Game Day: Red Wings vs. Preds Preview

The Predators will try for a second victory over the Red Wings when the two foes get together again tonight at Bridgestone Arena. The first meeting of the season between Nashville and Detroit went in the home team's favor on Thursday night, as the Preds snapped a three-game losing streak with a 3-2 win.
Behind a stellar effort from Pekka Rinne, Nashville collected their sixth win of the campaign, and while the Preds say their effort wasn't perfect, they need points more than anything, and that gives the club something to build on as their four-game homestand comes to a conclusion.
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"At times, our team, overall, has gotten some tough luck," Preds Associate Captain Ryan Ellis said following Thursday's win. "Sometimes, we deserve it, sometimes it's just a tough break, but Peks battled through. Peks has been great. I think his confidence is growing, I think this team's confidence is improving, and we need to continue to get better as a group and build on our chemistry, build on this win, but overall, I think Peks has been phenomenal. We expect nothing but that."

Prior to Thursday's outing, the Predators placed defenseman Mattias Ekholm (lower-body) and forward Mathieu Olivier (upper-body) on Injured Reserve to join Ryan Johansen (upper-body), Brad Richardson (upper-body) and Luca Sbisa (upper-body) on the list.
Nashville did not practice on Friday, but they are scheduled to hold a morning skate ahead of tonight's game against the Wings.
Update:The Preds have added forward Eeli Tolvanen to the active roster and reassigned defenseman Ben Harpur to the taxi squad.

The Good Guys:
Dante Fabbro scored the game-winning goal with exactly one minute to play in regulation on Thursday night, as he and Rinne led their team to a 3-2 triumph. Ellis - on the power play - and Matt Duchene also tallied for Nashville, and both Roman Josi and Filip Forsberg added a pair of assists in the win.
Forsberg leads the Preds with 13 points (6g-7a), followed by Josi with eight points (2g-6a). Duchene (3g-4a), Mikael Granlund (3g-4a) and Viktor Arvidsson (2g-5a) each have seven points apiece. Rinne is 3-4-0 overall this season but owns a 1.81 goals-against average and a .944 save percentage in his last four games. Goaltender Juuse Saros is 3-4-0 on the season for Nashville.
The Opposition:
Robby Fabbri and Marc Staal scored for Detroit on Thursday night, as the Red Wings fell for the 10th time in their last 11 games. Dylan Larkin (4g-5a) leads the Wings in scoring with nine points, followed by Bobby Ryan (4g-4a) and Anthony Mantha (4g-4a) with eight points each. Thomas Greiss started for Detroit on Thursday and has gone 1-9-2 this season.
All-Time Meetings:
The Predators are 37-49-(4)-10 all-time against the Red Wings, including a 22-23-(2)-3 record at Bridgestone Arena. Tonight will mark the 101st meeting between the two teams, Nashville's third-most games played against a single opponent behind St. Louis (118) and Chicago (119).
Prior to this season, the Predators and Red Wings were Central Division foes for 14 seasons from 1998-99 to 2012-13. Nashville is on a two-game winning streak against Detroit and is 2-2-1 in its last five games versus the Red Wings. With a 3-2 result on Thursday, the Predators earned their first home win over the Red Wings since Dec. 30, 2013.
Notables Versus Detroit:
Roman Josi has 16 points (2g-14a) in 25 career meetings with Detroit, including nine points (9a) in his last nine games against the Red Wings.
Filip Forsberg is on a four-game point streak versus Detroit, tallying two goals and seven points, including a multi-point effort in each of his last two contests.
Matt Duchene has at least a point in four-straight games against the Red Wings (4g-2a). He's scored three goals in his last two games vs. Detroit.
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.
Watch & Listen:
Coverage for tonight's 7 p.m. CT puck drop from Nashville begins on FOX Sports Tennessee at 6:30 p.m. CT with the Predators Live! pregame show 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 6 p.m. For broadcast information and channel locations throughout the country,
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