For the second game in a row, Nashville showed lots of promising points during its game against the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night, however failed to really set anything ablaze offensively.
Defensively, the Predators looked like an absolute juggernaut: Pekka Rinne collected his first shutout of the season -- and has stopped 56 of 57 shots to start the year -- while all three defensive pairings are playing ten-fold better than they did during preseason contests.
Tuesday's game against New Jersey should offer another decent test for Nashville, but its biggest match-up of the early season will come Thursday against the Islanders.