Nashville Predators Ringtones

A week ago, the Atlanta Thrashers looked like a surprise playoff contender even without Ilya Kovalchuk. Not anymore. Colin Wilson scored off an Atlanta miscue and Dan Ellis turned aside 30 shots, leading the Nashville Predators to a 2-1 victory over the slumping Thrashers on Tuesday night. Ryan Suter scored Nashville's first goal, and Wilson took advantage of a hideous turnover by Mark Popovic...

Pekka Rinne has a nice big contract and Dan Ellis is talking about what other teams might be interested in him next season.

But while Rinne has the money he might not have a solid grip on the No. 1 goaltender spot, and that could be a problem for the Predators. Rinne has started nine of the last 12 games for the Predators and is 4-3-2 during that stretch. Ellis started against Detroit on Friday night and lost for the first time since Jan. 29, a defeat that also came at Joe Louis Arena.

Rinne gave up a self-professed "weak goal" to Mikael Samuelsson to tie the game Sunday afternoon at 2-2 in the third period. Unfortunately, this is not a rare problem for Rinne.

"Down the stretch we are going to need good goalkeeping, plain and simple," coach Barry Trotz said.

Saku Koivu had Sunday's game against the Montreal Canadiens circled on his calendar, but it was the late collapse by his new team that he'll remember most.

NASHVILLE - Another third-period deficit was no problem for the high-scoring Vancouver Canucks.

Another third-period deficit was no problem for the high-scoring Vancouver Canucks. Jannik Hansen scored the go-ahead goal with just under 6 minutes left in the third period to lead the Canucks to a 4-2 victory over the Nashville Predators on Sunday. Vancouver leads the NHL with nine victories this season when they trail after two period.

The Detroit Red Wings looked like a team determined to make the playoffs. Darren Helm scored twice, and Pavel Datsyuk had a goal and an assist in Detroit's 5-2 victory over the Nashville Predators on Friday night. Tomas Holmstrom and Henrik Zetterberg also scored, and Jimmy Howard made 20 saves to help the eighth-place Red Wings move within three points of seventh-place Nashville.

The surging Los Angeles Kings still haven't found a way to beat the Nashville Predators. J.P. Dumont, Jason Arnott, Marcel Goc and Jerred Smithson scored, and Pekka Rinne made 20 saves in the Predators' 4-2 victory over the Kings on Thursday night. The victory was Nashville's sixth in a row over Los Angeles, which has won 11 of its last 14 games.

TORONTO - Aaron Ward is pretty sure something is going to happen. The veteran Carolina Hurricanes defenceman is not sure what that will mean, or where he will land when the NHL trade deadline tolls, but he and his wife of 15 years have been preparing for the worst.

If the Edmonton Oilers had to do it all over again, they may have waited another two days before they traded Denis Grebeshkov to the Nashville Predators. Jason Arnott scored the tiebreaking goal 5:02 into the third period, lifting Nashville to a 4-3 victory over Edmonton on Tuesday night. Grebeshkov had a goal and an assist while making his Predators debut against his former team, one day after...

NASHVILLE - If the Edmonton Oilers had to do it all over again, they may have waited another two days before they traded Denis Grebeshkov to the Nashville Predators.

Atlanta Thrashers Ringtones