Roman Josi scored twice and added two assists as the Nashville Predators defeated the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets 6-4 on Saturday. With the win, Nashville (47-29-5, 99 points) holds a five-point lead on the Vegas Golden Knights for the first wild-card spot in the Western Conference.
The Nashville Predators are heading back to the Stanley Cup playoffs! When the game started, Roman Josi drew an interference penalty early, as Adam Lowry cross-checked him right in front of the Jets’ goal, and the Preds got a chance on the power play.
The playoffs are approaching and the games are becoming increasingly important in the NHL. That said, there was no shortage of action last night, as nine games (including the Habs’) were played across the league.
The Preds got out to a great start early, with Roman Josi going end to end to score his 20th of the year just 31 seconds into the game. As with their last few games, the question was whether the Preds would be able to keep it up.
The Nashville Predators are one of the hottest teams in the NHL right now. Captain Roman Josi and veteran defender Ryan McDonagh are just two of the main contributors to this effort.
The Nashville Predators just concluded a historic game point streak this week with a remarkable 16-1-2 record and look to be an odds-on favorite to lock in at least a wild-card playoff spot when the regular season ends in three weeks.
Nashville Predators defenseman Roman Josi is having a Norris Trophy-caliber season, and his latest accomplishment is one for the record books. In Thursday’s
Nashville Predators defenseman Roman Josi became the first Swiss-born NHL player and the first player in Predators franchise history to hit 500 career assists on Thursday.
It seems the Nashville Predators just don’t know how to lose.
The Nashville Predators have gone on an absolute tear, winning six in a row and eight of their last 10. Are they worth backing to hoist the Stanley Cup?
As Roman Josi skated through the crease with all three Vegas Golden Knights defenders to his back, the 17,000-plus in attendance at Bridgestone Arena collectively held their breath.
Roman Josi scored 40 seconds into overtime and the Nashville Predators rallied from a three-goal third-period deficit to extend their franchise-record point streak to 18 games with a 5-4 victory over the visiting Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday night.
On some level, Nashville Predators defenseman Roman Josi likely conceded somewhere along the line that winning an individual performance award would be more difficult for him than others who play in larger markets with more national television exposure.
The quote, "he's probably, in my opinion, the world's best defenseman" only looks to be getting more support behind it after every game Roman Josi plays for the Nashville Predators this season.
It may have taken them a period-and-a-half to get going, but once they did, the Nashville Predators couldn’t be stopped in their 8-2 win over the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday night at Bridgestone Arena.
On March 19 at Bridgestone Arena, the Nashville Predators made history. With a decisive 8-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks, the Predators improved to 13-0-2 in their last 15 games dating back to Feb.
There are a lot of very good defensemen this season, so it makes it tough to not only get into the Norris Trophy conversation, but to be a finalist. Recently, 14 NHL writers cast their vote to see where the top defensemen stand at this point in the season, and Roman Josi ranked fourth.
Roman Josi scored two goals just over five minutes apart in the third period to help lift the Nashville Predators to a 4-1 win over the Seattle Kraken on Saturday.
Roman Josi cannot be stopped. The Nashville Predators' captain has 16 points (four goals, 12 assists) and a +14 rating over the team's active 13-game point streak (11-0-2), and he is climbing franchise leaderboards in the process.
Last night was terrible on the ice, but Yardbarker's Griffin Carroll is right back out there for his next shift, looking to help us find some winners, like the true gamer he is.
There's only one NHL game today, but DraftKings was kind enough to offer a 33% SGP boost for the evening. YB's Griffin Carroll says let's cook up a winning combo in this Nashville-Ottawa game.
The Nashville Predators will be without defenseman Roman Josi for Sunday’s game against the New York Rangers, as he is day-to-day with an injury. Josi left Saturday’s game against the Winnipeg Jets in the first period, and did not return for the second and third period.
To understand how all this has come to pass in Nashville, we start not with the 31-year-old Josi, but with the 22nd overall pick in the 1994 NHL Draft, a man named Jeff Kealty.
Roman Josi has been on fire as of late. He had two assists in Nashville’s win over the Flyers on Sunday night, giving him 21 points over the course of a 10-game point streak.
The Nashville Predators have their captain back.
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