Predators did last season to win the Presidents’ Trophy Dougie Hamilton Jersey Womens , there was one nagging problem, which they’ve yet to solve in the first three games of the 2018-19 season.The Predators can’t stay out of the penalty box, and it came back to bite them Tuesday night in a 3-0 loss to Calgary that spoiled their home opener. Continued penalty issues could spell doom on Thursday night when they host the Winnipeg Jets in the teams’ first meeting since a riveting Western Conference semifinal last spring.After playing a reasonably clean game with just three minors and one shorthanded situation in the season opener on Oct. 4 at the New York Rangers, Nashville (2-1-0) drew five minors and had to kill off four power plays in a 4-3 win Saturday night at the New York Islanders.Article continues below ...The Predators then took three minors in the first 25 minutes Tuesday night, and the Flames converted two of those into goals to set the tone. Forced into chase mode the rest of the way, Nashville couldn’t solve up-and-down goalie Mike Smith, who was on the up side of a 43-save shutout.“We did good things, we just couldn’t find a way to score and that was definitely frustrating,” Predators center Ryan Johansen said. “We wanted to get the building involved and we were trying, but tonight wasn’t our night.”Nor was it Nashville’s night the last time it saw Winnipeg http://www.officialsharks.com/authentic-adidas-brent-burns-jersey , which was on May 10 in Game 7 of a entertaining, back-and-forth series between the league’s two best regular-season teams. The Jets chased Pekka Rinne with two goals on shots Rinne badly wanted back, then pulled away in the third period for a 5-1 win that wrapped up a 4-3 series victory and their first trip to a conference final.While these aren’t the same teams that skated up and down the Bridgestone Arena ice on a warm spring night, they’re still mostly intact. And the home crowd is sure to remember that Winnipeg ended what they presumed would be a run to the Stanley Cup.“It’ll probably get hyped up more just because of what happened last year, and I think that’s just the way things go from previous years when teams come back and they reconnect the next year,” Predators coach Peter Laviolette said. “There’s always more of a hot button to it, but at the end of the day it’s a new season.”One that the Jets (2-1-0) have started with great expectations after their best NHL season. They played their home opener as well on Tuesday night but unlike Nashville, they sent the home crowd out of the rink in a good mood after dispatching Los Angeles 2-1.The final score didn’t reflect Winnipeg’s domination. The Jets owned major advantages in shots on goal (39-17), 5-on-5 shot attempts (56-33) and faceoff wins (37-21).“We generate chances, zone time Julien Gauthier Jersey Womens , from a certain type of mentality of what pucks we shoot and which ones we don’t,” Winnipeg coach Paul Maurice said. “When we shoot the ones we want, we’re able to carry and maintain our speed in the offensive zone.” The Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday begin a four-game trip that ends against the Western Conference leaders, the Nashville Predators.There is no suggestion, however, that the Eastern Conference leaders are looking past the opener against the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday night, or the two games that follow against the Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers.The Lightning talked respectfully Monday about the skill the Sabres have.Article continues below ...“You’ve got (Nashville) ahead of us, you’ve got Pittsburgh, which has a couple Cups, you have an upstart Buffalo team that’s playing outstanding Womens Evander Kane Jersey , so there is a lot of different type teams we are playing,” Lightning coach Jon Cooper said Monday.The Lightning (12-4-1) lost 6-4 to the Ottawa Senators on Saturday at Amalie Arena to end a four-game winning streak that followed a loss to Nashville.The Sabres (9-6-2) have win two in a row, 6-5 in overtime over the Canadiens in Montreal on Thursday and 4-3 in a shootout over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday at home.“Anytime you’re on road trips like this, you try to get wins early, especially that Buffalo game,” Lightning right winger Ryan Callahan said. “Try to get points. Stack them up. As the road trip goes on, it definitely gets harder and harder to win some of those games.”After their game Tuesday, the Sabres will play their next three contests on the road against the Winnipeg Jets, Minnesota Wild and the Penguins.The Sabres said they are eager to test themselves against the Lightning.“Every team’s really good in this league,” Sabres goaltender Carter Hutton said. “I think any team on any given night can play really well and can test you. These are teams with winning records. We’re at home here then we’ve got to go out to a few tough buildings and play.“It’ll be a good experience for guys and I think for us Authentic Joe Pavelski Jersey , we can’t really get too overwhelmed with the bulk of the games. We’ve just got to keep what’s in front of us. We’ve got a challenge tomorrow against Tampa and we get our rest tonight and we focus for that, then we move forward from there.”During the third period Saturday, Sabres coach Phil Housley moved Sam Reinhart to the line with Jack Eichel and Jeff Skinner with Jason Pominville being switched to a line with Vladimir Sobotka and Evan Rodrigues. Based on practice Monday, those lines should stay intact Tuesday.“I thought Reino was going well,” Housley said. “Reino’s played with Jack before, obviously. We’re just trying to find balance throughout our lineup.”The way the Sabres won their past two games only adds to their building confidence. They have trailed after the second period each time and came back to win.The win Saturday was particularly dramatic. Skinner scored with 2:27 left in the third period to cut Vancouver’s lead to 3-2 and Reinhart tied the game with 1:47 remaining.“It’s a good feeling to have that belief,” Reinhart said. “You’re going to run through adversity throughout the year and you sort of need to keep that belief. Things aren’t going to go your way, you’re going to have bad nights. (Saturday) I think wasn’t our best night, but we found a way to get the job done and get two points.”Lightning left winger Adam Erne, who missed the game Saturday with an upper-body injury Joe Thornton Jersey , practiced Monday. Defenseman Anton Stralman, who also was out Saturday with an upper-body injury, did not skate Monday, however. Cooper said that he hopes Stralman, who is listed as day-to-day, will return during the trip.The Lightning got defenseman Victor Hedman back from an upper-body injury Saturday and he scored a goal.“He’s a huge part of our team,” Lightning defenseman Braydon Coburn told the Tampa Times on Monday. “He’s a huge part of our identity. He is a guy that just does so many things so well. He is the fastest guy out there. He is in every play. He is defending every puck. He is kind of an omnipresent person out there. And he’s a leader in our dressing room, so to have him back is really good.”