Will Nashville's continuing struggles in the circle have an effect going forward?
There are many things going right for the Nashville Predators right now. Face-offs are not one of them.
Despite sitting atop the Western Conference and being a top-10 possession team in this admittedly young season, they are dead last in the league in face-off effectiveness. It's becoming a much talked about area of concern, and will no doubt lead to questions on what this means going forward.
First though, let's be honest: Nashville was never going to be very good in the dot this season.