from Adam Vingan of The Tennessean,
For the first time in franchise history, the Predators were shut out for the third consecutive game, this time in a 3-0 loss to the Rangers on Monday at Madison Square Garden.
“We’re getting quality chances," Predators defenseman Seth Jones said. "We’re moving the puck well, we’re shooting pucks. The past (three) games we’ve probably outplayed the teams and (we're) just not seeing results. There’s nothing much more to say.”
The Predators haven't scored a goal in 213:47, the longest scoreless stretch in team history.
also from Vingan,
"We’ve got to find a way to stick with it," Predators captain Shea Weber said. "You can’t get frustrated. It’s tough to say that when you haven’t scored in three games, so it’s tough to sit here and say we’re not going to get frustrated. Obviously it is, but we can’t let our play show (it).”
In the past three games — which includes 4-0 losses to the Blue Jackets on Friday and the Wild on Saturday — the Predators have a 158-86 shot-attempt advantage at even strength and a 64-40 edge in scoring chances, according to war-on-ice.com.
Those efforts, despite the lack of goals, is enough for Predators coach Peter Laviolette to mine positives from these recent letdowns.
“If it happens, you try to work through it, but when it happens three times in a row, you’re getting pretty frustrated," Laviolette said. "I always think you go back to the game. If you don’t think your team is competing the right way, if you don’t think we’re generating, you don’t think you’re playing a game that can be successful, I guess you go back and look at it, try to really bear down and fix things and make major changes. Again, we’re on the attack all night, we didn’t give up, we generated a whole and didn’t go our way.”
Game highlights are below...
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