The Carolina Hurricanes bring a four-game win streak into their first meeting of the season against the Nashville Predators on Tuesday at 8 p.m. EST in Nashville.
Carolina enters with a 12-2-2 record overall and a 7-1-1 mark on the road. Nashville is 5-4-5 overall and 4-3-2 at home. The teams have not played each other this season.
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The Hurricanes have allowed 1.9 goals per game over their last 10 contests, going 8-1-1 in that stretch while averaging four goals and 6.7 assists. Nashville is 3-3-4 over its last 10 games, averaging 2.9 goals and allowing 3.3 per game.
Penalty discipline favors Carolina: the Hurricanes are 4-1-0 when committing fewer penalties than their opponent. Nashville is 1-1-1 when it takes more penalties than its opponent.
Nashville Predators defenseman Roman Josi has one goal and 14 assists this season. Center Ryan O’Reilly has six goals and six assists over his last 10 games. For Carolina, forward Jackson Blake has three goals and 13 assists; Logan Stankoven has six goals and four assists over his last 10 games.
Injuries: Nashville is without forward William Trudeau (upper body). Carolina is missing forward Taylor Hall (upper body), center Jordan Staal (calf), and forward Alexander Nikishin (not injury related).
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