[9:08 PM] Predators @ Avalanche

Who will WIN this matchup?

Nashville Predators (2-5-1)

@ Colorado Avalanche (4-3-0)
Starting Goalies:

Pekka Rinne(NSH): Unconfirmed

Semyon Varlamov(COL): Confirmed

 

Current odds:

Nashville Predators: (-110)

Colorado Avalanche: (-110)

 

• The Nashville Predators are looking like a shell of the team that came within one win of reaching the Western Conference finals last season. Mired in last place in the Central Division, the Predators look to halt a three-game skid when they continue a five-game road trip with a visit to the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday night.

• Nashville has negated the success of its power play, which has converted on 10 of 28 chances, with woeful penalty killing, allowing the opposition to score on one-third of its opportunities (9 of 27). Another issue bedeviling the Predators is constantly being in catch-up mode, yielding the opening goal in all but one game.

• Rene Bourque, who scored 75 goals in a span of three seasons with Calgary (2008-11), has largely fallen off the NHL radar and found his way onto Colorado’s roster via a professional trying in training camp. He made his first goal with the Avalanche count, delivering the go-ahead tally on the power play at Arizona.

• Duchene has nine goals and 23 points in 25 games against Nashville.

• Predators F Filip Forsberg, a 33-goal scorer last season, is still seeking his first tally.

• Avalanche D Fedor Tyutin (groin), sidelined for three games, returned to practice Monday while F Gabriel Bourque was sent to the minors.

 

StreakSmarts Pick: Colorado Avalanche

Confidence: 5/10

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