The Nashville Predators will face the Dallas Stars tonight. The Predators lost 4-3 to the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night, while the Stars won 6-2 over them on Sunday night.
Nashville Predators (7-16-6, 20 Points) vs. Dallas Stars (17-10-0, 34 Points)
When: Thursday, December 12
Time: 8:00 p.m. ET
Where: American Airlines Center (Dallas, TX)
TV: FanDuel Sports Network South
Scoring Leaders
Nashville Predators
Points: Roman Josi – 23
Goals: Filip Forsberg – 9
Assists: Roman Josi – 16
Dallas Stars
Points: Matt Duchene – 29
Goals: Matt Duchene – 12
Assists: Matt Duchene – 17
Team Stats
Nashville Predators
Power-Play: 18.4
Penalty Kill: 87.1
GF: 2.21
GA: 3.17
Faceoff: 52.5
Dallas Stars
Power-Play: 17.4
Penalty Kill: 82.5
GF: 3.37
GA: 2.56
Faceoff: 51.0
Expected Line Combinations
Nashville Predators
Filip Forsberg – Steven Stamkos – Jonathan Marchessault
Colton Sissons – Ryan O’Reilly – Gustav Nyquist
Mark Jankowski – Tommy Novak – Luke Evangelista
Michael McCarron – Fedor Svechkov – Zachary L’Heureux
Luke Schenn – Brady Skjei
Marc Del Gaizo – Nick Blackenburg
Adam Wilsby – Kevin Gravel
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Dallas Stars
Jason Robertson – Roope Hintz – Wyatt Johnston
Mason Marchment – Matt Duchene – Logan stankoven
Jamie Benn – Sam Steel – Evgenii Dadonov
Oskar Back – Mavrik Bourque – Colin Blackwell
Miro Heiskanen – Ilya Lyubushkin
Thomas Harley – Matt Dumba
Esa Lindell – Nils Lundkvist
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Nashville: Juuse Saros (6-13-5, 2.72 GAA) / Justus Annunen (6-5-0, 3.11 GAA)
The Predators haven’t announced a starter yet.
Saros is 6-13-5 with a 2.72 goals against average and a .908 save percentage, he took the loss on Tuesday giving up four goals on 28 shots. In his career against Dallas, he is 12-10-1 with a .909 save percentage and a 2.70 goals-against average. Last season he went 0-2-0 against the Stars posting a 5.25 goals-against average and a .865 save percentage.
Annunen made his Nashville debut on Thursday taking the loss and giving up two goals on 29 shots. He is 6-5-0 with a 3.11 goals-against average and a .879 save percentage. He’s never faced Dallas in his career.
Dallas: Jake Oettinger (14-6-0, 2.43 GAA)
Oettingers gets the start he is 14-6-0 with a 2.43 goals against average and a .912 save percentage, He last started on Sunday picking up the win stopping 29 of the 31 shots he faced. He is 6-2-2 with a 2.26 goals-against average and a .921 save percentage in his career against Nashville. He won the previous matchup stopping 33 of the 36 shots he faced.
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Players To Watch
Nashville: Filip Forsberg (9-10-19)
Forsberg this season has 19 points on nine goals and ten assists. In his career against Dallas, he has 30 points in 43 games on 16 goals and 14 assists. In the previous matchup this season he had a goal and an assist.
Dallas: Mason Marchment (12-15-27)
Marchment this season has 27 points on 12 goals and 15 assists. In his career against Nashville, he has nine points in 14 games on six goals and three assists. In the previous matchup, he scored two goals.
Head to Head
The Predators lost 4-3 to the Stars on opening night. In their last ten meetings, the Predators are 3-7-0 and have been outscored 40-24 in that ten-game span.
Next Up
Nashville: @ Colorado Avalanche – Saturday
Dallas: vs. St. Louis Blues – Saturday
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