The Nashville Predators enter tonight’s matchup with the Calgary Flames on a three-game skid that has undone the benefit of their previous winning streak, and been difficult to watch to boot. The Flames, meanwhile, have had a solid month, with wins interspersed with small losses (mostly in OT); their last multi-goal loss was exactly a month ago, on December 16th.
The Flames don’t have a single standout goalscorer, with Nazem Kadri their goalscoring lead with 17 and similar degrees of production coming from Elias Lindholm and Tyler Toffoli. Lindholm, Toffoli, Jonathan Huberdeau, and Rasmus Andersson have been the most reliable assists contributors—but again, not to any significant degree.