Nashville Predators vs. Arizona Coyotes Game Thread: Varmit Season

Here are your projected lineups for tonight:

Nashville Predators

The Predators held an optional morning skate on Thursday. Below is the team's projected lineup based on Wednesday's practice.

Calle Jarnkrok - Ryan Johansen - James Neal

Filip Forsberg - Mike Ribeiro - Craig Smith

Colin Wilson - Mike Fisher - Viktor Arvidsson

Colton Sissons - Paul Gaustad - Cody Bass

Roman Josi - Shea Weber

Mattias Ekholm - Petter Granberg

Anthony Bitetto - Ryan Ellis

Pekka Rinne

Carter Hutton

Scratched: Barret Jackman, Austin Watson,Eric Nystrom

Injured: Gabriel Bourque (upper-body), Miikka Salomaki (undisclosed)

Arizona Coyotes

Max Domi - Antoine Vermette - Anthony Duclair

Alex Tanguay - Brad Richardson - Shane Doan

Tobias Rieder - Laurent Dauphin - Jiri Sekac

Jordan Martinook - Boyd Gordon - Viktor Tikhonov

Oliver Ekman-Larsson - Connor Murphy

Kevin Connauton - Zbynek Michalek

Klas Dahlbeck - Alex Grant

Mike Smith

Marek Langhamer

Scratched: Steve Downie, Louis Domingue, Anders Lindback, Michael Stone, Joe Vitale, Nicklas Grossmann, Martin Hanzal, Eric Selleck, Sergei Plotnikov

PREDS! YOTES! TONIGHT!