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PredDave · December 22nd, 2006, 07:31 AM

http://www.nashvillepredators.com/pr...?story_id=1155

Predators fall to Sabres 7-2

The Buffalo Sabres scored three times in the second period and twice more in the third to blow open a 2-1 lead and defeat the Nashville Predators 7-2 Thursday night at the Gaylord Entertainment Center. Jason Pominville, Ales Kotalik and Maxim Afinogenov each scored twice for the Sabres while Martin Erat and Jason Arnott tallied for the Predators.

Nashville's record falls to 23-9-3 on the season. The loss is their first to an Eastern Conference team in six games this season. Thursday's highly anticipated match-up pitted the NHL's No. 2 (Buffalo) and No. 3 (Nashville) teams against one another.

"I'm very disappointed because I think there's a lot of interest in the hockey world in Nashville-Buffalo," Predators head coach Barry Trotz said after the game. "Similar markets, style of play, all those things. Tonight we got taught how to play by the Buffalo Sabres."

"We didn't play our best, that's for sure," Nashville goaltender Chris Mason said. "If you give a team like that time to do what they want, they're going to kill you. We got killed."

December 22nd, 2006, 07:31 AM	#9 (permalink)
PredDave Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 832	http://www.nashvillepredators.com/pr...?story_id=1155 Predators fall to Sabres 7-2 The Buffalo Sabres scored three times in the second period and twice more in the third to blow open a 2-1 lead and defeat the Nashville Predators 7-2 Thursday night at the Gaylord Entertainment Center. Jason Pominville, Ales Kotalik and Maxim Afinogenov each scored twice for the Sabres while Martin Erat and Jason Arnott tallied for the Predators. Nashville's record falls to 23-9-3 on the season. The loss is their first to an Eastern Conference team in six games this season. Thursday's highly anticipated match-up pitted the NHL's No. 2 (Buffalo) and No. 3 (Nashville) teams against one another. "I'm very disappointed because I think there's a lot of interest in the hockey world in Nashville-Buffalo," Predators head coach Barry Trotz said after the game. "Similar markets, style of play, all those things. Tonight we got taught how to play by the Buffalo Sabres." "We didn't play our best, that's for sure," Nashville goaltender Chris Mason said. "If you give a team like that time to do what they want, they're going to kill you. We got killed."