The Nashville Predators play their fourth preseason game tonight as they face the Carolina Hurricanes. The Predators won their last preseason game on Saturday 6-0 while the Hurricanes also suffered an overtime loss 5-4 in their last preseason game on Saturday.
Nashville Predators (1-2-0) vs. Carolina Hurricanes (2-0-1)
Date: Wednesday, October 2
Time: 7:00 pm
Where: Lenovo Center, Raleigh, NC
Preseason Top Scorers
Nashville Predators
Points: Jonathan Marchessault – 3
Goals: Jonathan Marchessault – 1
Assists: Jonathan Marchessault – 2
Carolina Hurricanes
Points: Sean Walker – 3
Goals: Seth Jarvis – 2
Assists: Sean Walker – 2
Preseason Team Stats
Nashville Predators
Power-Play: 10.0
Penalty Kill: 70.0
GF: 3.33
GA: 3.00
Carolina Hurricanes
Power-Play: 25.0
Penalty Kill: 85.7
GF: 4.67
GA: 2.67
Projected Lines
Nashville Predators
Filip Forsberg – Ryan O’Reilly – Gustav Nyquist
Jonathan Marchessault – Tommy Novak – Steven Stamkos
Zachary L-Heureaux – Jusso Parssinen – Ozzy Wiesblatt
Philip Tomasino – Michael McCarron –
Jeremy Lauzon – Alexandre Carrier
Tanner Molendyk – Dante Fabbro
Roman Josi – Brady Skjei
Adam Wilsby
Carolina Hurricanes
Brendan Lemieux – Jack Drury – Eric Robinson
Bradly Nadeau – Ryan Suzuki – Jackson Blake
Juha Jaaska – Syler Brind-Amour – Rocco Grimaldi
Josiah Slavin – Felix Unger Sorum – Sam Gagner
Dmitry Orlov – Sean Walker
Ty Smith – Charles-Alexis Legault
Domenick Fensore – Aleksi Heimosalmi
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Goalies
Stats in preseason
Nashville: Juuse Saros (1-0-0, 0.00 GAA) / Scott Wedgewood (0-1-0, 6.80 GAA)
Saros made his preseason debut on Saturday and he would stop all 23 shots he faced. Last season, in 64 games he went 35-24-5 with a 2.86 goals-against average and a .906 save percentage. Wedgewood has appeared in one game and struggled as he allowed six goals on 23 shots. Last season, he went 16-7-5 with a 2.85 goals-against average and a .899 save percentage.
Carolina: Spencer Martin (0-0-1, 4.79 GAA) / Yaniv Perets (0-0-0, 0.00 GAA)
Martin played on Saturday and would stop 24 of the 29 shots he faced suffering the loss in overtime. Last season, Martin in six games with Carolina went 4-1-1 with a 2.63 goals-against average and a .896 save percentage. Perets has been the backup in two games but has yet to play this preseason. Last season, he played in one game stopping the lone shot he faced in 13 minutes. In the ECHL he appeared in 34 games going 18-11-3 with a 2.99 goals against average and a .889 save percentage; in the playoffs, in ten games he went 5-4-1 with a 3.04 goals against average and an .888 save percentage.
Players To Watch
Preseason Stats
Nashville: Jonathan Marchessault (1-2-3)
Marchessault has wasted no time with his new team, having made his debut on Saturday in a 6-0 win he finished with three points on a goal and two assists, he was a plus three and finished with two shots and a hit. Last season, in 82 games he finished with 69 points on 42 goals and 27 assists.
Carolina: Jack Drury (1-1-2)
Drury this preseason in two games has recorded two points with a goal and an assist, he has been a plus-three and has recorded nine shots on goal. Last season, in 74 games he had 27 points on eight goals and 19 assists.
Next Up:
Nashville – Saturday vs. Carolina @ 5:00 PM EST
Carolina – Friday vs. Tampa Bay @ 7:00 PM EST
