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8:30 pm EDT Thu Apr 22, 2010

The Nashville Predators are living in the moment, trying not to get too excited over their first 2-1 opening-series lead. The Chicago Blackhawks are using words like desperation and urgency while hearing about angry fans back home. This is the team that seemingly breezed into the Western Conference finals a year ago and came a goal from grabbing the No. 1 seed this time around, a favorite to win the Stanley Cup this postseason. Captain Jonathan Toews, high-priced acquisition Marian Hossa and Patrick Sharp have yet to score. The hard-hitting Predators are frustrating the Blackhawks and have outscored them 8-4 in this series. Coach Joel Quenneville switched up his lines Wednesday, though he refused to say who might play Thursday night in Game 4. Nashville had 2,500 tickets to sell before Thursday night after missing a sellout in Game 3. One more win, and a franchise that played its first game in 1998 will take a dominating 3-1 edge.

The Predators are being led by goaltender Pekka Rinne, the third-lowest draft pick in the NHL this season. All he’s doing in his postseason debut is lead the league both with his 1.35 goals against average and with his .953 save percentage. The Finn has allowed only two even-strength goals so far. Nashville hasn’t had top goal scorer Patric Hornqvist but David Legwand had a goal and two assists in leading four different Predators in scoring a goal apiece in Tuesday night’s 4-1 victory. Legwand, defenseman Ryan Suter and forward Joel Ward are among the top nine in plus or minus rating this postseason. Pittsburgh is the only other team with more than two that high. It’s been a welcome surprise considering Nashville scored exactly as many goals as it allowed this season.