Overview
- Puck drop is 8 p.m. ET at Bridgestone Arena with regional coverage on FDSNSO and NBCSP.
- Philadelphia enters off a 5-4 shootout win in Montreal, where Bobby Brink scored twice and Trevor Zegras delivered the deciding shootout goal.
- Nashville looks to rebound after Minnesota was awarded the overtime winner when Justus Annunen knocked the net off its moorings, capping a run of five losses in six games.
- Projected goaltenders list Dan Vladar for the Flyers, with Juuse Saros or Justus Annunen expected for the Predators and Aleksei Kolosov backing up Philadelphia.
- Rick Tocchet plans to keep the Flyers’ defensive pairs unchanged, while the Predators’ injury list includes Roman Josi with an upper-body issue, and the teams’ first meeting ended 4-1 for Philadelphia.