A season-high four-game winning streak takes the Nashville Predators (4th in Central Division) to a road matchup against the Toronto Maple Leafs (2nd in Atlantic), who have triumphed in two fixtures in a row.
The Nashville Predators (19-14-6) extended their current winning streak to a season-high four outings after going 3-0-0 on their latest five-game road trek following a 3-0 shutout victory against the Ottawa Senators at Canadian Tire Centre on Monday. Roman Josi (10 goals, 32 points this year) and Jeremy Lauzon (2 goals, 5 points) lit the lamp in the opening frame, while Filip Forsberg (16 goals, 36 points) added another snipe in the final third, as the Preds killed all five of their penalties (four- taken by Lauzon), recording their first blanking of the season. Nashville is now riding a six-game point run (5-0-1), having gone 7-1-2 in its past 10 matchups.
Goalie Juuse Saros (15-10-5 on the year with a 2.67 GAA and a .921 save percentage), who set a new Predators record for saves (64) in his previous game, stopped 38 shots on Mond ay for his first shutout of the current campaign and 19th of his NHL career. He has picked up a 1-1-0 previous total against the Toronto Maple Leafs with a 2.56 GAA and a .932 save percentage. The Predators, meanwhile, are netting the 7th lowest number of goals per game in 2022-23 (2.79), while allowing the 13th lowest amount defensively (2.92). They are 5th from the bottom in power play (17.3%) and 13th in penalty kill (80.2%).