NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -Take a look at the NHL standings. The team at the top hasn't been perennial President's Trophy winner Detroit, or even the defending Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes.
No, it's the Nashville Predators.
The expansion franchise best known for trying to survive in a Southern market, and which has never won a playoff series, all of a sudden is focusing on a run for the Stanley Cup.
The Predators headed into the weekend leading the NHL with 79 points following a 4-2 win Thursday night over Toronto. That's one point more than Buffalo, and three more than Central Division rival Detroit.
Six of their next seven games are at home, where they have won eight straight and are 20-3-3. And these Predators know it's where they finish that matters most.
Forget expansion label for Predators, try NHL's best
02-09-2007, 01:30 PM
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