In the film Master and Commander, the ship's captain tells his friend, a scientist, he can repay a debt by naming a shrub after him, specifically "something prickly and hard to eradicate." If any present-day botanists feel the need to name a plant after the 2015-16 Nashville Predators, they would do well to find one with those same qualities.
That's because the Predators were at it again Monday, posting a come-from-behind 4-3 overtime victory against the San Jose Sharks at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.
It wasn't just that the Predators had to overcome 2-0 and 3-2 deficits. And it wasn't that they avoided being eliminated. It's the overarching pattern that those facts fit into.
Let's rewind for a moment to the first round. In Game 5 of the series between Nashville and the Anaheim Ducks, the Ducks cruised to a lopsided 5-2 win on home ice to take a 3-2 series lead. The Preds scratched out a 2-1 edge in Game 6 and scored an empty-netter to seal the deal. Then in Game 7, they scored twice in the first and hung on for dear life, getting outshot 28-10 in the final two periods but clinching the series.
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