The game between the Nashville Predators and Seattle Kraken will take place at Bridgestone Arena on Saturday, March 25 at 2:00 PM ET.
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The Nashville Predators will welcome the Seattle Kraken to Bridgestone Arena for an NHL game on Saturday. The Nashville Predators won 2-1 in their last game over the Kraken. Matt Duchene and Philip Tomasino scored in the shootout to lead the Nashville Predators to a 2-1 victory over the Seattle Kraken on Thursday night. Kiefer Sherwood scored for Nashville in regulation, and Juuse Saros made 27 saves in regulation and overtime. Saros also denied both Kraken attempts in the shootout.
“You need good goaltending to win,” Predators coach John Hynes said. “You look at any team that’s in the playoffs, their goaltending is .920 or better. It’s one of the most important positions in the game. When you have solid goaltending, it gives you a chance every night.” Nashville earned its second straight since a three-game slide. It hosts Seattle again on Saturday. “You get into a rhythm and you get a good feel for it,” said Duchene, who has scored five goals in seven shootout attempts this season.
Sprong put Nashville in front 2:28 into the first period. Driving down the right side, Sprong dropped below the goal line and banked the puck into the net off of Saros’ right skate. It was Sprong’s 18th goal of the season. He has three points in his last two games. Sherwood responded with his fourth goal 14:01 into the second. Daccord stopped Tyson Barrie’s shot from the right side, but Sherwood snapped the rebound home.
The Seattle Kraken on the other hand lost 2-1 against the Predators in their last game. Daniel Sprong scored for Seattle, and Joey Daccord made 23 stops in regulation and overtime. “It came down to the shootout,” Seattle coach Dave Hakstol said. “Unfortunately, we didn’t get the extra point, but we’ve got to turn the page quickly and look at a couple of areas to be a little bit better in and pretty much expect a very similar game on Saturday afternoon.”
The Kraken had won six straight road games. They have gone to overtime in four of the last six games overall. Seattle (39-24-8) holds the top spot in the wild-card standings in the Western Conference. Nashville (36-26-8) is trying to track down Winnipeg for the second spot.
Tyson Barrie – Thomas Novak – Kiefer Sherwood
Egor Afanasyev – Rasmus Asplund – Matt Duchene
Luke Evangelista – Dante Fabbro – Cal Foote
Cody Glass – Jordan Gross
Mark Jankowski – Jeremy Lauzon
Ryan McDonagh – Juuse Saros
Colton Sissons – Cole Smith
Philip Tomasino
Yakov Trenin
Vince Dunn – Morgan Geekie – Daniel Sprong
Matty Beniers – Oliver Bjorkstrand – Will Borgen
Joey Daccord – Jordan Eberle – Jesper Frödén
Yanni Gourde – Adam Larsson
Jared McCann – Jamie Oleksiak
Justin Schultz – Jaden Schwartz
Carson Soucy – Brandon Tanev
Eeli Tolvanen
Alexander Wennberg
Nashville Predators: Roman Josi, Filip Forsberg, Mark Borowiecki , Juuso Parssinen, Alexandre Carrier, Ryan Johansen
Seattle Kraken: Philipp Grubauer, John Hayden, Andre Burakovsky, Joonas Donskoi
The game between the Nashville Predators and Seattle Kraken will take place at Bridgestone Arena on Saturday, March 25 at 2:00 PM ET.
The match between the Nashville Predators and Seattle Kraken will be telecast live on Bally Sports South, Fox Sports South, Root Sports Northwest.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | Bally Sports South, Fox Sports South, Root Sports Northwest. | March 25 (2:00 PM ET) |
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