Inside Justus Annunen's start for Predators, finding Matt Murray, emergency backup
Justus Annunen won the biggest game of the season for the Nashville Predators, and he wasn’t even supposed to start. When news broke that starter Juuse Saros suffered an upper-body injury at morning skate, Annunen was thrust into action ahead of a key matchup against the Seattle Kraken on March 19 at Bridgestone Arena. The Predators, two points behind the Kraken in the wild card race, needed a regulation win to pull even. And they were without their top goaltender. But after the...