Nashville Predators (17-15-7) at Chicago Blackhawks (25-12-5) 6PM Central WGN/Fox Sports Tennessee
PROJECTED GOALIES:
Nashville, Pekka Rinne Chicago, Corey Crawford
STATS:
GPG/GA Nashville 2.79/2.62 Chicago 2.69/2.40
SF/SA Nashville 31.5/30.1 Chicago 29/31.2
POWER PLAY Nashville 19.5% Chicago 18.6%
PENALTY KILL Nashville 82.1% Chicago 75.4%
NOTES: Riding a modest 2-game winning streak, the Blackhawks need to play well, if not win, tonight at home versus a divisional foe and likely playoff team in Nashville.
Nashville comes into the UC pretty banged up—James Neal, PK Subban, and Mikka Salomaki are on the IR. Viktor Arvidsson and Colin Wilson are day to day. The Preds lost in their last outing, 2-1, at Florida on Friday.
I would look for similar Chicago lines tonight to how they were composed Friday versus Carolina.
I'll recap tomorrow.
JJ