The Nashville Predators look to build off a triumphant win against the Chicago Blackhawks tonight against the Colorado Avalanche. The Avs will be a much tougher opponent. While Captain Gabe Landeskog is still out of commission this season, they’ve been getting plenty done without him.
Cale Makar leads the team in points with 24 and assists with 20, while Mikko Rantanen has notched 11 goals to become the standout goal-scoring leader. We’ll see Ryan Johansen today; he’s tied with Nate MacKinnon, Valeri Nichushkin, and Ross Colton for second on the team in goals scored, with six. It’s good to see he bounced back well from his season-ending injury last year, but it’d be better to see if he weren’t playing for a division rival.