The Nashville Predators and New York Islanders came into Thursday’s game looking to extend their two-game winning streaks - Nashville is looking for their first 3 game streak of the season.
To that end, coach John Hynes tweaked the lineup prior to puck drop:
CORRECTION: #Preds lines vs. NYI
Forsberg - Parssinen - Granlund
Tolvanen - Jankowski - Jeannot
Niederreiter - Johansen - Duchene
Smith - Sissons - McCarron
McDonagh - Josi
Ekholm - Carrier
Lauzon - Fabbro
Saros— Emma Lingan (@emma_lingan) November 18, 2022First Period
The Ryan Johansen, Matt Duchene and Nino Niederreiter line started the game against the Islanders’ third line, alongside Ryan McDonaugh and Roman Josi, who is playing on his right side for the first time in his career.