The third meeting between these teams should be a battle. In the first meeting the Predators beat the Sharks 5-2 in Nashville. The Sharks were on a losing streak to start the season and Nashville caught them at the right time. In that meeting Pekka Rinne had 33 saves.
In the second meeting the Predators lost an exciting game via shootout. The defense in that game was solid. The defense has been up and down all season and that was one of their better performances. More notably, Juuse Saros played an excellent game between the pipes, posting a .