Early season road trips really measure up where your team is at and what improvements it needs to make, and for the Nashville Predators, it was a humbling experience.
The Predators wrapped up their five-game road trip that went nearly 5,000 miles with a frustrating and convincing loss to the Winnipeg Jets. It marks two-straight games where the Predators have quite frankly just been outplayed by the opposition. No moral victories here.
The 6-3 loss to the Jets on Thursday gives the Nashville Predators a 1-4-0 record on the road trip, being outscored a combined 21-14 over those five games. Three of the four losses they scored two goals or less.
What really hurts is the Predators aren’t even getting points in their losses. They’re getting beat by multiple goals and not pushing it to overtime at least.
The overall season record slips to 5-8-0 and officially the Predators are in last place in the Central Division a month into 2023-24. Yikes.
Here are my three things that ultimately doomed the Nashville Predators on this road trip as the team finally returns home on Saturday to take on the Arizona Coyotes.