8 TONIGHT
SOMMET CENTER, NASHVILLE, TENN.
TV: Fox Sports Net
Radio: WBNS-AM (1460); WWCD-FM (101.1)
The series
The Blue Jackets are 15-31-1-4 against the Predators, including 4-13-1-2 in the Sommet Center.
This is the first of six meetings this season.
The setup
Two hot clubs meet tonight -- the Jackets have won three straight and the Predators have won
four in a row, including wins over San Jose and New Jersey. Something has to give. The Blue Jackets
are 6 of 15 (40 percent) on the power play in the past three games, and Nashville has killed 26 of
29 (89.7 percent) penalties the last nine games.
--Aaron Portzline
aportzline@dispatch.com
Columbus at a glance
• Past 10 games: 6-2-2
• Power play: 25.0 percent (fourth, NHL)
• Penalty kill: 79.1 percent (19th, NHL)
• Player to watch: LW Rick Nash had six goals in six games vs. Nashville last
season.
• Injury update: C Sammy Pahlsson (back spasms) is probable. D Derek Dorsett
(head), LW Fredrik Modin (knee) and C Andrew Murray (shoulder), out.
Nashville at a glance
• Past 10 games: 8-2-0
• Power play: 14.7 percent (26th, NHL)
• Penalty kill: 80.3 percent (16th, NHL)
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Player to watch: Shea Weber is the only defenseman in the NHL to lead his club
in goals this season.
• Injury update: C Colin Wilson (groin) is day to day.
