Once feeling intrinsically linked, the Nashville Predators and Phoenix Coyotes have proved successful in different ways. In looking at the team's season series, it's hard to glean any sort of symmetry from the matchups to predict an outcome in their second-round playoff series.

The Detroit Red Wings are looking at an off-season full of questions and speculation. Will sure-fire Hall of Fame defenceman Nicklas Lidstrom retire? How will GM Ken Holland re-tool this team? Is it time for this core group to be disassembled?

David Legwand scored 13 seconds into the third period, and the Nashville Predators advanced to the Western Conference semifinals with a 2-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings in Game 5 on Friday night.

It seemed fitting that David Legwand, the first draft pick in Predators history, scored the game-winning goal in Nashville's 2-1 series-clinching victory over Detroit on Friday night.

Pekka Rinne made 40 saves, Kevin Klein scored a go-ahead goal and the Nashville Predators beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-1 on Tuesday night to take a 3-1 series lead.

Shea Weber turned boos into silence with a goal early in the first period and the Nashville Predators held on to beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 Sunday to take a 2-1 lead in the first-round series.

The Detroit Red Wings may have been mad, but they got even Friday night in Nashville to tie up the Western Conference quarter-final series.

Nashville Predators defenceman Shea Weber was fined $2,500 US on Thursday, and avoided a suspension, for his hit to the head of Detroit Red Wings forward Henrik Zetterberg.

Gabriel Bourque scored two goals in his postseason debut, and the Nashville Predators held onto home-ice advantage by beating Detroit Red Wings 3-2 on Wednesday night to open their Western Conference playoff series.