Predators at Canucks preview

PREDATORS (18-7-4) at CANUCKS (14-13-4)
10 p.m. ET; SN, FS-TN, NHL.TV

Johansen, who has missed three games with an upper-body injury, and Hartnell, out for 13 games with a lower-body injury, skated and took line rushes for a third straight day, at the morning skate in Vancouver. Each was activated from injured reserve.
Center Kyle Turris, who has six points (one goal, five assists) in a four-game point streak, will play despite being hit in the face by a puck and leaving practice Monday.
Goaltender Pekka Rinne starts for the Predators, 8-1-2 in their past 11 games. Nashville's only regulation loss in that span was a 5-3 defeat against the Canucks at Bridgestone Arena on Nov. 30.
Goaltender Anders Nilsson will start for the Canucks, who have lost three straight games after winning their previous three.

Players to watch

Rinne is 7-1-1 with 21 goals allowed and one shutout in his past nine starts. He has held opponents to three goals or fewer in eight of them.
Canucks rookie forward Brock Boeser has scored in three straight games since linemate and No. 1 center Bo Horvat broke his foot.

They said it

"It's the group in our locker room where we hold each other accountable and we know what team we want to be in this League and how tough we want to make it on opponents." -- Predators defenseman P.K. Subban
"I'm not looking for guys to start playing different than they have. We just have to make sure we are on every shift. Your details have to be really good. The little things matter when you are short-staffed." -- Canucks coach Travis Green

Predators projected lineup

Kevin Fiala -- Kyle Turris -- Craig Smith
Nick Bonino -- Ryan Johansen -- Viktor Arvidsson
Filip Forsberg -- Calle Jarnkrok -- Pontus Aberg
Scott Hartnell -- Colton Sissons -- Austin Watson
Roman Josi -- Mattias Ekholm
Alexei Emelin -- P.K. Subban
Matt Irwin -- Yannick Weber
Pekka Rinne
Juuse Saros
Scratched: Anthony Bitetto, Miikka Salomaki, Cody McLeod
Injured:Ryan Ellis (knee)

Canucks projected lineup

Daniel Sedin -- Henrik Sedin -- Brock Boeser
Nikolay Goldobin -- Markus Granlund -- Loui Eriksson
Sam Gagner -- Alexander Burmistrov -- Thomas Vanek
Brendan Gaunce -- Michael Chaput -- Jake Virtanen
Alexander Edler -- Derrick Pouliot
Michael Del Zotto -- Chris Tanev
Ben Hutton -- Troy Stecher
Anders Nilsson
Jacob Markstrom
Scratched: Alex Biega, Nic Dowd
Injured:Sven Baertschi (jaw), Bo Horvat (foot), Erik Gudbranson (upper body), Brandon Sutter (upper body)

Status report

Nashville sent forward Frederick Gaudreau was sent to Milwaukee of the American Hockey League on Wednesday. … Goldobin is back in the lineup after two games as a healthy scratch, replacing Dowd.

Stat pack

Nashville has 73 points from defensemen, the most in the NHL. … Henrik Sedin (six assists) and twin brother Daniel Sedin (one goal, five assists) each has six points in his past six games.