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Who:<\/strong>\u00a0Nashville Predators\u00a0<\/strong>(5-9-4, 14 points, 8th place Central Division) vs\u00a0Pittsburgh Penguins\u00a0<\/strong>(9-5-3, 21 points, 3rd place Metropolitan Division)<\/p>\n Where:<\/strong>\u00a0Avicii Arena, Stockholm Sweden (NHL Global Series)<\/p>\n When<\/p>\n <\/strong>: 2:00 p.m. eastern (8:00pm local time start)<\/p>\n How to Watch<\/strong>: Broadcast locally Sportsnet Pittsburgh and Fanduel Sports Network South, nationally on NHL Network<\/p>\n Pens\u2019 Path Ahead<\/strong>: The Pens and Preds will reset for another game in the same place on Sunday (9:00am Pittsburgh time start) and then the Pens get a few days off to come home. Eventually they\u2019ll start a three-game homestand that opens with the Minnesota Wild coming to the \u2018Burgh a week from today in their first game back.<\/p>\n Opponent Track<\/strong>: Nashville can\u2019t be sweating a change of scenery with the way things have been going; they\u2019re just 2-6-2 in the last 10 (one win over lowly Calgary, the other in a shootout). Overall the Preds are 0-3-2 in their last five games and 1-6-2 in the last nine if you really wanted to frame it poorly.<\/p>\n Season Series:<\/strong>\u00a0These two games will be the only NSH\/PIT ones of the season. The Pens went 2-0-0 last season against the Preds (0-1-1 from the Nashville perspective).<\/p>\n Hidden Stat:<\/p>\n <\/strong>\u00a0Nashville is just 2-1-2 when leading after two periods for a\u00a0.400 points% that ranks last in the NHL<\/p>\n Projected lines<\/strong><\/p>\n FORWARDS<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Filip Forsberg – Ryan O\u2019Reilly – Luke Evangelista<\/p>\n Steven Stamkos – Erik Haula – Jonathan Marchessault<\/p>\n Michael Bunting – Fedor Svechkov – Matthew Wood<\/p>\n Tyson Jost – Michael McCarron – Ozzy Wiesblatt<\/p>\n DEFENSEMEN<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Brady Skjei \/ Nick Perbix<\/p>\n Nicolas Hague \/ Nick Blankenburg<\/p>\n Spencer Stastney \/ Adam Wilsby<\/p>\n Goalies:\u00a0<\/strong>Juuse Saros and Justus Annunen<\/p>\n Potential scratches<\/strong>: Joakim Kemell, Justin Barron<\/p>\n Injured Reserve: Roman Josi, Cole Smith, Zachary L\u2019Heureux<\/p>\n Season stats<\/strong> Dreadful stuff outside of the penalty kill. The Predators are a stale team and a bad one. They don\u2019t hit expectations on goals for or against, their goaltending isn\u2019t great, their finishing stinks as does the power play. There\u2019s certainly more problems up a level from the coaching but this chart alone points to a prime team for a mid-season coaching change to clear the air and try a new voice, especially since the charts on rate for expected and actual goals are virtually in-line with last season\u2019s poor performance.<\/p>\n If that happens and the Preds can even get back to a mid-tier level offense (which based on the expected goals looks possible) and some added defensive emphasis ends up helping the goaltending start anew, that could be a situation where people rave that a coaching change spurred some positive movement up the standings. However, even at this point the playoffs look unlikely.<\/p>\n Projected lines<\/strong><\/p>\n FORWARDS<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Bryan Rust – Sidney Crosby – Ben Kindel<\/p>\n Tommy Novak – Evgeni Malkin – Anthony Mantha<\/p>\n Ville Koivunen – Kevin Hayes – Philip Tomasino<\/p>\n Connor Dewar – Blake Lizotte – Joona Koppanen<\/p>\n DEFENSEMEN<\/strong><\/p>\n Parker Wotherspoon \/ Erik Karlsson<\/p>\n Ryan Shea \/ Kris Letang<\/p>\n Ryan Graves \/ Matt Dumba<\/p>\n Goalies:\u00a0<\/strong>Sergei Murashov and Arturs Silovs<\/p>\n Potential Scratches:<\/strong>\u00a0Danton Heinen, Connor Clifton, Harrison Brunicke, Filip Larsson<\/p>\n IR:<\/strong>\u00a0Filip Hallander, Tristan Jarry, Justin Brazeau, Jack St. Ivany (lower body), Rutger McGroarty (upper body), Joel Blomqvist (lower body), Rickard Rakell (hand), Caleb Jones (lower body), Noel Acciari<\/p>\n Missing the K of HBK, reuniting two out of the three ain\u2019t bad. Hagelin works these days for the Wild as a scout.