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GDT: Canucks @ Predators || 12/03/2013 17:00PST || SNET-P & TEAM 1040

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NASHVILLE PREDATORS VS VANCOUVER CANUCKS

December 03, 2013 --- 17:00PST / 20:00EST

Bridgestone Arena

Nashville, TN

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TV: SNET Pacific

Radio: TEAM 1040

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GAME PREVIEW BY NHL.COM

CANUCKS (14-10-5) at PREDATORS (13-11-3)

TV: SNET-P, FS-TN

Last 10: Vancouver 3-4-3; Nashville 5-4-1

Season series: This is the first game between the Vancouver Canucks and Nashville Predators. Vancouver swept its season series with Nashville in 2012-13, winning three games by a combined score of 13-6.

Big story: The Canucks wrap up a four-game road trip Tuesday, where they face a Predators team looking to rebound after opening its homestand with back-to-back losses.

Team Scope:

Canucks: A win here is all that separates the Canucks from a winning road trip before they head back to British Columbia. Vancouver defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 Sunday with Ryan Kesler's two goals and 29 saves by backup goalie Eddie Lack, which dulled the sting of a 5-2 defeat the night before to the New York Rangers and former coach Alain Vigneault.

"When you score two quick ones in a road game, it backs them off a bit," Kesler said of the win at Carolina. "You've got to give them credit though. They came back in the second and it was a whole new hockey game."

Vancouver is in fifth place in the Pacific Division, eight points behind the first-place San Jose Sharks, who have three games in hand.

Predators: In either Eastern Conference division, Nashville would be in Stanley Cup Playoff position or in the hunt, but in the Central Division with the Chicago Blackhawks, St. Louis Blues and Colorado Avalanche, the Predators are well off the pace of the top three and the race to be one of the Western wild card teams is shaping up to be a daunting one.

The Predators have done themselves no favors on their homestand, getting shut out by the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday before losing in a shootout to the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday.

"I thought we probably deserved a better fate," coach Barry Trotz said. "We played well enough with the young defense. Any one of their defensemen has more experience than all six of ours.

"We should have won the game, but we didn't."

Nashville ends its homestand Thursday against Carolina.

Who's hot: Vancouver defenseman Jason Garrison has a goal and five assists in his past five games. ... Nashville forward Mike Fisher has three goals in the past four games.

Injury report: Vancouver forward Jordan Schroeder (sprained ankle) is expected to be out until mid-to-late December. Defensemen Kevin Klein (lower body) and Shea Weber (eye) are questionable for Nashville, which placed forward Filip Forsberg (upper body) on injured reserve Sunday.

GAME PREVIEW FOR THE PREDS

CANUCKS (14-10-5) at PREDATORS (13-11-3)

TV: FOX Sports Tennessee (Dish: 446/HD: 9516; Direct TV: 644/HD: 644-1 ; Comcast Nashville 1675; Comcast Chattanooga/Cleveland/Knoxville 401; Comcast Memphis 830; Charter Nashville 33/810; AT&T Nashville 724/1724)

102.5-FM The Game Radio Network; Network Affiliates

Radio: Preds Radio Network Flagship -

PENALTY KILLERS

Nashville’s penalty kill continues to shut down some of the League’s top power plays, including Philadelphia’s Top Five ranked road power play on Saturday night.

• The Preds have held the opposition’s power play scoreless in eight straight games – now the second-longest streak in franchise history (Nov. 16-Nov. 30; the longest streak is nine games from Nov. 18-Dec. 4, 2010).

• Nashville’s penalty kill has held the opposition scoreless on their last 22 times shorthanded, last allowing a power-play goal on Nov. 15 in Pittsburgh, and have only surrendered three power-play goals on 38 times shorthanded in their last 11 outings (92.1 percent).

• The Preds’ penalty kill ranks eighth in the League (85.1 percent), and has allowed the eighth-fewest power-play goals (13). Nashville’s home penalty kill continues to improve as it now ranks 11th in the League (84.6 percent).

MAD MAZ

Rookie goaltender Marek Mazanec has not allowed more than two goals in a game since Nov. 15 – a span of eight consecutive starts for the 22-year-old.

• The Pisek, Czech Republic native is 5-4-1 with a 2.00 goals-against average, a .932 save percentage and two shutouts. His goals-against average ranks 11th in the League and second among rookie goaltenders behind Anaheim’s Frederik Andersen, while his save percentage is also good for second among rookies and 16th among League netminders (minimum of four starts).

• Mazanec is posting one of the best goal-against averages by a rookie netminder in League history (Brian Boucher, 1999-00, 1.91; Marty Turco, 2000-01, 1.90; Tukka Rask, 2009-10, 1.97; Andersen, 2013-14, 1.70; Mazanec, 2013-14, 2.00).

• Mazanec has also played the third-fewest minutes (630:36) among goaltenders with multiple shutouts this season (2).

