Preds Shut Out by Coyotes

Adin Hill made 29 saves and the Nashville Predators were shut out by the Arizona Coyotes, 3-0, on Thursday night at Bridgestone Arena. It's Nashville's second loss of the season against Arizona and just the second time overall they've dropped back-to-back games in regulation on the campaign.
For the second-straight contest, the Preds outshot their opponent, but unlike Tuesday's 3-2 loss to Colorado - a game that could have gone either way - those in the Nashville locker room say Thursday's effort simply wasn't good enough.
"They wanted it more," Predators Head Coach Peter Laviolette said. "We didn't have enough guys with their hands on the rope pulling it our way."

"It's frustrating getting held off the scoreboard in our own rink," forward Colton Sissons said. "It's pretty disappointing. We're just in a little bit of a funk here. We're not feeling ourselves and not playing a game that's winning hockey right now. Back to the drawing board and we have to move on."
The game's opening period went scoreless, but in the second, Arizona tallied early and late, with goals from Clayton Keller and Nick Schmaltz for a 2-0 lead after 40 minutes.
Brad Richardson added Arizona's third of the night in the final frame as the Predators threw their final chances at Hill, who recorded his first NHL shutout.
Just as he did on Tuesday, Preds goaltender Pekka Rinne kept his club in the game, but Nashville was unable to find the back of the net for the second time this season.
"We have the right personnel in here to play great, but it starts with all of the individuals in here," defenseman Mattias Ekholm said. "We need to get skating again and work hard for each other. Right now, it feels so-so, but the sun will go up tomorrow."
With two games remaining on their homestand, the Predators will now regroup before hosting Chicago on Saturday night, a contest against a divisional rival that should provide plenty of motivation to get back in the win column.
"You have to stay positive," Preds Captain Roman Josi said. "You never want to lose games. You always want to play well. It's a long season and if you go through a stretch like that you have to find your way out of it as quick as possible. That's by staying positive, not getting frustrated, and working on things that we can do a lot better. You have to take some positives out, too."

Notes:
Thursday's result ended Nashville seven-game home win streak against Arizona.
Nashville's season-long, five-game homestand is now more than halfway through with games against Chicago on Saturday and Buffalo on Monday remaining.