Overview
- Nashville listed Juuse Saros as day-to-day with an upper-body injury sustained at morning skate and confirmed he would not play Thursday.
- Justus Annunen was named the starter, and the team recalled Matt Murray from AHL Milwaukee to serve as backup.
- Murray traveled from Winnipeg to Nashville with arrival expected during the game, a timing that was expected to require an emergency backup on standby, though no tryout signing was announced.
- A Predators win would tie Seattle for the final Wild Card spot, while a loss would leave Nashville four points back.
- Saros had won four of his last five starts, including back-to-back shootouts, and is 24-19-7 this season; Annunen has six wins with a .888 save percentage in 21 games.