QUICK HITS

• David Legwand has 13 points (4g-9a) in his last 15 outings to lead the team with 20 points (5g-15a) in 27 games. Thirteen (5g-8a) of Legwand’s 20 points have come away from the Music City.

• Matt Cullen, who played in his 1,100th career game on Saturday against the Flyers, has posted nine points (3g-6a), including three multi-point outings, in his last eight games. He is one of only three players 37 years old or older to play for Nashville (Hal Gill, Martin Gelinas).

• Since becoming a father for the first time on Nov. 13, Gabriel Bourque has posted eight points (3g-5a) in nine games, including four points (1g-3a) in his last four.

• Craig Smith has posted four points (1g-3a) in his last six games, and has seven points (3g-4a) in his last eight outings. Smith ranks second in team scoring (6g-9a-15pts) and shots (69).

• Patric Hornqvist posted an assist in his return to the lineup on Saturday after missing three games with an upper-body injury. The helper gives him nine points (3g-6a) in his last 14 games to move into a tie for second in goals and third in team scoring (6g-8a-14pts). The Sollentuna, Sweden native also leads the team with 72 shots.

• Seth Jones leads all first-year players in average time on ice (23:42), after recording a career-high 30:43 on Saturday night. The Frisco, Texas native is tied for 16th in points among first-year players (3g-6a-9pts), 14th in goals (3), 13th in shots on goal (41), and is tied for first in blocked shots (47), while ranking third in power-play goals and power-play points (2g-3a-5pts) among rookies.

• Kevin Klein, who is currently day-to-day with a lower-body injury, leads the team and ranks 14th in the League with 58 blocked shots.

• When the Preds score first they hold onto the lead, going 11-1-2 in those contests.

• Six of Nashville’s 13 wins this season have come by one goal – it is 6-0-3 in one-goal games.

• Nashville is 13-1-2 when scoring more than one goal, and 11-0-1 when scoring three or more goals.

• The Preds have outscored their opposition 8-4 in the second period and 16-10 in the final 40 minutes in their last eight games.

• Nashville’s power play ranks 11th in the League (19.8 percent), while its home power play remains one of the League’s best (11th, 20.6 percent).

• The Preds have not allowed a shorthanded goal since March 21, 2013, when Calgary scored two shorthanded goals – a span of 47 games. Nashville is the only team in the League not to have allowed a shorthanded goal this season.

• The Predators have had seven rookies appear in the lineup this season. They had eight rookies appear last season, and 11 during the 2011-12 campaign. Nashville is also one of two teams in the NHL to field multiple teenagers in its lineup (Filip Forsberg, 19 and Seth Jones, 19), only Buffalo has had more teenagers on its roster this season (four).

LAST TIME OUT: Nashville 2, Philadelphia 3 (SO) at Bridgestone Arena

• Nashville has now earned at least a point in the standings in six of the last eight games (5-2-1).

• Joe Piskula made his debut in a Preds uniform, recording 10:27 of ice time and a +1 rating.

• Mike Fisher opened the scoring for Nashville at 17:49 of the first period. Fisher has three goals in his last four games.

• Colin Wilson's third-period goal was his first since his two-goal, four-point (2g-2a) outing on Nov. 6 at Colorado. He also posted a season-high four shots on goal.

• With an assist on Wilson’s goal, Ryan Ellis has posted three points (3a) in his last three games.

• Roman Josi led all players in ice time with 32:26 (his first game over 30 minutes this season).

• With 36 shots, the Preds have now outshot the opposition in three straight games, and put at least 35 shots on goal six times in 2013-14.

• All 18 Preds skaters recorded at least one shot on goal on Saturday night, as Nashville outshot Philadelphia 35-14 at even strength. Matt Cullen led all Nashville skaters with five shots on goal.

SOLID IN THE CIRCLE

The Predators lead in the League in team face-off win percentage this season (55 percent). Nashville has been better than 50 percent in the face-off circle in 24 of its 27 games. Nashville is led in the face-off circle by Paul Gaustad, who has won 279-of-453 face-offs (61.6 percent) to lead the League in the category (minimum 300 draws). Matt Cullen also ranks among the League’s top face-off men (sixth, 58.2 percent), winning 191-of-328 draws.

WEBER SCORES

With seven goals on the season, Shea Weber – who is currently day-to-day with an upper-body injury – is tied with Erik Karlsson (OTT), Torey Krug (BOS), and Michael Stone (PHX) for the goal-scoring lead among blueliners (7). Nashville’s captain is the only defenseman in the League to lead his team in goal scoring.

• The Preds are 7-0-0 when their captain finds the back of the net.

• The Sicamous, B.C., native ranks sixth on the team (7g-5a-12pts).

• Weber has led Nashville in ice time in 16 of the last 20 games he’s played to rank seventh in the League in the category (26:09).

• Nashville’s captain ranks second on the in hits (62) and blocked shots (54).

