Game Day: Preds at Ducks Preview

The Nashville Predators (14-14-5) will look to get back in the win column as they face the Anaheim Ducks (10-22-4) Friday afternoon at Honda Center.
The puck drops at 4 p.m. CT, and the game will be broadcast on Bally Sports South, 102.5 The Game and El Jefe Radio. Here's everything you need to know:

Line 'Em Up

Below are Nashville's lines from Tuesday's game vs. Dallas:
Forsberg - Novak - Granlund
Niederreiter - Glass - Jeannot
Trenin - Johansen - Jankowski
Smith - Parssinen - Sissons
McDonagh - Josi
Ekholm - Carrier
Lauzon - Fabbro
Saros

The Good Guys

• Filip Forsberg will skate in his 600th career NHL game Friday at Anaheim. Forsberg (483) passed Martin Erat (481) and moved into sole possession of third place on the Predators' all-time points list on Nov. 8 at Seattle. Forsberg is tied for first on Nashville in points this season with 26 (10g-16a), and he is five points from becoming the third player in team history to reach the 500-point milestone.
• The Predators recalled defenseman Roland McKeown from Milwaukee (AHL) on Thursday. McKeown previously appeared in three games for Nashville from Dec. 12-15, averaging 13:44 of ice time with four blocked shots and six penalty minutes.
• Roman Josi recorded his 566th and 567th career points last Wednesday at Chicago to pass David Legwand (566) for the most in Predators history. Josi became the second defenseman to lead an active NHL franchise in points, joining Boston's Ray Bourque. He has 26 points (7g-19a) in his last 26 games after tallying an assist for his 568th career point in last Friday's OT loss to Colorado.
• Prior to missing Tuesday's game vs. Dallas for the birth of his third child, Matt Duchene had recorded a point in five straight games dating back to Dec. 15 at Winnipeg (4g-1a-5pts). Duchene (10g-16a-26pts) is tied with Josi (7g-19a-26pts) and Forsberg (10g-16a-26pts) for the team lead in points this season.

The Other Guys

The Ducks snapped a three-game skid with a 3-2 shootout victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday. With the win, Anaheim improved to 5-2-0 in games decided beyond regulation this season, and 5-1-0 in those games on home ice. The Ducks also moved to 10-22-4 on the season, with points in four of their last six games (3-2-1).
Troy Terry, who tallied two assists in Wednesday's victory, leads the Ducks with 31 points (12g-19a). His 12 goals are also a team high.

All-Time Meetings

The Predators are 36-31-(2)-11 all-time against the Ducks, including an 11-20-(0)-8 record on the road. This is the second of three matchups between Nashville and Anaheim in 2022-23 and the first of two at Honda Center.
Nashville is 1-0-0 against Anaheim this season, earning a 2-1 overtime victory at home on Nov. 29 in which Roman Josi scored the OT winner for the Predators. Nashville has earned at least a point in 13 of its last 15 games against Anaheim (10-2-3).

Notables vs. Anaheim

• Forsberg has 20 points (7g-13a) in 20 career games against Anaheim, including five multi-point outings. He became the first player in Predators history to record multiple five-point games when he notched two goals and three assists on March 21, 2022 at Anaheim.
• Josi scored his first career NHL goal on Dec. 10, 2011 vs. Anaheim. He has 21 points (6g-15a) in 28 career regular-season games and posted a five-game point streak (1g-6a) against the Ducks from Nov. 25, 2018-Jan. 16, 2020.
• Duchene has 12 points (6g-6a) in his last nine games against the Ducks, including two three-point performances in 2021-22.
• Colton Sissons has nine points (4g-5a) in 16 career meetings with Anaheim.
• Jeremy Lauzon made his Predators debut on March 21, 2022 at Anaheim.

Last Time Out

Nashville moved to 8-6-3 at home in 2022-23 with Tuesday's loss to Dallas. The Predators are now 0-3-0 against the Stars this season.
Yakov Trenin scored Nashville's second shorthanded goal of the season and his first goal since Dec. 10 vs. Ottawa. Forsberg opened the scoring for Nashville with his 10th goal, giving the Predators three players with at least 10 goals this season (Niederreiter, Forsberg, Duchene). Jeremy Lauzon tallied an assist for his first point since Nov. 3 at Calgary.

Watch & Listen

Coverage for Friday's game begins at 3:30 p.m. CT with the Predators LIVE! pregame show on Bally Sports South, hosted by Lyndsay Rowley. Play-by-play announcer Willy Daunic and analyst Chris Mason will have the call on the television side.
Max Herz and Hal Gill will call the game on 102.5 The Game and the Predators Radio Network with pregame, postgame and intermission coverage by Pete Weber. The game will also be broadcast in Spanish on El Jefe which airs on 96.7 FM, 105.3 FM and 810 AM.