The Ducks have lost four games in a row and are 1-6-1 in their past eight games. They are playing the third of a four-game road trip and have lost their past five road games. Nashville is 3-5-1 in its past nine games after going 6-2-2 in its previous 10. Forward Viktor Arvidsson was removed from the top line at the morning skate with Ryan Johansen and Calle Jarnkrok and put on the third line with Nick Bonino and Rocco Grimaldi. Craig Smith replaced Arvidsson on the No. 1 line.
Players to watch
Ducks center Ryan Getzlaf has one goal in his past 15 games. Predators defenseman Roman Josi has 20 points (seven goals, 13 assists) in his past 14 games.
They said it
"My sense of the group after talking to a number of them is they understand where we're at. They're not dragging their lips and feeling sorry for themselves. They're not looking elsewhere for help. They know that we've got to dig in and get on the other side of these games." -- Ducks coach Dallas Eakins "Everybody has been buying into the couple of changes. It's nothing major. I think defensively it's been a little bit of a change, but other than that I think guys have been buying in and I think the effort with our team has been better. That's proven to be successful so far." -- Predators forward Filip Forsberg on the response to the adjustments made by new coach John Hynes
The Ducks assigned forwards Max Comtois and Isac Lundestrom to San Diego of the American Hockey League on Thursday. … Fabbro moved to a pair with Josi at the morning skate and Hamhuis moved to a pair with Ekholm.
Stat pack
Gibson is 5-5-0 with a 3.19 goals-against average and an .892 save percentage in 10 games against Nashville. … Forsberg has 12 points (four goals, eight assists) in 16 games against Anaheim.
