The Predators host the Vancouver Canucks tonight. Nashville will be looking for a better outcome to this rematch after their loss in October, while Vancouver looks to continue building on a strong season that’s faltered lately.
JT Miller leads the team with 45 points and is tied for the lead in assists with Quinn Hughes, with 30. Brock Boeser has the standout goals lead, with 23. He, Hughes, Miller, and Elias Pettersson are the offensive powerhouses of a team that has no trouble scoring.
They’ve done well on the power play–including not having given up a shorthanded goal yet–and haven’t been bad on the penalty kill. Thatcher Demko and Casey DeSmith have been a fantastic goaltending tandem, with Demko posting a .921 sv% and DeSmith a .919. While the Canucks tend to give up more shots than they take, they’re a little better at controlling where those shots come from, and they’ve got the talent at both ends to get away with it.
The game airs at 7PM Central on Bally Sports South and 102.5 The Game.
Statistics from naturalstattrick.com. Additional background from hockeyviz.com.