![]() ![]() "But once they made it 3-1, I really thought there was a huge disparity in the way they played compared to the way we played. I liked some of the things we were doing. "For the most part, I thought, up until they made it 3-1, we were hanging around. "Obviously happy for him, and the team, I thought, got a little bit inspired by that. ![]() "He's been thinking about that for a long time. "It was a pretty special moment, obviously," he said. Hertl scored the Sharks' only goal, with coach David Quinn shining a light on the achievement after his first game in charge. It was also a memorable night for San Jose's Tomas Hertl, who was born and raised in Prague and used this same arena for his home games when playing for Slavia Praha HC. I mean, it was awesome, and that was Friday night. "He's a heck of a goalie, and he makes it a lot easier for us defensemen coming back there."Įkholm also gave a shout out to the Czech crowd for their enthusiasm in the first regular season game to be played outside of North America since 2019, and looked forward to Saturday night's rematch. He's just standing in there for us, and he did tonight. "He's that kind of goalie, and he's always our best penalty killer," he said. It's nice for those guys to get off to a good start."ĭespite the lopsided score, the Sharks only attempted one less shot (31-32), but Predators goaltender Juuse Saros was sharp, and earned praise from teammate Mattias Ekholm. "A lot of them contributed on the scoreboard, but I thought also just the style of game they played really fits the identity, so it's nice. "I thought all the new guys to our team obviously contributed," he said. Speaking after the game, Hynes said it was nice to see the new faces hit the ground running. He was assisted by Ryan McDonagh, who arrived from the Tampa Bay Lightning in a trade.įellow free agent signing Nino Niederreiter also found the back of the net late in the second period to make it 2-1, before Matt Duchene finished things off with an empty-netter. Nashville Predators coach John Hynes was impressed by the seamless fit of his new signings as they contributed in a major way during the 4-1 win against the San Jose Sharks in the opening game of the NHL season on Friday night.Īfter signing as an unrestricted free agent in the offseason, Nashville's Kiefer Sherwood opened the scoring just 61 seconds into the action at Prague's O2 Arena. ![]()
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