"Aches and points. That about sums up the Nashville Predators' season through five games, the last of which was a 1-0 overtime loss to the Calgary Flames before 15,684 at Bridgestone Arena on Tuesday. Defenseman Ryan Suter became the latest prominent player to sustain an injury when Calgary's Cory Sarich hit him just in front of the Nashville bench as Suter was headed off at the end of his first shift. As he sat on the ice, Suter grabbed at his left knee and then needed help to the bench. Moments later he went back to the locker room and never returned. "(It's) not too serious," coach Barry Trotz said, albeit unconvingly. "He may miss a little time here, but nothing major." Suter's injury quickly (it happened two minutes after the opening faceoff) diminished any positive feelings from the returns of goalie Pekka Rinne and Martin Erat, both of whom missed the previous three contests with injures. Not that the Predators entered the game in good health. Centers Matthew Lombardi (concussion) and Marcel Goc (shoulder) both were out. Their absences forced Colin Wilson to play center for the first time this season and the recall a day earlier of Nick Spaling, who spent the first part of the season in Milwaukee. Despite all of that, Nashville is one of two NHL teams (Toronto is the other) to earn at least one standings point in every game thus far – three victories followed by consecutive overtime defeats." Read more: http://nashvillecitypaper.com/content/sports/predators-lose-another-player-another-game-overtime