HOME ICE ADVANTAGE

Nashville has posted a 6-4-2 record at home in 2013-14. The Predators have been one of the League’s best teams on home ice since the beginning of the 2005-06 season, compiling 198 home victories, tied for the fourth most in the NHL in that span and just two wins behind Vancouver for third. Nashville is the only team in the NHL to post at least 23 home victories in seven consecutive full seasons.

STORYLINES VS. VANCOUVER

The Nashville Predators and Vancouver Canucks meet on Tuesday night for their only meeting at Bridgestone Arena in 2013-14; the Preds will travel to Vancouver on Jan. 3 and March 19, 2014. Vancouver won all three meetings in the shortened 2012-13 season. Nashville has posted an 11-12-6 all-time record against the Canucks on home ice.

In the last meeting on April 15, Vancouver jumped out to a 2-0 lead after the first 20 minutes, before the Preds responded with two goals in the first 11:40 of the second period. The Canucks would go on to score three unanswered goals to defeat the Preds 5-2 at Bridgestone Arena.

David Legwand has 25 points (10g-15a) in 48 career games against Vancouver… The Preds have two B.C. natives on their roster – Victor Bartley (Maple Ridge) and Shea Weber (Sicamous) – in addition Bartley and Weber, other B.C.-born players in the organization, include North Vancouver’s Colton Sissons, drafted 50th overall (second round) in the 2012 Entry Draft. Sissons, who is in the midst of his first professional season with the Milwaukee Admirals (AHL), is currently leading the Ads in scoring (7g-7a-14pts, 20gp).

Mike Fisher has seven points (5g-2a) in his last five games against Vancouver. In 21 career games against the Canucks, he has 11 goals and 15 points…

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS vs. VANCOUVER

Matt Cullen fired a career-high nine shots on goal on Nov. 3, 2011 against the Canucks.

Mike Fisher scored his first goal as a Predator on Feb. 17, 2011 against the Canucks (Luongo), and last tied his career-high with three points (1g-2a) against Vancouver on March 21, 2012.

Eric Nystrom posted a career-high four points (2g-2a) on April 5, 2008 at Vancouver.

Craig Smith posted a career-high three assists on Dec. 1, 2011 at Vancouver.

GAME PREVIEW FOR THE CANUCKS

CANUCKS (14-10-5) at PREDATORS (13-11-3)

TV: SNET-P, FS-TN

Last 10: Vancouver 3-4-3; Nashville 5-4-1

Season series: This is the first game between the Vancouver Canucks and Nashville Predators. Vancouver swept its season series with Nashville in 2012-13, winning three games by a combined score of 13-6.

Big story: The Canucks wrap up a four-game road trip Tuesday, where they face a Predators team looking to rebound after opening its homestand with back-to-back losses.

Team Scope:

Ryan Kesler's two goals and 29 saves by backup goalie Eddie Lack, which dulled the sting of a 5-2 defeat the night before to the New York Rangers and former coach Alain Vigneault.

Canucks: A win here is all that separates the Canucks from a winning road trip before they head back to British Columbia. Vancouver defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 Sunday with

"When you score two quick ones in a road game, it backs them off a bit," Kesler said of the win at Carolina. "You've got to give them credit though. They came back in the second and it was a whole new hockey game."

Vancouver is in fifth place in the Pacific Division, eight points behind the first-place San Jose Sharks, who have three games in hand.

Predators: In either Eastern Conference division, Nashville would be in Stanley Cup Playoff position or in the hunt, but in the Central Division with the Chicago Blackhawks, St. Louis Blues and Colorado Avalanche, the Predators are well off the pace of the top three and the race to be one of the Western wild card teams is shaping up to be a daunting one.

The Predators have done themselves no favors on their homestand, getting shut out by the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday before losing in a shootout to the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday.

"I thought we probably deserved a better fate," coach Barry Trotz said. "We played well enough with the young defense. Any one of their defensemen has more experience than all six of ours.

"We should have won the game, but we didn't."

Nashville ends its homestand Thursday against Carolina.

Jason Garrison has a goal and five assists in his past five games. ... Nashville forward Mike Fisher has three goals in the past four games.

Who's hot: Vancouver defenseman

Jordan Schroeder (sprained ankle) is expected to be out until mid-to-late December. Defensemen Kevin Klein (lower body) and Shea Weber (eye) are questionable for Nashville, which placed forward Filip Forsberg (upper body) on injured reserve Sunday.

Injury report: Vancouver forward

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This is what I worry the Canucks are thinking.

Canucks pull out a squeaker 2-1. Burr finally scores.

My thoughts exactly. That Mazanec's no slouch even though Rinne's gone; he's got even better stats than our goalies! The Preds as a whole have had a winning record over their last ten games too! Sure Weber, Rinne and Forsberg are all out, but they'll be a tough nut to crack nonetheless. Burr seems to come through against the Preds though and I hope tomorrow will be another case of that!

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