The Good Guys:
Kunin and Granlund scored in the third period on Tuesday to force overtime before Ryan Johansen and Roman Josi tallied in the shootout to allow the Preds to prevail. Goaltender Juuse Saros made 25 saves through 65 minutes of play - and two more in the shootout - to collect his 12th win of the season.
Josi also had a pair of assists on Tuesday and is the active leader in scoring with 24 points (4g-20a), followed by Calle Jarnkrok with 20 points (11g-9a) and then Eeli Tolvanen with 19 points (10g-9a). Granlund now has nine goals on the season and Rocco Grimaldi has eight. Saros is 12-7-0 in net for Nashville; Pekka Rinne owns a 9-11-1 record.
The Opposition:
The Red Wings have one win in four tries thus far in the month of April, with points in three of those four outings, including Tuesday's shootout loss to the Preds. Filip Hronek continues to lead Detroit in scoring with 22 points (2g-20a), followed by Anthony Mantha (10g-10a) and Dylan Larkin (7g-13a) with 20 points each. Thomas Greiss was in net for the Wings on Tuesday and is 3-15-6 on the season, while Calvin Pickard is 2-1-0.
All-Time Meetings:
The Predators are 41-51-(4)-10 all-time against the Red Wings, including a 17-27-(2)-7 record on the road. This will be the 107th meeting between the two teams, Nashville's third-most games played against a single opponent behind Chicago (122) and St. Louis (118).
Nashville has won six of its last eight games against Detroit, including a 5-2-0 record (2-1-0 on the road) this season. The Predators are 4-1-1 in six road games at Little Caesars Arena since Detroit opened the venue in 2017-18.
Nashville has shut out Detroit twice this season, with Pekka Rinne tallying the 59th of his NHL career on Feb. 23 on the road and Juuse Saros earning his first of the season on March 23 at Bridgestone Arena.
Notables Versus Detroit:
Following his third-straight victory over Detroit on Tuesday, Juuse Saros moved to 4-2-0 in his career against the Red Wings with a 1.89 goals-against average, .934 save percentage and one shutout.
Rocco Grimaldi scored four goals on March 25 versus Detroit, a career high and tied for the most by a Preds player in a game in franchise history. He moved from Anaheim, California, to the Detroit area to play for the Little Caesars AAA program from 2005-09.
Eeli Tolvanen posted a four-game point streak against the Red Wings (2g-2a) from Feb. 23 to March 25. Calle Jarnkrok was acquired from Detroit along with Patrick Eaves and a second-round pick in the 2014 NHL Draft (traded to San Jose; San Jose selected Julius Bergman) for David Legwand on March 5, 2014.
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Coverage for this evening's 6:30 p.m. CT puck drop from Detroit begins at 6 p.m. CT with the Predators Live! pregame show on Bally Sports South hosted by Lyndsay Rowley and Terry Crisp. Willy Daunic, Chris Mason and Kara Hammer have the call on the television side, while Pete Weber and Hal Gill will broadcast on 102.5 The Game and the Predators Radio Network. Pregame coverage on the radio begins at 5:30 p.m. For broadcast information and channel locations throughout the country,
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