Nashville looking for sixth win in seven games; Binnington expected to start again for St. Louis
ByLou Korac
NHL.com Independent Correspondent
PREDATORS (33-19-4) at BLUES (25-22-5) 2 p.m. ET; FS-MW, FS-TN, NHL.TV
The Blues and Predators will play at Bridgestone Arena on Sunday. Jordan Binnington is expected to make his seventh consecutive start for St. Louis, which is 8-2-1 in its past 11 games. He made 32 saves in a 1-0 overtime win against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday and is 8-1-1 with a 1.70 goals-against average, a .931 save percentage and two shutouts in 12 games (10 starts). Pekka Rinne is expected to start for Nashville, which is 5-1-0 in its past six games and 11-4-2 in its past 17.
Players to watch
Predators forward Viktor Arvidsson has 12 points (10 goals, two assists) in his past 12 games. Blues center Ryan O'Reilly has at least one point in 15 of his past 18 games (seven goals, 14 assists).
They said it
"I really like the standard that everybody is held to. We're striving for better and better and better. This is a good group to be a part of." -- Predators forward Brian Boyle after making his Nashville debut Thursday "We're playing hockey now as good as we expected than at the start of the year. Guys are playing together, playing for one another. You see what happens when you do that." -- Blues forward Brayden Schenn
Perron took part in an optional skate Friday and coach Craig Berube said to not count on him to play Saturday but wouldn't rule him out for Sunday. Berube said Gunnarsson is day to day and doubtful for Saturday.
Stat pack
Forsberg has five points (one goal, four assists) in his past four games. ... Tarasenko has eight points (three goals, five assists) in a six-game point streak. … Schenn has six points (one goal, five assists) in a four-game point streak.
