GAME DAY: Kings vs. Preds, Jan. 31 | Nashville Predators – NHL.com

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The Nashville Predators return to Bridgestone Enviornment another time earlier than the All-Star break for a Wednesday contest towards the Los Angeles Kings.
Out of a playoff place for the primary time since Dec. 6 and with solely 31 video games left to play once they return from the break, the Predators know they’ll have to play determined hockey to gather an necessary two factors on Wednesday.
“It is a massive recreation,” Predators Captain Roman Josi mentioned following Monday’s loss. “The Kings are proper forward of us, and everyone’s successful within the League proper now, all these groups round us. So, it’s in all probability the largest recreation up up to now, and we’d like some factors.” 
“It is a fairly good workforce coming in, however we’d like that win to be ok with our recreation, and we now have to get these two factors,” ahead Philip Tomasino mentioned. “So, it should be a very good take a look at, however we all know we’ll should play determined.” 
Puck drop is at 6:30 p.m. CT, with the sport set to broadcast on TNT, 102.5 The Sport and El Jefe Radio. Click here to get tickets and discover out every little thing you could know beneath:
Regardless of a three-goal exhibiting within the first interval courtesy of Michael McCarron (7), Tomasino (6) and Yakov Trenin (8), the Predators on Monday allowed the Ottawa Senators to internet a trio of their very own within the center body and drive the sport into extra time, the place the house workforce would in the end internet the game-winner. 
Tomasino (1g-1a) and Josi (2a) led the Predators with two factors apiece, McCarron matched a profession excessive in objectives set in the course of the 2021-22 marketing campaign, Trenin scored his first purpose in 16 video games and Cody Glass tallied his second help of the season and his first since Nov. 20 within the loss. 
Juuse Saros’ 31-save efficiency was six shy of matching a season excessive set on Dec. 12 towards the Philadelphia Flyers; the loss moved the netminder to 19-18-2 on the season.
Nashville moved to 26-22-2 on the season and concluded their three-game street journey at 1-1-1.
Filip Forsberg leads the Predators in factors (50) and objectives (23); he’s tied for tenth in objectives amongst all NHL skaters. 
Josi leads his membership and is fifth amongst League defensemen in assists with 34; the Predators captain is moreover fifth in factors (44) and tied for eighth in objectives (10) amongst NHL blueliners. 
Saros is 19-18-2 after 39 appearances, with a 2.94 goals-against common and a .903 save share; the netminder is 3-3-1 with a .922 save share and a couple of.31 goals-against common in his final six begins. 
Kevin Lankinen is 6-4-0 after 14 appearances, with a 3.12 goals-against common and a .895 save share. 
The Predators lead the NHL in hits (1,158) and hits per 60 minutes (1,158); defenseman Jeremy Lauzon leads the League in hits with 199. 
Nashville is fifth within the Central Division with 54 factors and a 13-12-0 document at house.  
Since their final assembly with Nashville on Thursday, Jan. 18, the Kings have gained as soon as and dropped 4 consecutive outings. Wednesday’s recreation, the final of a three-game journey for Los Angeles, will give the Kings one ultimate likelihood to bolster their first Wild Card place earlier than the All-Star break. 
Adrian Kempe leads the Kings in factors with 43 (17g-26a), Trevor Moore leads in objectives with 21 and former Preds ahead Kevin Fiala leads in assists with 30.
Cam Talbot is 14-13-5 after 32 appearances, with a 2.59 goals-against common and a .911 save share. Former Predators netminder David Rittich is 4-1-3 total and 0-1-0 towards Nashville this season; he’s posted a 2.09 goals-against common and a .920 save share by way of 10 appearances.
Los Angeles is fourth within the Pacific Division with 54 factors and a 14-6-4 document on the street. 
The Predators are 42-28-(3)-9 all-time towards the Kings, together with an 18-15-(3)-3 document at Bridgestone Enviornment. 
That is the second of three matchups between Nashville and Los Angeles in 2023-24; it’s the first and solely at house. Nashville is 1-0-0 towards Los Angeles this season, incomes a 2-1 win at Crypto.com Enviornment on Jan. 18.
The Predators are 3-1-1 of their final 5 video games towards the Kings; they’re 7-2-1 of their final 10; and 4-0-1 of their final 5 at Bridgestone Enviornment. General, the Predators have misplaced solely 3 times in regulation to the Kings of their final 27 conferences (17-3-7), with Nashville having gained 12 of 15.
Nashville enters Wednesday’s contest on a six-game house level streak towards Los Angeles (5-0-1). Predators TV Analyst Chris Mason made 33 saves in his first NHL shutout as Nashville and Los Angeles performed to the primary scoreless tie at Bridgestone Enviornment on Jan. 13, 2004.
Wednesday’s recreation might be broadcast solely on TNT, with play-by-play announcer Kenny Albert, analyst Eddie Olczyk and ice-level analyst Brian Boucher getting the decision on the tv facet. 
Pete Weber and Jay Extra will name the sport on 102.5 The Sport and the Predators Radio Community, with pregame, postgame and intermission protection by Max Herz starting one hour earlier than puck drop. The sport may even be broadcast in Spanish on El Jefe which airs on 96.7 FM, 105.3 FM and 810 AM. (El partido también se transmite en español por El Jefe en 96.7 FM, 105.3 FM y 810 AM.)

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