Nashville, Tenn.-Ryan O’Reilly had a goal and two assists when the Nashville predators closed their disappointing season with a 5-1 victory over the Dallas stars to the playoffs.
Jordan Oesterle and Jonathan Marchesault had a goal and an assistance, and Jakub Vrana and Justin Barron also scored for Nashville. Juuse Saros made 29 salvados, and Filip Forsberg had two assists.
Mason Marchment scored and Jake Oettinger made 17 saves in the first two periods for the stars, who concluded the regular season in a 0-5-2 slide after not losing more than two followed this season before the current section. Oettinger was replaced by Casey Desth to start the third. DeiMh made 12 salvadments.
While a seven -game losing streak that goes to the postseason is bad enough, things got worse for the stars when the star Jason Robertson left the game in the second period with an injury at the bottom of the body and did not return.
Robertson crashed with Nashville striker Michael McCarron before heading to the bank, a grimace of pain. Emma Lingen, the reporter of the Hockey News predators, reported that Robertson left the Bridgestone sand with an orthopedic device in the right knee.
“The purpose of resting the people on the section was to avoid injuries,” said the chief coach of the stars, Peter I owe, journalists after the game, according to the team’s reporter for NHL.com, Mike Heika. “Unfortunately, we didn’t do that with Roberston’s injury. So, a difficult night.”
The stars will face the avalanche of Colorado in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
– With Sportsnet staff files
