The Predators bring a three-game winning streak and a three-point standings edge into Saturday’s home matchup with St. Louis.
Nashville enters Saturday at 7-4-5 with 19 points and three straight wins, while St. Louis is 7-7-2 with 16 points and has dropped its last two. The Predators also hold the stronger power-index position, 17th to the Blues’ 22nd, and average 5.31 points per game from their top six compared with St. Louis’ 4.32. Filip Forsberg leads Nashville with 18 points in 15 games, but the key test is whether the Blues can get a strong performance from Joel Hofer, whose season save percentage is .918. Nashville’s depth attack against Hofer’s ability to blunt it could decide whether the Predators extend their streak or St. Louis halts its slide.