The Anaheim Ducks (8th in Pacific Division) will try to win consecutive games just for the third time this season, as the team will be playing host to the Nashville Predators (6th in Central), who have dropped two decisions in a row.
The Nashville Predators (14-14-5) were beaten for the second consecutive time (0-1-1) after following up last Friday’s 3-2 home overtime setback against the Colorado Avalanche with a 3-2 defeat to the Dallas Stars at Bridgestone Arena on Tuesday. Filip Forsberg (10 goals, 26 points this year) tied the game at 1-1 just 56 seconds into the second period before Yakov Trenin (3 goals, 8 points) equalized at 2-2 with a shorty seven-and-a-half minutes later, only for Dallas to bank the win with 53 seconds remaining in the contest. It was Nashville’s eighth loss in its last 10 fixtures (2-5-3).
Goalie Juuse Saros turned aside 25 shots on Tuesday to take his current performance record to 11-10-5 for the season with a 2.82 GAA and a .914 save percentage. He has posted a 4-1-1 career total versus Anaheim with a 2.46 GAA and a . 923 save percentage, while Kevin Lankinen (3-4-0 on the year with a 2.64 GAA and a .925 save percentage) is 1-0-0 against the Ducks historically with a 2.00 GAA and a .931 save percentage. The Predators, meanwhile, are sitting 3rd in least goals buried per game in 2022-23 (2.48), 16th in least goals conceded on average (3.03), 4th from the bottom in power play (15.8%) and 16th in penalty kill (78.0%).