The Nashville Predators had a few days off after Tuesday night’s repeat overtime victory against the Minnesota Wild. While in theory a break is always good, that wasn’t the case for the Predators coming into Saturday night’s contest against the Carolina Hurricanes.
Nashville was without a key piece of their offense as it was announced before the game that Filip Forsberg is day-to-day with an upper-body injury. Forsberg’s absence saw recently acquired Mikael Granlund sliding into the top line. The real test would be for Carolina coming off an ugly 8-1 loss to the Winnipeg Jets Friday night.