Two teams will be trying to recover from their separate 7-0 shutout defeats, as the Nashville Predators (5th in Central Division) will pay a visit to the Buffalo Sabres (5th in Atlantic).
The current losing skid of the Nashville Predators (34-26-8) extended to three contests (0-2-1) after the team was clobbered with a 7-0 shutout count by the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Sunday. Playing without injured defenseman Roman Josi (18 goals, 59 points this year) for the first time this season, the Preds won 67% of all the face-offs and killed three of their four penalties, but were outshot 34-22, failed on their only power-play chance and conceded six strikes in the opening frame alone, ultimately being blanked for the fifth time during the ongoing campaign. Nashville trails the postseason bubble of the Western Conference by five points, having three games in hand.
Goalie Kevin Lankinen (8-6-1 on the year with a 2.70 GAA and a .917 save percentage) gave up four goals on five shots in the first nine minutes of the game on Sunday before being pulled for Juuse Saros (26-19-7 on the season with a 2.75 GAA and a .917 save percentage), who made 26 saves in relief. Saros is 0-5-1 versus Buffalo in previous encounters with a 4.06 GAA and a .866 save percentage, while Lankinen has recorded a 0-1-0 career total against the Sabres with a 6.02 GAA and a .838 save percentage. The Predators, meanwhile, are 5th in least goals scored per game in 2022-23 (2.75), 12th in least goals allowed on average (2.94), 26th in power play (18.4%) and 11th in penalty kill (81.9%).
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