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Season Records Vancouver Canucks 32-15-5 Nashville Predators 32-17-4 Fisher was the Predators hero last time Vancouver and Nashville met, December 1st. The Nashville Predators will try to win their seventh home game in a row on Tuesday night when they host the Northwest Division leading Vancouver Canucks at Bridgestone Arena Tuesday night. It is the first of two meetings between the two teams in Music City during the regular season. Nashville has already played twice in Vancouver, splitting those decisions. It is the first time the Canucks will be in town since defeating Nashville in game six of the Western Conference semi-finals last spring. The Predators and Canucks are separated in the standings by one point alone, but since the Canucks are leading their division, the Predators will be unable to take them over in the standings should they win Tuesday night. A win, however, would bring Nashville ever so much closer to the Central Division and Western Conference leading Detroit Red...
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