"Ryan Suter was unavailable for comment after the game, which was just as well given that he apparently said too much in the final minute of the second period. Suter was knocked from the contest by a heavy hit from forward Shane Doan deep in the Phoenix Coyotes' end. It took a moment for the Nashville Predators defenseman to gather himself, get to his feet and head to the bench. On his way there, he earned an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, which was assessed with 19 seconds to go before the second intermission. Rather than go to the penalty box, though, he went straight to the training room, where he was diagnosed with an upper-body injury, and did not return. It did not seem like the worst possible time for such an injury given that - for much of the night - there was plenty of defense to go around. Minus one-half of their top blue line pairing, though, the Predators only matched the Coyotes at one goal apiece in the third period and fell 3-2 before a sellout crowd of 17,113 at Bridgestone Arena. "Obviously [Suter] is one of our top guys offensively," coach Barry Trotz said. "Especially when we fell down a little in terms of two goals, we could have used him because he's great in the transition game." Read more: http://nashvillecitypaper.com/content/sports/predators-lose-suter-injury-game-coyotes
