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ABOUT THE PREDATORS

— The Preds, coming off a 2-0 win over the Calgary Flames on Saturday, have won three straight while outscoring the opposition 13-1 in that span. Pekka Rinne had 32 saves for his third shutout of the season. Nashville has won six of seven games in December, including a shootout win over the Anaheim Ducks. The only defeat was a 4-3 shootout loss to the Vegas Golden Nights on Dec. 8.

— Nashville is a league-best 16-3-1 since Nov. 1 and its 21-7-4 record is good for a tie with the St. Louis Blues for top spot in the Central Division.

— LW Kevin Fiala, RW Craig Smith and recently acquired C Kyle Turris have formed a potent line. Fiala and Turris have points in seven consecutive games, while Turris has 17 points in 17 games since debuting on Nov. 11 following a trade from the Ottawa Senators. Over that span, Fiala and Turris have led the club with eight goals apiece.

— LW Filip Forsberg leads the Preds with 32 points in 32 games, including a club-high 15 goals. LW Viktor Arvidsson and Fiala are next with 23 points each. Nashville’s depth of scoring is obvious, with five more players with at least 20 points, including D P.K. Subban (22 points, six goals), Smith (21 points, 12 goals), D Roman Josi (21 points, seven goals), D Mattias Ekholm (21 points, six goals) and C Ryan Johansen (20 points, four goals).

— D Ryan Ellis (knee) is out and not expected to return to the lineup until the New Year.

NASHVILLE PREDATORS

35 Pekka Rinne G

74 Juuse Saros G

2 Anthony Bitetto D

7 Yannick Weber D

8 Kyle Turris C

9 Filip Forsberg (A) LW

19 Colton Sissons C

13 Nick Bonino C

14 Mattias Ekholm (A) D

15 Craig Smith RW

17 Scott Hartnell LW

19 Calle Jarnkrok C

20 Miika Salomaki RW

22 Kevin Fiala LW

25 Alexei Emelin D

33 Viktor Arvidsson LW

46 Pontus Aberg LW

51 Austin Watson LW

52 Matt Irwin D

55 Cody McLeod LW

59 Roman Josi (C) D

76 P.K.Subban D

89 Frédérick Gaudreau C

92 Ryan Johansen (A)

Head coach: Peter Laviolette

Associared coach: Kevin McCarthy

Assistant coach: Dan Muse

Goaltending coach: Ben Vanderklok

Video coach: Lawrence Feloney

WINNIPEG JETS

35 Steve Mason G

37 Connor Hellebuyck G

3 Tucker Poolman D

5 Dmitry Kulikov D

7 Ben Chiarot D

8 Jacob Trouba D

9 Andrew Copp LW

13 Brandon Tanev LW

15 Matt Hendricks C

16 Shawn Matthias LW

17 Adam Lowry C

18 Bryan Little C

26 Blake Wheeler (C) RW

27 Nikolaj Ehlers LW

29 Patrik Laine RW

40 Joel Armia RW

44 Josh Morrissey D

55 Mark Scheifele (A) C

56 Marko Dano LW

57 Tyler Myers D

71 Julian Melchiori D

81 Kyle Connor LW

85 Mathieu Perreault LW

Head coach: Paul Maurice

Assistant coaches: Charlie Huddy, Jamie Kompon, Todd Woodcroft

Goaltending coach: Wade Flaherty

Video coach: Matt Prefontaine