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The Nashville Predators start their Pacific coast road trip Saturday night against the Anaheim Ducks after being shutout by the St. Louis Blues, 3-0 Thursday. Anaheim is coming off of a embarrasing loss themselves Friday, losing to the Vancouver Canucks, 5-0. Both teams are looking to get their play in gear and make their drive to the playoffs. Puck drops at 9:38 PM CT/7:30 PM PT.
TV/Radio Coverage
Nashville: Fox Sports Tennessee and 102.5 The Game
Anaheim: Fox Sports West and AM 830 KLAA
Season Series
Date
Away
Home
Result
10/29
ANA
NSH
0-3 NSH
11/9
NSH
ANA
4-2 NSH
12/10
ANA
NSH
2-3 NSH
3/18
NSH
ANA
3-1 NSH
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PLAYERS:
Pekka Rinne,
Viktor Fasth,
Jonathon Blum,
Brian McGrattan,
Matt Halischuk,
Brad Staubitz,
Jordan Hendry,
Colin Wilson,
Mike Fisher,
Martin Erat,
Gabriel Bourque,
David Legwand,
Patric Hornqvist,
Sergei Kostitsyn,
Nick Spaling,
Craig Smith,
Paul Gaustad,
Brandon Yip,
Shea Weber,
Roman Josi,
Kevin Klein,
Scott Hannan,
Hal Gill,
Ryan Ellis,
Chris Mason,
Kyle Palmieri,
Ryan Getzlaf,
Corey Perry,
Bobby Ryan,
Nick Bonino,
Teemu Selanne,
Andrew Cogliano,
Saku Koivu,
Daniel Winnik,
Matt Beleskey,
Peter Holland,
Devante Smith-Pelly,
Bryan Allen,
Cam Fowler,
Luca Sbisa,
Sheldon Souray,
Toni Lydman,
Francois Beauchemin,
Jonas Hiller,
Richard Clune
TEAMS: Anaheim Ducks, Nashville Predators, Vancouver Canucks, St. Louis Blues
TEAMS: Anaheim Ducks, Nashville Predators, Vancouver Canucks, St. Louis Blues
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