Predators forward James Neal, who has missed four games with an upper-body injury, could return to the lineup. Neal, listed as week to week, participated in the morning skate and was on the third line with Colin Wilson and Mike Fisher. "I felt good," Neal said. "Nice to get back in somewhat of a practice. Guys have been busy playing so it felt good to get back out there and have a good skate." Neal has skated a few times on his own since the injury, but Tuesday was the first time he has participated in a skate with the team. "There's never an exact timeline on an injury, on certain injuries and glad that he's out there working with us and back as part of the group," coach Peter Laviolette said. "We haven't had a lot of practice time so that's eliminated that part of it, but the times that he has skated with some extras or some coaches, he's looked really good." The Predators have gone 1-2-1 in their past four games and 0-1-1 in their past two home games.
