evened up their series with Vancouver at 1-1 by pushing the Canucks into double overtime before winning 2-1 Saturday night. Only three goals have been scored in the first two games, and the Canucks are bracing for more of the same Tuesday night for Game 3.
These teams feature two of the three Vezina Trophy finalists; Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo and Pekka Rinne of Nashville. Vancouver may scored more goals in the regular season than anyone in the NHL, but the Canucks also held opponents to a league-fewest 185 goals. Nashville was third giving up 194.
Canucks coach Alain Vigneault said both teams also play very well without the puck.
Nashville certainly isn't changing its ways in the Western Conference semifinals.
"We're OK with the hard stuff," Nashville coach Barry Trotz said Monday after practice. "If anybody's been around us ... we haven't done anything easy ever. The harder it gets, it might sound sick, but we get really good when it gets hard. Great resiliency, and I expect us to up our compete level and conviction level even higher."
The Predators evened up their series with Vancouver at 1-1 by pushing the Canucks into double overtime before winning 2-1 Saturday night. Only three goals have been scored in the first two games, and the Canucks are bracing for more of the same Tuesday night for Game 3.
These teams feature two of the three Vezina Trophy finalists; Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo and Pekka Rinne of Nashville. Vancouver may scored more goals in the regular season than anyone in the NHL, but the Canucks also held opponents to a league-fewest 185 goals. Nashville was third giving up 194.
Canucks coach Alain Vigneault said both teams also play very well without the puck.
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