NHL Game Preview: Nashville Predators vs. Vancouver Canucks with Line Combinations 11/17/2024

NHL Game Preview: Nashville Predators vs. Vancouver Canucks with Line Combinations 11/17/2024

The Nashville Predators will take on the Vancouver Canucks tonight. The Predators are coming off a 2-0 loss to the Calgary Flames on Friday night while Canucks are coming off a 4-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks last night.

Nashville Predators (5-10-3, 13 Points) vs. Vancouver Canucks (9-4-3, 19 Points)

When: Sunday, November 17
Time: 10:00 p.m. ET
Where: Rogers Arena (Vancouver, BC)
TV: FanDuel Sports Network South

Scoring Leaders

Nashville Predators

Points: Filip Forsberg – 13
Goals: Filip Forsberg – 8
Assists: Roman Josi – 11

Vancouver Canucks

Points: Quinn Hughes – 17
Goals: Brock Boeser – 6
Assists: Quinn Hughes – 14

Team Stats

Nashville Predators

Power-Play: 20.7
Penalty Kill: 92.1
GF: 2.28
GA: 3.22
Faceoff: 53.5

Vancouver Canucks

Power-Play: 20.8
Penalty Kill: 83.7
GF: 3.19
GA: 3.06
Faceoff: 52.2

Expected Line Combinations

Nashville Predators

Filip Forsberg – Ryan O’Reilly – Gustav Nyquist
Steven Stamkos – Juuso Parssinen– Jonathan Marchessault
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

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Vancouver Canucks

Pius Suter – J.T. Miller – Jonathan Lekkerimaki
Jake DeBrusk – Elias Pettersson – Conor Garland
Danton Heinen – Teddy Blueger – Kiefer Sherwood
Nils Hoglander – Aatu Raty – Arshdeep Bains
Quinn Hughes – Filip Hronek
Carson Soucy – Tyler Myers
Erik Brannstrom – Vincent Desharnais

Between The Pipes

Nashville: Juuse Saros (4-8-2, 2.52 GAA)

Saros is 4-8-2 with a 2.52 goals against average and a .915 save percentage, he took the loss on Friday giving up one goal on 32 shots. In his career against the Canucks, he is 5-2-1 with a .897 save percentage and a 3.04 goals-against average. Last season he went 0-2-0 against Vancouver posting a 4.81 goals-against average and an .833 save percentage.

Vancouver: Kevin Lankinen (8-2-2, 2.60 GAA)

Lankinen gets the start he is 8-2-2 with a 2.60 goals against average and a .907 save percentage, he last played on Thursday and took the loss giving up four goals on 31 shots. In his career against Nashville he is 1-4-1 with a 3.00 goals-against average and an .902 save percentage, last season he didn’t face the Predators.

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Players To Watch

Nashville: Jonathan Marchessault (3-6-9)

Marchessault this season has nine points on three goals and six assists. In 22 career games against Vancouver, he has 24 points on 11 goals and 13 assists. Last season in four games he had four points on a goal and three assists.  

Vancouver: Elias Pettersson (5-5-10)

Pettersson this season has ten points on five goals and five assists. In 15 career games against Nashville, he has 18 points on ten goals and eight assists. Last season in three games he had five points on four goals and an assist.

Head to Head

Last season the Predators went 0-3-0 against the Canucks and were outscored 13-6. In their last ten meetings, the Predators are 4-5-1 and have been outscored 37-28 in that span.  

Next Up

Nashville: @ Seattle Kraken – Wednesday
Vancouver: vs. New York Rangers – Tuesday

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