Despite that recent result, the Predators have won seven of their last 10 outings, including a 5-2 victory on Monday night in St. Louis. Now, Nashville will look to continue their mostly consistent solid play of late into tonight against one of the League’s top teams.
“Obviously, [they’re] a team we just played recently coming into our building on Wednesday, with Carolina, and they’re a fast, tenacious team,” Preds winger Filip Forsberg said following Monday’s win. “So, it’ll be even more important [to be efficient] with the breakouts and trying to limit their odd-man rushes a little bit. Last game against them, we gave up a lot, and we can’t do that against them. So, it’ll be another good one.”
“Just take a breath and get ready to go to work,” Preds Head Coach Andrew Brunette said of heading home. “Our goal here is to win the week, and we won today. [We’ve] got a huge one coming up against arguably one of the best teams in the League, and we’ve got to be ready to go.”
Nashville’s lineup remained the same on Monday with Cole Smith and Justin Barron staying on Injured Reserve. There were no healthy scratches for the Preds.
The Predators did not practice on Tuesday, but they are expected to hold a morning skate ahead of tonight’s game.