Did you make it through the entire game last night? I’ll be honest, I conked out at the end of the second period. A lot of you fought the strong hand of the Sandman and are now hooked up to your trusty caffeine IVs while you struggle through the workday. But alas, you have a smile on your face and deem it completely worth the lack of sleep because the Predators extended their record to 7-1-1 after defeating the 5-3-0 San Jose Sharks last night. Want some highlights? We’ve got your highlights:

First Period:

• Eric Nystrom was on point from the very beginning, sending a gorgeous one-timer on net passed Martin Jones at 3:22 for an early 1-0 lead. Roman Josi (4) and Paul Gaustad (2) nabbed the assists on Nystrom’s third goal of the young season.

  Nystrom opens the scoring in the Preds/Sharks game pic.twitter.com/iql1MkuDjk

  — Stephanie (@myregularface) October 29, 2015

• Barret Jackman picked up a roughing penalty against Tommy Wingels, but the Predators penalty kill did its job and ended the first period 1-0.

Second Period:

• No goals were had by either team in the second, but Joe Thornton and Shea Weber did get called for Unsportsmanlike conduct when Weber cross-checked Thornton after he checked Roman Josi.

  Weber gives Thornton a shove after Thornton put a good check on Josi: pic.twitter.com/kCTjEJdntx

  — Mark Harris (@MCHisTweeting) October 29, 2015

Third Period:

• Just 1:28 into the third, San Jose finally slipped one passed Rinne with Joe Pavelski collecting his fourth goal of the season.
  
• Calle Jarn-CROAK, on the other hand, wasn’t having a tied game for long, picking up his first goal of the season at 8:52. Gabriel Bourque (1) and Seth Jones (5) assisted on Jarnkrok’s wicked wrister.

  Jarnkrok gives Nashville a 2-1 lead pic.twitter.com/tyWIPRu5EO

  — Stephanie (@myregularface) October 29, 2015

• The boys in gold white would hold off the Sharks until the end though, with Nashville out-shooting San Jose 24 to 21.

Random Musings:

• For those Wilson lovers out there, Colin took a puck to the head during the first period. No need to panic, he is okay. I just really wanted to post this gif:

  have you been grossed out yet today? let me help you out pic.twitter.com/VjV1gdnzQQ

  — Stephanie (@myregularface) October 29, 2015

• The Predators are the only team in the NHL without a first-period goal against. They extend a franchise record to start the season.

  — Adam Vingan (@AdamVingan) October 29, 2015

• Laviolette coaching his 850th NHL game tonight. That’s quite a lot. Four different teams (NYI, CAR, PHI, NSH)

  — Kristopher Martel (@kmartel_sports) October 29, 2015

• Wondering why I said “Jarn-CROAK” earlier? The announcers had a bit of a difficult time pronouncing it during the first period. Glad they got it corrected before he scored the game winning goal.

  Announcer is calling him Yarn-croak now. I think I helped. pic.twitter.com/kc1NQVV720

  — Admirals Roundtable (@adsroundtable) October 29, 2015

• It's a good sign that a team is winning games even when their best faceoff man (Gaustad) is 5 of 17 and team is 30%. Because, damn.

  — Justin Bradford (@justinbbradford) October 29, 2015

That last tweet by Mr. Bradford needs to be further addressed. The Sharks won 80% of the face-offs in the first period alone. There were 53 face-offs total last night, with San Jose winning 37 and Nashville only winning 16. Eek. Time to panic? No, because as great as they are to win, they don’t necessarily define how the outcome of the game. Nashville is not chasing the puck when they lose (for the most part), which keeps them on the plus side of possessions. Though it is certainly something to work on, it is not a dire situation like other aspect could be (penalty kill, power play, etc.). So, in a nutshell, don’t freak out over win/loss numbers within the faceoff just yet.

Nashville continues down the West Coast with a stop in Los Angeles on Saturday for a special Halloween puck drop of 3PM.