Not much has changed in the week since the Nashville Predators and Montreal Canadiens last faced off. The Canadiens have managed a victory—a 5-4 regulation win over the St. Louis Blues—as well as two more blowout losses, 1-4 against the New York Rangers and 0-4 against the Seattle Kraken. Brendan Gallagher, who was injured in last Tuesday’s game against the Preds but returned, probably shouldn’t have; the Canadiens announced before the team’s next game that he’s out for at least six weeks with a lower-body injury.
Other than that and the potential Preds goaltending situation—Yaroslav Askarov was called up yesterday from Milwaukee, with Kevin Lankinen questionable late in the afternoon—this is likely to look a lot like last Tuesday’s game.