Game Preview: Nashville Predators @ Arizona Coyotes 1/8/22

The Nashville Predators head back (slightly) east to take on the Arizona Coyotes tonight—the last stop on this road trip that’s been an improvement so far on the first few games of the new year. It’s a meeting between teams at opposite ends of the Central Division, as the Coyotes have gone 7-22-3 this season.

The Nashville Predators

Closing out games hasn’t been the Preds’ strongest point lately, but they’ve been doing good things they can build on, and doing them against good teams. They struggled against the Kings on Thursday, helped out by outstanding play from Juuse Saros and shaky play from Jonathan Quick, but every team has off nights, and Saros giving them a chance to win in spite of…