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The Jets face the Predators on Sunday, just 24 hours after Nashville and the Minnesota Wild collide tonight in St. Paul, Minn. The Predators are 8-1-1 in their last 10 heading into the battle against the Wild at Xcel Energy Center. The Central Division leader’s only regulation defeat in its last 16 came Thursday night at home, a 5-2 setback to the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Nashville is 48-15-10, including 23 victories on the road, and is tied with Tampa Bay (51-19-4). The squad has high hopes for a long playoff run and a berth in its second-straight Stanley Cup final representing the Western Conference. A year ago, the Preds lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the NHL’s championship series.
Take a close look at the league’s top-50 point-getters and you won’t see the name of a single Nashville player. This is a squad that succeeds with balanced scoring, defensive diligence and sensational goaltending. LW Viktor Arvidsson leads the team with 27 goals and 56 points, LW Kevin Fiala has 23 goals and LW Filip Forsberg and C Craig Smith each has 21. A rock-solid blue-liner corps is led by P.K. Subban, Roman Josi and Ryan Ellis.
G Pekka Rinne is having a Vezina Trophy-caliber season. He has 40 victories, second only to Tampa Bay’s Andrei Vasilevskiy, and has just 10 defeats. His goals-against average is 2.26 and he owns a .929 save percentage.
NASHVILLE PREDATORS
35 Pekka Rinne
74 Juuse Saros
2 Anthony Bitetto D
4 Ryan Ellis D
7 Yannick Weber D
8 Kyle Turris C
9 Filip Forsberg LW
10 Colton Sissons C
12 Mike Fisher C
13 Nick Bonino C
14 Mattias Ekholm D
15 Craig Smith C
17 Scott Hartnell LW
22 Kevin Fiala LW
25 Alexei Emelin D
33 Viktor Arvidsson LW
38 Ryan Hartman RW
51 Austin Watson LW
52 Matt Irwin D
59 Roman Josi D
76 P.K. Subban D
92 Ryan Johansen C
WINNIPEG JETS
1 Eric Comrie G
37 Connor Hellebuyck G
3 Tucker Poolman D
7 Ben Chiarot D
9 Andrew Copp C
13 Brandon Tanev RW
16 Shawn Matthias LW
17 Adam Lowry C
18 Bryan Little C
25 Paul Stastny C
26 Blake Wheeler RW
27 Nikolaj Ehlers LW
33 Dustin Byfuglien D
39 Toby Enstrom D
40 Joel Armia RW
44 Josh Morrissey D
52 Jack Roslovic LW
56 Marko Dano LW
57 Tyler Myers D
70 Joe Morrow D
81 Kyle Connor LW
85 Mathieu Perreault LW
Head coach: Paul Maurice
Assistant coaches: Charlie Huddy, Jamie Kompon, Todd Woodcroft
(lineups subject to change)
— Jason Bell
