Nashville Predators: Bold Predictions for the First Round against Hurricanes
By Chad Minton
Who will lead the Nashville Predators in goals in 1st round?
The obvious choice is probably Filip Forsberg, but I’m going a different direction here. Although it wouldn’t be a shock at all to see Forsberg erupt for several goals, I’m actually going with Calle Jarnkrok.
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Jarnkrok has really stepped up his level of play this season by being a full-time player in the top-six of the lineup. He tied with Mikael Granlund for the team lead in goals this season with 13, which came close to his career high of 16 goals despite the shortened season.
I’m expecting Jarnkrok to stay in the top part of the postseason lineup and get ample opportunities to score in this series. He’s been reliable whenever he does get scoring opportunities with a 14.3 shooting percentage, also just shy of a career high.
Jarnkrok only has three career playoff goals in 58 career playoff games, so this could definitely be his coming out party in terms of his postseason career. The Predators need that from him as they’ll be trying to keep up with a potent Hurricanes offensive attack.