Predators aim to end road skid against Avalanche

The Nashville Predators will try to halt a three-game road losing streak when they face the Colorado Avalanche in Denver on November 5 at 9:30 p.m. EST. Nashville enters at 6-4-5, while Colorado is 9-6-1. Both teams are in the Central Division; the Predators are 3-1-0 against division opponents, and the Avalanche are 3-2-1.

The teams have already met once this season, with Nashville winning 6-2. Ryan O’Reilly scored twice for the Predators in that game. O’Reilly has six goals and six assists over Nashville’s past 10 games, while Filip Forsberg leads the team’s listed production with five goals and 14 assists.

Colorado has scored 66 goals and allowed 52, a plus-14 differential. Martin Necas has tallied 18 points, including seven goals, for Colorado, while Artturi Lehkonen posted 12 points, with eight goals and four assists, in his last 10 games.

Over their last 10 games, Colorado is 5-4-1 and averaging 3.7 goals per game; Nashville is 4-3-3 and averaging 3.1. Both teams have allowed 3.2 goals per game in that span. Colorado lists Zachary L’Heureux and Josh Manson as out. Jonathan Marchessault is day to day for Nashville, and William Trudeau is out.