GAME THREAD: NHL: NASHVILLE (13-11) at TORONTO (10-17)

NHL: NASHVILLE (13-11) at TORONTO (10-17)

<h3>Predators seek third straight win</h3>

<div class="pre">Nashville (13-9-2) at Toronto (10-11-6) 7:30 pm EST</div>

TORONTO (Ticker) - The Nashville Predators are hoping tocontinue their recent offensive surge against the NHL's worstdefensive team.


Martin Erat and the Predators will look for their thirdconsecutive victory when they visit the Toronto Maple Leafs onTuesday.


Nashville is coming off back-to-back road victories over theOttawa Senators and the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday andSaturday. Erat tallied a goal and two assists in the win overOttawa, while David Legwand added a tally and two helpersagainst Montreal.


Erat has a team-leading 16 assists and 24 points on the season.

The Maple Leafs, who have yielded an NHL-worst 94 goals thisseason, also are looking for a third straight win.

Mats Sundin, who is the only player to register 400 career goalsin a Maple Leafs' uniform, leads the team in virtually everyoffensive category. The Swedish center has 13 goals and 33points on the season.


In their last meeting on February 8 of last season, thePredators came away with a 4-2 victory in Nashville.

 

NHL: NASHVILLE at TORONTO

<div class="pre">NHL AT TORONTO
STARTING GOALIES: NAS - CHRIS MASON
TOR - VESA TOSKALA

OFFICIALS: REF - BILL MCCREARY, MICK MCGEOUGH
LIN - LONNIE CAMERON, THOR NELSON</div>

 

NHL: NASHVILLE at TORONTO

<div class="pre">NASHVILLE VS TORONTO - SCRATCHES

NASHVILLE TORONTO

S NICHOL HEALTHY B BATTAGLIA HEALTHY
V FIDDLER GROIN J POHL HEALTHY
K KLEIN HEALTHY J TLUSTY SHOULDER</div>

 

NHL: NASHVILLE at TORONTO

<div class="pre">NHL NASHVILLE 0
TORONTO 0 19:55 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

NHL: NASHVILLE at TORONTO

<div class="pre">NHL NASHVILLE 0
TORONTO 1
1ST PRD: TOR - NIK ANTROPOV 11 (HAL GILL, MATS SUNDIN) 0:28</div>

 

NHL: NASHVILLE at TORONTO

<div class="pre">NHL NASHVILLE 0
TORONTO 1 18:40 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

NHL: NASHVILLE at TORONTO

<div class="pre">NHL NASHVILLE 0
TORONTO 1 16:17 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

NHL: NASHVILLE at TORONTO

<div class="pre">NHL NASHVILLE 0
TORONTO 1 12:26 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

NHL: NASHVILLE at TORONTO

<div class="pre">NHL NASHVILLE 0
TORONTO 1 7:40 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

NHL: NASHVILLE at TORONTO

<div class="pre">NHL NASHVILLE 0
TORONTO 1 3:00 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

NHL: NASHVILLE at TORONTO

<div class="pre">NHL END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
NASHVILLE 0 0
TORONTO 1 1 END OF THE 1ST

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: TOR - NIK ANTROPOV 11 (HAL GILL, MATS SUNDIN) 0:28

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
NAS 7 7
TOR 5 5

GOALIES: NAS - CHRIS MASON
TOR - VESA TOSKALA</div>

 

NHL: NASHVILLE at TORONTO

<div class="pre">------------------------
Nashville 0 --0
Toronto 1 --1
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Toronto, Nik Antropov 11 (Hal Gill, Mats
Sundin), 0:28. Penalties: J Arnott, Nas (holding), 1:20; B Mccabe,
Tor (holding), 7:41; N Antropov, Tor (high sticking), 13:27; A
Radulov, Nas (hooking), 14:47.

Shots on goal:
-----------------------------
Nashville 7 --7
Toronto 5 --5
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Goalies : Nashville, Chris Mason (5 shots, 4 saves). Toronto, Vesa
Toskala (7 shots, 7 saves). Referees: Bill Mccreary, Mick Mcgeough.
Linesmen: Lonnie Cameron, Thor Nelson.</div>

 

NHL: NASHVILLE at TORONTO

<div class="pre">NHL NASHVILLE 0
TORONTO 1 19:55 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

NHL: NASHVILLE at TORONTO

<div class="pre">NHL NASHVILLE 0
TORONTO 2
2ND PRD: TOR - MATT STAJAN 6 (BOYD DEVEREAUX, TOMAS KABERLE) 1:34</div>

 

NHL: NASHVILLE at TORONTO

<div class="pre">NHL NASHVILLE 0
TORONTO 2 17:41 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

NHL: NASHVILLE at TORONTO

<div class="pre">NHL NASHVILLE 0
TORONTO 2 14:25 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

NHL: NASHVILLE at TORONTO

<div class="pre">NHL NASHVILLE 0
TORONTO 2 11:36 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

NHL: NASHVILLE at TORONTO

<div class="pre">NHL NASHVILLE 0
TORONTO 2 6:04 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

NHL: NASHVILLE at TORONTO

<div class="pre">NHL NASHVILLE 0
TORONTO 2 5:12 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

NHL: NASHVILLE at TORONTO

<div class="pre">NHL NASHVILLE 0
TORONTO 2 0:35 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>