The Preds lines at the start of the game (in order of first shift)
    Legwand centering Bourque and Radulov
    Fisher centering Erat and S. Kostitsyn
    Spaling centering Hornqvist and A. Kostitsyn
    Gaustad centering Wilson and Yip

Defense pairings:
    Suter and Weber
    Josi and Klein
    Bouillon and Gill


THREE MUSINGS:
1) Battle of Depth -- Phoenix's defense took a potentially major loss when Rostislav Klesla took a puck to the face 33 seconds into the game. Klesla had a goal and an assist in Game 1 on Friday night , along with a +2 plus/minus rating and is a big part of the Coyotes PK -- skating 5:09 shorthanded ice time in Game 1. Klesla did not return during the remainder of the first period. If he can't return, it would pose a major stress to the other five Coyotes defensemen, perhaps something the Preds can take advantage of as the game wears on.

2) Details -- Coach Trotz talked about the Preds needing to play a more detailed game today than the team played in Game 1, but Nashville's first period play was not very "detail oriented."  Klein and Weber both made poor decisions leading to Phoenix's easy tap-in goal to open the game's scoring; Klein's a puck decision, Weber's a defensive zone coverage read. Later in the period, Yip took an offensive zone roughing after the whistle during a scrum around the Phoenix net. Further, the Preds were not good on one-on-one battles in the period; on the flipside, it was one of the few one-on-one "wins" of the period that led to Nashville's goal --- Spaling won the puck along the boards in the defensive zone, chipped it out to Klein to lead the break resulting in Andrei Kostitsyn's goal.

3) Legg's Line -- Nashville's line of Legwand centering Bourque and Radulov was consistently good for the Preds during the first period. They only combined for one shot, but had a handful of shifts with good zone time. Bourque was especially effective racing in on the forecheck. That line was good during overtime in Game 1. The signs are there that they seem to be heating up; don't be surprised if the production starts to come from those three real soon.