10:07 pm
January 4

Predators @ Golden Knights

Who will WIN this matchup?

Nashville Predators (20-11-2)

@ Vegas Golden Knights (22-12-1)

 

Starting Goalies:

Juuse Saros (NSH): Confirmed

Logan Thompson (VGK): Confirmed

 

Current odds:

Nashville Predators: (+105)

Vegas Golden Knights: (-125)

 

• The Pacific Division-leading Vegas Golden Knights will try to bounce back from their first overtime loss of the season when they play the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night in Las Vegas. The Golden Knights had won eight in a row in extra time dating back to an April 1 shootout loss against Minnesota before Sunday’s 5-4 overtime loss at home to Winnipeg.

• Vegas fired a season-high 46 shots in the loss and led 2-0 after the first period, then gave up four unanswered goals before rallying for two Mattias Janmark goals in the last seven minutes of regulation. The second came with 8.1 seconds remaining to send the contest into OT. The Golden Knights outshot Winnipeg 22-10 in the first period – a season-high for shots in any period – but came away with just a pair of goals by Michael Amadio and Evgenii Dadonov against 2020 Vezina Award winner Connor Hellebuyck.

• Nashville, which is 8-1-1 since Dec. 4 and is beginning a three-game western road trip at Las Vegas, also was disappointed with its overall performance in its last game despite blowing out the visiting Chicago Blackhawks 6-1 on Saturday. Rookie forward Tanner Jeannot scored two goals and defenseman Mattias Ekholm had three assists in the win, but the defensive-minded Predators also needed a big game from goalie Juuse Saros who finished with 37 saves.

• This the second meeting between the two teams with Vegas, behind a goal and an assist from both Mark Stone and Chandler Stephenson and 26 saves from Robin Lehner, cruising to a 5-2 victory in the first matchup on Nov. 24 at Nashville. Both Stone, who has been battling right knee and right shoulder injuries, and Lehner, who had a lower-body injury in a 4-3 shootout victory at the New York Islanders on Dec. 19, are listed as doubtful for Tuesday’s game by DeBoer. Stone hasn’t played since scoring two goals in a Dec. 21 loss to Tampa Bay and practiced in a red non-contact jersey on Monday, while Brossoit has started the last four games in goal for the Golden Knights.

4/10
Confidence
StreakSmarter Pick
Nashville Predators
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