Overview
- Puck drop is scheduled for 7:45 PM EST at Bridgestone Arena as part of ESPN’s Frozen Frenzy staggered schedule.
- Both teams rank near the bottom of the NHL in goals per game early in the season, and each has struggled on the power play.
- Predators captain Roman Josi is out week-to-week with an upper-body injury and has not been placed on injured reserve.
- Jonathan Marchessault returned from a three-game absence and scored a power-play goal in Nashville’s 3-2 loss to Dallas.
- Tampa Bay arrives with back-to-back wins, including a 2-1 overtime victory over Vegas on a Nikita Kucherov winner, as Andrei Vasilevskiy logged his first win and owns strong career numbers against Nashville.