Preds' Legwand Scores Winner Wednesday: David Legwand scored what turned out to be the game winning goal Wednesday night as the Predators downed the Coyotes 2-0 in Game 3 of the Western Conference Semifinal series. (Updated 05/03/2012)
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Fantasy Analysis
He scored at the 8:10 mark of the first period and Nashville netminder Pekka Rinne did the rest, stopping all 32 shots he faced to blank Phoenix. The goal was David Legwand's second game winner of the NHL playoffs. Game 4 goes Friday night. (Updated 05/03/2012).
05/08/2012 01:10 Coyotes advance to conference finals
Mike Smith stopped 32 shots and the Phoenix Coyotes beat the Nashville Predators 2-1 on Monday night to earn their first trip to the Western Conference finals.
05/03/2012 00:02 Rinne blanks Coyotes, Predators trail 2-1
Pekka Rinne made 32 saves as he returned to his dominating form, Mike Fisher scored his first goal of these playoffs, and the Nashville Predators found their rhythm with a 2-0 win over the Phoenix Coyotes on Wednesday in Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinal series.
Legwand, despite being the Predators' first-ever draft pick, longest-serving player and franchise scoring leader (448 pts in 768 games), has generally not lived up to expectations over the past 12 seasons. Legwand looked to be turning the corner back in 2006-07 when he scored a career-high 63 points, but has since followed that up with seasons of 44, 42, 38 and 41 points. This steady, if unspectacular, level of production should once again earn him second-line center honours for next season, but at 31 years old, don't expect him to suddenly catch fire. Oddly enough, Legwand tends to elevate his game in the playoffs (20 pts in 18 games over the past two years), but there's little evidence to suggest he can carry this over into the regular season. Another year of 40-ish points is a reasonable expecation. (Updated 10/4/11)
