Nashville Heading Home for Game Six

Going into game five the Nashville Predators knew they would return to Nashville later that night. It was undetermined, however, as to whether they would be heading toward the golf course or back to Bridgestone Arena. The Predators managed to defeat the Vancouver Canucks by a score of four to three. David Legwand opened the scoring with a shorthanded breakaway goal that squeaked through Luongo. It wouldn't take long until Vancouver evened the score when Jeff Hansen over powered a Vancouver defenseman and found Raffi Torres open on the backdoor. Ten minutes later, Kesler managed to chip a puck past a Nashville defender toward Raymond. This sent Raymond and Kesler in on a two on one. Raymond "toe-dragged" his defenseman and slid the puck over to Kesler, who tapped the puck in despite being tightly covered. Things would take a turn for the worse for the Canucks when Legwand accidentally flipped the puck over the back of the net, which hit Luongo and crossed the line. This was all Nashville needed to get going. The third period was dominated by Joel Ward, who had two on the night. Despite a late period goal by Ryan Kesler, the Predators would take game 5. Going into game 6, the Predators have all of the momentum. I feel that the David Legwand goal in the second period will prove to be the pivotal point in the series. Look for the Predators to take game 6 with energy and momentum going into game 7.

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