Nashville Predators @ Colordao Avalanche Game Thread: All Downhill from Here

Start a road trip in a positive way? Yes please.

Tonight's probable linear assembly of players:

NASHVILLE PREDATORS

Filip Forsberg - Mike Ribeiro - James Neal

Matt Cullen - Mike Fisher - Craig Smith

Colin Wilson - Calle Jarnkrok - Olli Jokinen

Eric Nystrom - Paul Gaustad - Gabriel Bourque

Roman Josi - Shea Weber

Victor Bartley - Seth Jones

Mattias Ekholm - Ryan Ellis

Pekka Rinne

Carter Hutton

Scratched: Derek Roy

Injured: Taylor Beck (concussion), Viktor Stalberg (lower body), Anton Volchenkov (lower body)

COLORADO AVALANCHE

Alex Tanguay - Matt Duchene - Ryan O'Reilly

Gabriel Landeskog - Nathan MacKinnon - Jarome Iginla

Cody McLeod - Maxime Talbot - Daniel Briere

Nick Holden - Paul Carey - Borna Rendulic

Jan Hejda - Erik Johnson

Nate Guenin - Tyson Barrie

Karl Stollery - Zach Redmond

Calvin Pickard

Reto Berra

Scratched: None