from Joe Rexrode of The Tennessean,

It was 25 minutes of Nashville domination with nothing to show for it, then another one of those second-period Winnipeg flurries with the Predators collapsing and the Jets crushing.

Kind of like Game 1. Kind of like Game 3. But Game 5 was its own special kind of misery in Bridgestone Arena, which could not have been more primed Saturday night for the series-defining victory that ended up in the hands of the other team.

The Jets got loose, as they’ll do if you let them, and put four goals on the board in less than 10 minutes in the second. There would be no ensuing drama — Winnipeg rolled from there to a 6-2 stunner to go up 3-2 in the Western Conference semifinals. The Jets are home Monday with a promising opportunity to advance and to end the Predators’ season well short of expectations.

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