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With the newly announced signing of

Short and simple, here are your keys to this afternoon's Game Two:

Get the Arnott line away from Datsyuk's. Using Vic Ferrari's magnificent Time On Ice tool, we can see that Arnott spent more than two-thirds of his ice time matched up with the Datsyuk line, with predictably disastrous results. Through changes after the draw and other techniques, Barry Trotz has to get the top Nashville line

Detroit comes to Nashville night for another key game in the Predators drive for a playoff spot; this isn't a game that one would bank on the Predators winning, but after devastating losses to L.A. and Washington over the last week, there's precious little room for error left.

Barry Trotz has challenged his top line of Radulov/Arnott/Dumont to carry the team on their collective backs again, but

After dropping a 2-1 overtime decision to the Tampa Bay Lightning Thursday night (with all due respect, Mr.

Of course I got to the game late last night and missed our only goal.  The only line that is apparently allowed to score: Arnott, Dumont and Radulov (Our Accountants will LINE UP for YOU) netted a goal in the first period.  The entire team only managed 18 more shots on goal.

The crowd seemed subdued.  Or maybe it our lonely roost up in 331.  Maybe it’s the collective pysch of the crowd that if the Preds don’t pick up a strong offensive player or two, that the memory of

After Monday night's 5-1 trouncing in Anaheim, (but before their 7-0 rout of the L.A.