Subban rallies Predators past Jets in Game 4

WINNIPEG -- There are many layers to Nashville Predators defenseman Pernell-Karl Subban, many of which are often evident in the same day.
For instance, after the game-day skate on Thursday, there was the jovial version of P.K., who was asked what it felt like to be jeered by the raucous, white-clad Winnipeg fans at Bell MTS Place each time he touched the puck.

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"Boos? I don't hear any boos," Subban replied with a chuckle, knowing no one was buying his answer.
Hours later, the joking edition of P.K. was replaced by the serious P.K., who scored the winning goal in the Predators 2-1 victory against the Winnipeg Jets in Game 4 of their Western Conference Second Round, knotting the best-of-7 series 2-2. Game 5 is at Nashville on Saturday (9:30 p.m. ET; NBCSN, CBC, TVAS).
With Nashville up 1-0, Subban silenced the arena with a slap shot on the power play at 14:36 of the second period. Subban has scored in three consecutive games and has eight points (three goals, five assists) in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Boos? What boos?
"For me, I don't care how we win," Subban said. "We just had to get it. I wish the first goal [by Ryan Hartman at 17:20 of the first period] was the game-winner.
"I'm just happy we got the win and we're heading back home to play in front of our fans. We'll take that. We know they're going to be better as the series goes on. In this position, I think this is where both teams expected to be. And now we have home ice back."

Subban was a workhorse, leading Nashville in ice time (25:44), shifts (39) and tying forward Viktor Arvidsson for most shots (four).
More importantly, Subban help siphon the energy out of one of the most electric atmospheres in the NHL. The capacity crowd of 15,321 inside the building and the thousands of fans at the Jets street party outside had very little to cheer about until Winnipeg forward Patrik Laine scored on the power play with 51 seconds remaining in the third period.
At one point during the third period, fans began chanting their individual section numbers -- "Three-sixteen, three-sixteen" versus "three-twenty-five, three-twenty-five" -- because there was nothing to get them excited on the ice.
Subban said coach Peter Laviolette deserves a lot of credit for both his tactical changes and for the way he motivates the Predators. Nashville clogged the neutral zone and didn't allow the high-flying Jets to get into any kind of flow.
Jets forward Bryan Little said it was like skating into a wall.
"It seems we have a foundation of what we need to win but [Laviolette] always finds that extra edge and making really good coaching decisions," Subban said. "Personally, I love playing for Lavvy. If you can believe it he's got more energy than me. I love that. It's just fun to play for a guy like that. He motivates you every day.
"I know he's well respected in our locker room and has done a really good job of building a team and making everybody feel a part of it. I think right now we're going to play off of this and get ready to play in front of our fans."
Laviolette could sense in the hours leading up to the game that the Predators were ready to play.
"You could just tell in the meetings, you could tell in the skate that it was just sharp and they were on point and they were ready to play.
"P.K. had a monster game tonight. He was a beast out there."
The one wart in Subban's game? He took a cross-checking penalty with 2:02 remaining and the Jets scored on the power play.
"I have to stay out of the box," he said.
On this day, that's about the only mistake Subban made.