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The Chicago Blackhawks Lose A Close Game To The Nashville Predators

11/29/2017 at 7:37am EST

from Mark Lazerus of the Chicago Sun-Times,

The Hawks were embarrassed by the Predators in April — run around, run through, and run over by a faster, deeper, better team. Fifty regular season victories evaporated in four postseason losses during which the Hawks scored three measly goals.

So while Tuesday night’s 3-2 loss to the Predators wasn’t what the Hawks had in mind, it was hardly a disaster, either. If not for a 50/50 challenge going Nashville’s way, if not for a bad break on the game-winning goal, and if not for several great stops by Pekka Rinne down the stretch, this one could have turned out differently. It was a good, entertaining, competitive hockey game. A far cry from what happened in April.

And in three games against Nashville this season, the Hawks have an overtime win and two one-goal losses. It might not seem like much, but it’s progress....

The Predators are 10-1-1 in their last 12 games. The Hawks had been 5-1-1 in their last seven. But with three more games in the next five days, the Hawks didn’t feel the loss would blunt their momentum.

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