The NHL matchup between the Nashville Predators and the Colorado Avalanche takes place at the Bridgestone Arena (Nashville) on Thursday night. After a tense shootout victory over the Arizona Coyotes, the Nashville Predators traveled to Michigan to play the Detroit Red Wings before returning home on Friday. As these two old Central Division rivals played off, Ville Husso began in goal for the Red Wings, and Kevin Lankinen started for the Predators. Detroit started the period off well, keeping control of the offensive zone. However, as the period went on, the Predators staged a counterattack, exerting increased pressure deep in the Red Wings’ zone and seizing control of the final minutes. Jusso Parssinen continued to play well for the Predators, and Husso had to make a few heroic saves.

In the second period, Dylan Larkin grabbed the puck in the neutral zone, fooled goaltender Kari Lankinen into thinking he was going to pass, but instead scored skillfully for the Red Wings. Despite his best efforts, Mattias Ekholm was unable to prevent the shot. Moments after, Moritz Seider knocked down Filip Forsberg, and 20 seconds later, the Red Wings cleared the puck out of the goal area, giving the Predators 1:40 of five-on-three time. This gave them an opportunity to grab it back.

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The Red Wings’ penalty kill, though, was more than capable of handling the situation, energizing the home fans and infuriating the Preds. It’s not ideal that Roman Josi received the majority of the Predators’ power play opportunities. Ryan McDonagh slipped into Lankinen’s legs while attempting to stop a shot, which caused him to have to make a few saves. Filip Hronek’s goal made it 2-0 for the Red Wings just a few short seconds later. The Predators appeared to be quite frustrated by this as the game slowed down in the second half of the quarter. Despite Olli Maatta’s interference with Cole Smith, the Predators’ power play failed once more.

Predicted Lineups

Nashville Predators

Taylor Hall – David Krejci – David Pastrnak 

Pavel Zacha – Patrice Bergeron – Jake DeBrusk 

Trent Frederic – Charlie Coyle – Craig Smith 

Nick Foligno – Tomas Nosek – A.J. Greer 

Hampus Lindholm – Matt Grzelcyk 

Derek Forbort – Connor Clifton 

Mike Reilly – Brandon Carlo 

Linus Ullmark 

Jeremy Swayman

Colorado Avalanche

Artturi Lehkonen – Nathan MacKinnon – Mikko Rantanen

Valeri Nichushkin – Alex Newhook – Evan Rodrigues

Andrew Cogliano – JT Compher – Logan O’Connor

Kurtis MacDermid – Lukáš Sedlák – Ben Meyers

Devon Toews – Cale Makar

Bowen Byram – Josh Manson

Samuel Girard – Erik Johnson

Alexandar Georgiev

Pavel Francouz

Injury Report

Nashville Predators: Mark Borowiecki, Yakov Trenin

Colorado Avalanche: Evan Rodrigues, Bowen Byram, Kurtis MacDermid, Shane Bowers, Gabriel Landeskog, Darren Helm, Valeri Nichushkin

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Form Guide

Nashville Predators

Colorado Avalanche

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Nashville Predators vs Colorado Avalanche Schedule

The game between the Nashville Predators and Colorado Avalanche will take place at the Bridgestone Arena (Nashville), November 25 at 1:00 PM ET.

Where to watch Nashville Predators vs Colorado Avalanche?

The match between the Nashville Predators and Colorado Avalanche will be telecast live on Bally Sports South, Fox Sports South.

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