NASHVILLE — The Blues dropped their third game in a row on Thursday, falling 6-2 to a well-rested Predators team on a night when the struggling offense was joined by its previously stalwart defense.
Three of the first five goals for Nashville came on rebounds of shots stopped by goalie Thomas Greiss. Another, by ex-Blue Zach Sanford, was on a wraparound at the right post and the fifth was on a shot by Roman Josi that hit the glass behind the Blues net, banked off the back of Greiss and trickled over the goal line. The sixth was an empty-net goal as the Blues tried for a miracle comeback.
It was the goals allowed by the Blues this season, and while their offense increased for the second straight game, it has gone from zero to one to two. And the Blues got a five-on-five goal, something they hadn’t done in the previous three games.
