The Nashville Predators will take on the Los Angeles Kings tonight. The Predators are coming off a 5-2 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday night while the Kings are coming off a 4-3 shootout loss to the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday.
Nashville Predators (4-5-1, 9 Points) vs. Los Angeles Kings (6-3-3, 15 Points)
When: Monday, November 4
Time: 8:00 p.m. ET
Where: Bridgestone Arena (Nashville, TN)
TV: FanDuel Sports Network South
Scoring Leaders
Nashville Predators
Points: Filip Forsberg – 10
Goals: Filip Forsberg – 6
Assists: Roman Josi – 6
Los Angeles Kings
Points: Anze Kopitar – 13
Goals: Alex Laferriere – 8
Assists: Brandt Clarke – 10
Team Stats
Nashville Predators
Power-Play: 23.7 (10)
Penalty Kill: 91.2 (2)
GF: 2.64 (25)
GA: 3.45 (24)
Faceoff: 53.9 (6)
Los Angeles Kings
Power-Play: 16.7 (21)
Penalty Kill: 77.1 (19)
GF: 3.25 (13)
GA: 3.25 (22)
Faceoff: 49.0 (21)
Expected Line Combinations
Nashville Predators
Filip Forsberg – Ryan O’Reilly – Jonathan Marchessault
Steven Stamkos – Juuso Parssinen – Gustav Nyquist
Mark Jankowski – Tommy Novak – Luke Evangelista
Cole Smith – Colton Sissons – Zachary L’Heureux
Roman Josi – Brady Skjei
Jeremy Lauzon – Alexandre Carrier
Marc Del Gaizo – Luke Schenn
Los Angeles Kings
Alex Turcotte – Anze Kopitar – Adrian Kempe
Kevin Fiala – Phillip Danault – Trevor Moore
Alex Laferriere – Quinton Byfield – Warren Foegele
Akil Thomas – Trevor Lewis – Tanner Jeannot
Mikey Anderson – Vladislav Gavrikov
Joel Edmundson – Brandt Clarke
Andreas Englund – Jordan Spence
Between The Pipes
Nashville: Juuse Saros (3-5-1, 2.92 GAA)
Saros will start as he is 3-5-1 with a 2.92 goals against average and a .900 save percentage, he got the win on Saturday stopping 28 of the 30 shots he faced. In his career against the Kings, he is 6-2-1 with a .924 save percentage and a 2.52 goals-against average. He went 2-1-0 against them last season posting a 1.69 goals-against average and a .941 save percentage.
Los Angeles: Darcy Kuemper (3-0-3, 3.11 GAA)
Kuemper gets the start he is 3-0-3 with a 3.11 goals against average and an .890 save percentage, his last start came on Saturday and he took the loss giving up three goals on 21 shots. In his career against the Predators, he is 6-2-3 with a 2.52 goals-against average and a .918 save percentage.
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Players To Watch
Nashville: Colton Sissons (1-0-1)
Sissons got his first point of the season on Saturday, which came via a goal. Tonight’s a game that should get him going offensively, as he’s had success against the Kings in his career, playing in 20 games and recording 13 points on four goals and nine assists. Last season, in three games, he had four points on a goal and three assists.
Los Angeles: Kevin Fiala (5-5-10)
This season, Fiala has ten points in five goals and five assists. In his career against the team that drafted him in 2014, he has ten points in 14 games coming on six goals and four assists. Last season in three games he had three points on two goals and an assist.
Head to Head & Next Up
The Predators went 2-1-0 against the Kings last season and outscored them 8-6 in those three games, in their last ten they are 7-2-1 and have outscored them 29-24 over that span. The Predators will face the Washington Capitals on Wednesday while the Kings will face the Minnesota Wild tomorrow.
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I would expect the Preds to roll with the line combinations from the Avs game. Parssinen and Marchessault seemed to be gelling on that 2nd line combo and Gus needs to be back with Forsberg and O’Reilly.