How the Nashville Predators' shootout loss vs Kings affects playoff hopes

For the third time this season, the Nashville Predators and Los Angeles Kings met in a shootout on April 6. Unfortunately for the Predators , this time the Kings were victorious . Adrian Kempe scored the only goal in the shootout at Crypto.

com Arena for the 3-2 win over Nashville. The Predators' loss comes four days after beating the Kings in an eight-round shootout on April 2, which had put the Predators ahead of the Kings in the wild-card race. "Seems like a similar game to last game," captain Roman Josi told FanDuel Sports Network after the game.

"Just a tight, playoff kind of game. Joel Armia put the Kings up 1-0 in the first, but Steven Stamkos tied the game in the second. Then, after Scott Laughton put the Kings back on top, Josi tied the game again, which eventually led to overtime and the shootout.

"They were better in the first (period) and were on us, but I thought we played a lot better in the second and third," Josi said. "I wish we would have gotten another point, but we're playing with a lot of energy right now. " All three Predators forwards — Ryan O'Reilly, Filip Forsberg and Luke Evangelista — were stopped by Kings goalie Anton Forsberg.