NFL Show
The Nashville Predators (12-10-2, 26 points, 5th Central) will look to bounce back from a loss to Tampa Bay of 5-2 on Thursday night with a victory on Saturday when hosting the Ottawa Senators (10-14-2, 22 points, 8th Atlantic), who have lost two straight after falling to the Dallas Stars 4-3 on Thursday. Mark Borowiecki and Ryan McDonagh are out while Cody Glass is questionable for Nashville. Jacob Bernard-Docker, Josh Norris and Artem Zub are out for Ottawa.
The Ottawa Senators are allowing an average of 3.35 goals per game which is 21st in the NHL. Ottawa allows an average of 33.3 shots per game which is 26th and the Senators penalty-kill unit is 18th, successfully holding opponents scoreless 76.6% of the time that Ottawa is short-handed. Anton Forsberg Is 5-7-2 with a 3.24 goals-against average and .908 save percentage, while Cam Talbot is 4-6-0 with a 2.50 goals-against average in point 919 save percentage.
Ottawa is scoring an average of 3.08 goals per game which is 20th in the NHL. The Senators are taking the sixth most shots with an average of 33.9 per game and have the seventh-best power play, scoring 26.9% of the time Ottawa has the man advantage. Brady Tkachuk has scored 12 goals to lead Ottawa, while Claude Giroux has scored 11 and Tim Stutzle has scored 10. Tkachuk is also the leader in assists with 18 and therefore the points leader with 30. Stutzle is second in assists with 17 and in points with 27. Ottawa has scored 25 power-play goals in 26 games.