<\/p>\n Just two youngsters living the dream, what a league the NHL is.<\/p>\n The Denver Broncos received tough news Friday afternoon.\u00a0<\/p>\n As NBC Sports noted, NFL Network\u2019s Ian Rapoport reported that running back\u00a0J.K. Dobbins\u00a0will amiss Sunday\u2019s matchup against the\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0due to a significant foot injury.\u00a0<\/p>\n Rapoport added that Dobbins is \u201cbelieved to be out for the foreseeable future.\u201d<\/p>\n His placement on injured reserve remains a real possibility as the team evaluates its options.<\/p>\n \u201cDobbins is still working through options, and while there is no final determination, IR remains a possibility,\u201d Rapoport said.<\/p>\n The report came from himself and Tom Pelissero.<\/p>\n The development marks a quick escalation from earlier in the week, when Dobbins missed Wednesday and Thursday\u2019s practices.\u00a0<\/p>\n At that point, the team had not revealed the full severity of the injury.\u00a0<\/p>\n Dobbins\u2019 injury stems from a hip-drop tackle last Thursday against the\u00a0Raiders, a play that left him frustrated enough to take to X and call for the move to be banned.<\/p>\n Dobbins ranks fifth in the\u00a0NFL\u00a0with 772 rushing yards and has been a huge part of Denver\u2019s offense so far this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n While Dobbins has officially been ruled out for Week 11, the next major decision comes quickly.<\/p>\n The Broncos must determine by Saturday afternoon whether to place him on injured reserve.<\/p>\n If he is moved to IR before Sunday, the Chiefs game will count toward a required four-game absence.<\/p>\n Placing Dobbins on IR would sideline him for matchups against the Chiefs,\u00a0Commanders, Raiders, and\u00a0Packers.\u00a0<\/p>\n He would be eligible to return Week 16 against the\u00a0Jacksonville Jaguars.<\/p>\n Head coach Sean Payton acknowledged that discussions are ongoing.<\/p>\n \u201cNothing has been decided yet, and at some point there will be more clarity with him and some of these other players,\u201d Payton said earlier this week.<\/p>\n Denver\u2019s Week 12 bye gives the team a small cushion, but if the injury is significant enough to keep him out multiple weeks, the IR designation becomes more likely.<\/p>\n \u201cWith JK Dobbins potentially headed to Injured Reserve, all eyes turn to RJ Harvey,\u201d Rapoport said.\u00a0<\/p>\n RJ Harvey\u00a0has already flashed his dynamic potential in limited work.<\/p>\n Payton praised Harvey\u2019s running style, durability, and readiness to step into a larger role:\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWhen we drafted him, it was his running skillset, and he had a lot of touches at Central Florida,\u201d Payton said.<\/p>\n \u201cYou are starting to see him grow in front of our eyes, and he will have more opportunities in this game.\u201d<\/p>\n Tyler Badie\u00a0will likely mix in as a third down guy, while\u00a0Jaleel McLaughlin\u00a0could be active as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n Sunday\u2019s divisional matchup against the Chiefs carries major playoff implications for both teams and Harvey has a huge opportunity to step up and flourish in the RB1 role.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Who:\u00a0Nashville Predators\u00a0(5-9-4, 14 points, 8th place Central Division) vs\u00a0Pittsburgh Penguins\u00a0(9-5-3, 21 points, 3rd place Metropolitan Division) Where:\u00a0Avicii Arena, Stockholm Sweden (NHL Global Series) When : 2:00 p.m. eastern (8:00pm local time start)…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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