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Special Teams Focus: Shorthanded Aggression

One of the key storylines entering this season for the Nashville Predators revolved around special teams. While the 2018-19 season featured a fine penalty kill, the Predators were more akin to housecats than saber-toothed tigers on the power play, finishing with the worst conversion rate in the league at only 12.9%. Now, six months later, the scripts are flipped: the power play is humming along while the penalty killing units have been a point of weakness early on. While they conceded their first shorthanded goal since October 26th on Thursday night against the Avalanche, they still sit at a dismal 25th in the league on the penalty kill.