More At Stake for Blue Jackets Than Predators in Finale

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For the Columbus Blue Jackets, it’s about playoff positioning. For the Nashville Predators, it’s about fun and tuning up for what they hope will be a long playoff run. Saturday night’s regular-season finale in Bridgestone Arena can make the difference between a potential first-round series with two-time Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh for Columbus (45-29-7) or maybe…

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Predators Go for Franchise Record vs. Sharks

Thursday night is about chasing history for the Nashville Predators. When it hosts the San Jose Sharks in Bridgestone Arena, Nashville can break the franchise’s single-season record for points with a victory. Currently sitting at 109 points with a 49-16-11 mark, the Predators can also move a step closer to home-ice advantage for the Stanley Cup playoffs by picking up two points.

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Topping Predators Tall Task for Sabres

The Buffalo Sabres ended one long streak against the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday. It will be a whole other task when the Nashville Predators visit on Monday. The Sabres (23-36-12) snapped a 12-game losing streak to the Blackhawks on Saturday with a 5-3 home victory. It was Buffalo’s first win over the Blackhawks in nearly a decade, with Buffalo’s last win over Chicago coming in December 2009.

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Banged-Up Devils Host Predators Before Break

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he NHL’s annual All-Star break commences with the completion of Thursday’s schedule, and it can’t arrive soon enough for the New Jersey Devils. Beset by a string of injuries recently and bending under the weight of two wins in their last 11 games (2-7-2), the Devils host the surging Nashville Predators Thursday night at the Prudential Center.

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Banged-Up Predators Host Coyotes

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Injuries are a part of any season. They have hit the Nashville Predators at the midway point of 2017-18, potentially leaving them without their entire first line for Thursday night’s visit from the Arizona Coyotes. Fortunately for Nashville (26-11-6), it got plenty of practice at dealing with key injuries during last spring’s run to the Stanley Cup Finals. So if it has to play Arizona without Filip Forsberg (upper-body), Viktor Arvidsson (lower-body) and Ryan Johansen (upper-body), it wouldn’t be ideal by any means, but so be it.

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Knights Eye Eighth Win vs. Predators Tuesday

Coach Gerard Gallant had plenty of reason to celebrate his first New Year’s Eve in Sin City. His Vegas Golden Knights (26-9-2) increased their Pacific Division lead to three points earlier in the day at T-Mobile Arena with a 6-3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs, extending their win streak to seven games, an NHL record for a team in its inaugural season. And center William Karlsson capped the victory with the first hat trick in franchise history as Vegas improved to 11-0-1 in its last 12 games.

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Flames Win Shootout Over Devils, 5-4

CALGARY, Alberta — Sean Monahan and Matthew Tkachuk scored in a shootout to give the Calgary Flames a 5-4 win over the New Jersey Devils on Sunday. Drew Stafford replied in the shootout for the Devils. Monahan, Michael Frolik, Michael Stone and Micheal Ferland got Calgary’s regulation-time goals. Taylor Hall, Ben Lovejoy, Brian Gibbons and Andy…

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