Twenty games, 12 wins and 26 points. Those aren't bad totals to have entering the Thanksgiving holiday for an NHL hockey club, and more than half of the League's teams would prefer to be in the spot the Predators currently hold.
Third place in the Central Division - and tied for seventh overall in the NHL entering Tuesday's action - Nashville has found ways to get it done more often than not. Winning seven of your last eight outings will do that for you.
There's a lot to like - the seemingly limitless abilities of goaltender Pekka Rinne, contributions at both ends of the ice from the defensive corps and a forward unit starting to find the scoresheet with regularity. Five-straight games with at least four goals or more will spell that out quite clearly, but perhaps most encouraging of all is what the Preds still feel they are capable of as the season continues.
At 20-Game Mark, Preds Like Where They Are, Where They're Headed
Nashville Has Plenty More to Give as Season Continues On
© John Russell
© John Russell