Nashville Predators right wing James Neal is questionable after departing in the second period of a 3-2 home loss to the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday because of an upper-body injury. The Predators did not have a morning skate Friday. "We don't have anything to report at this point," coach Peter Laviolette said. The Predators could go with backup Juuse Saros in goal after Pekka Rinne played Thursday, but Laviolette was not tipping his hand. "Some things I'm not sure of, some things I am," he said. The Predators are three points behind the Dallas Stars for the final wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs in the Western Conference and are 0-2-1 in their past three games. "When you're rolling in a good way everything's good," Laviolette said. "And when you're rolling in a bad way, the next game is so important. Even that game [Thursday], the way it ended in the third, the players are frustrated, they're disappointed, but you've got to move forward as well. It's a big division game tonight and I think our guys realize that. Everybody realizes where we're at and we've just got to focus on one game at a time here. You can't go back and change the month of December. You can't go [ahead] and play January. We've just got to go ahead and focus on this one game. It's always a tough game with St. Louis, just a heavy battle game. It's usually the team that can win the battles usually wins the game, moreso than any other opponent that we have."
