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


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


THREE MUSINGS:
Strong 1-on-1 -- The Predators were very good in one-on-one battles during the first period, especially along the boards, winning the majority of one-on-ones during the first period. Radulov was strong, winning back pucks on a couple of occasions in the offensive zone to extend zone time.

Rolling Four -- The Preds got solid shifts from all four lines during the period, allowing the coaches to spred the even strength ice time farily equally during the opening frame. Fisher was high among team forwards with 5:32 ice time in the period; Sergei Kostitsyn was low with 2:25. The other 10 forwards were all over 3:00 of ice time with four others drawing more than 5:00 in the frame.

Good Start -- That was a very good road period for the Preds. Nashville played a disciplined --- what Coach Trotz likes to call "detailed" --- first period. In doing so, the Preds limited Phoenix's scoring chances to only two or three high quality opportunities. As a result, the crowd, which was buzzing at puck drop had quieted noticeably by around four minutes into the game.