Game Day: Preds vs. Kings Preview

The Predators will look for their first win on home ice as they host the Los Angeles Kings Tuesday at Bridgestone Arena. The puck drops at 8:30 p.m. CT, and the game will be broadcast exclusively on ESPN.
Nashville enters Tuesday with a 2-2-0 record after losing both ends of a home-and-home with Dallas last week. Los Angeles is also 2-2-0 after an overtime win at Detroit on Monday.

Line 'Em Up

Below are Nashville's lines from Saturday's game at Dallas:
Forsberg - Granlund - Duchene
Niederreiter - Johansen - Tolvanen
Trenin - Sissons - Jeannot
Smith - Glass - Sanford
Josi - Carrier
McDonagh - Ekholm
Lauzon - Fabbro
Saros

The Good Guys

Nino Niederreiter scored Nashville's first power-play goal of the season in Saturday's loss at Dallas and has four goals in his first four games with the Predators to begin 2022-23. As of games played through Oct. 16, he is tied for the NHL lead in goals.
Niederreiter, who signed with Nashville as a free agent in July, has at least one goal on the man advantage in each of his last 10 seasons.
He found the back of the net three times in Nashville's two games against San Jose in Prague and became the second player in franchise history to score three or more goals through his first two career games with the Predators, joining Steve Sullivan (4g in 2004). He also became the fourth player in team history to score at least one goal in each of his first two career games with Nashville and the first since Luke Kunin in 2020-21.
Mikael Granlund and Ryan Johansen assisted on Niederreiter's power-play goal vs. Dallas, giving them three points each in Nashville's first four games this season.

The Other Guys

The Kings enter the third game of their five-game road trip coming off two high-scoring victories - Monday's 5-4 OT win in Detroit and a 7-6 win in Minnesota on Saturday.
Adrian Kempe leads the team with three goals and is tied with Gabriel Vilardi, Alex Iafallo and Anze Kopitar for a team-high four points on the season.

All-Time Meetings

The Preds are 39-28-(3)-8 all-time against the Kings, including a 17-15-(3)-2 record at Bridgestone Arena. This is the first of three matchups between Nashville and Los Angeles in 2022-23 and the first of two on home ice.
Nashville went 2-1-0 vs. Los Angeles last season, winning its only game at home (Oct. 19, 2-1). Overall, the Predators have lost only three times in regulation to the Kings in their last 23 meetings (14-3-6), with Nashville having won nine of 11.

Notables vs. Los Angeles

• Matt Duchene owns 22 points (8g-14a) in 28 career games vs. the Kings, including multi-point efforts in two of his last five contests.
• Roman Josi has tallied 22 points (5g-17a) in 27 career games vs. the Kings, including 11 points (1g-10a) in his last eight meetings against Los Angeles.
• Filip Forsberg has seven points (2g-5a) in his last 10 contests against Los Angeles, and 11 points (3g-8a) in 21 career games vs. the Kings. He matched his career high for shots in a game for the third time with nine on Oct. 12, 2019 at Los Angeles.
• Kings forward Viktor Arvidsson played in 387 games for Nashville from 2014-21, tallying 241 points (128g-113a).
• Kings forward Kevin Fiala recorded 97 points (45g-52a) in 204 games with the Predators from 2015-19.

Last Time Out

Nashville moved to 1-1-0 on the road this season with a 5-1 loss in Dallas on Saturday. The Predators outshot the Stars, 30-22, and Niederreiter scored Nashville's lone goal on the power play.
Zach Sanford made his Predators debut, and Josi skated a game-high 25:37 and had four shots, 10 shot attempts and blocked three shots.

Watch & Listen

Tuesday's game will be broadcast exclusively on ESPN with Mike Monaco, Brian Boucher and Dom Moore on the call.
Pete Weber and Hal Gill will have the call on 102.5 The Game and the Predators Radio Network, with pregame coverage beginning at 8 p.m. CT. The game will also be broadcast in Spanish on El Jefe which airs on 96.7 FM, 105.3 FM and 810 AM.