The Nashville Predators will take on the Colorado Avalanche tonight. The Predators are coming off a 5-1 loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night while the Avalanche are coming off a 5-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday.
Nashville Predators (3-6-1, 7 Points) vs. Colorado Avalanche (5-6-0, 10 Points)
When: Saturday, November 2
Time: 8:00 p.m. ET
Where: Bridgestone Arena (Nashville, TN)
TV: FanDuel Sports Network South
Scoring Leaders
Nashville Predators
Points: Filip Forsberg – 9
Goals: Filip Forsberg – 5
Assists: Roman Josi – 5
Colorado Avalanche
Points: Cale Makar – 19
Goals: Ross Colton – 8
Assists: Cale Makar – 15
Team Stats
Nashville Predators
Power-Play: 19.4 (16)
Penalty Kill: 93.3 (1)
GF: 2.40 (30)
GA: 3.60 (25)
Faceoff: 54.2 (5)
Colorado Avalanche
Power-Play: 35.1 (3)
Penalty Kill: 73.3 (26)
GF: 3.45 (12)
GA: 4.18 (31)
Faceoff: 45.6 (29)
Expected Line Combinations
Nashville Predators
Filip Forsberg – Ryan O’Reilly – Jonathan Marchessault
Steven Stamkos – Colton Sissons – Gustav Nyquist
Juuso Parssinen – Tommy Novak – Luke Evangelista
Zachary L’Heureux – Mark Jankowski – Cole Smith
Roman Josi – Brady Skjei
Jeremy Lauzon – Alexandre Carrier
Marc Del Gaizo – Luke Schenn
Colorado Avalanche
Joel Kiviranta – Nathan MacKinnon – Mikko Rantanen
Ivan Ivan – Casey Mittelstadt – Logan O’Connor
Oliver Kylington – Parker Kelly – Nikolai Kovalenko
Chris Wagner – T.J. Tynan – Matthew Stienburg
Samuel Girard – Cale Makar
Devon Toews – Josh Manson
Calvin De Haan – Sam Malinski
Between The Pipes
Nashville: Juuse Saros (2-5-1, 3.04 GAA) / Scott Wedgewood (1-1-0, 3.54 GAA)
The Predators have not announced a starting goalie as of publishing
Saros is 2-5-1 with a 3.04 goals against average and a .896 save percentage, he took the loss on Thursday giving up five goals on 29 shots. In his career against the Avalanche, he is 5-2-1 with a .920 save percentage and a 2.67 goals-against average. He went 2-0-0 against them last season posting a 2.02 goals-against average and a .927 save percentage.
Wedgewood got the start last Saturday, picking up his first win of the season stopping 25 of the 28 shots. This season he is 1-1-0 with a 3.54 goals-against average and a .854 save percentage. He’s 1-1-1 against the Avalanche in his career with a .882 save percentage and a 3.92 goals-against average; last season, he went 0-0-1 giving up five goals on 34 shots.
Colorado: Justus Annunen (4-1-0, 2.48 GAA)
Annunen this season is 4-1-0 with a 2.48 goals against average and a .905 save percentage, he last played on Sunday picking up the win by stopping 26 of the 30 shots he faced. In his career against the Predators, he has only made one start picking up a shutout win by stopping all 22 shots he faced.
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Players To Watch
Nashville: Filip Forsberg (5-4-9)
Forsberg this season has nine points on five goals and four assists. In his career against the Avalanche he has 37 points in 35 games on 18 goals and 19 assists; last season in three games he had four points on two goals and two assists.
Colorado: Nathan MacKinnon (5-13-18)
MacKinnon this season has 19 points on five goals and 13 assists. In his career against Nashville, he’s played in 34 games recording 40 points on 16 goals and 24 assists. Last season in three games he had seven points on three goals and four assists.
Head to Head & Next Up
The Predators went 2-1-0 against the Avalanche last season and outscored them 13-11 in those three games, in their last ten they are 5-4-1 and have outscored them 37-36 over that span. The Predators will face the Los Angeles Kings on Monday while the Avalanche will face the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday.
