Suddenly winners of two straight, the Vancouver Canucks (22-17-10) travel south to visit the hosting Nashville Predators (18-23-7) at Bridgestone Arena at 6 p.m. on Wednesday night. This will be the third and final meeting between these two teams this season; the Canucks previously suffered 5-3 and 3-0 regulation losses, respectively.
The surging Predators are 7-3-0 in their last 10 games, which also featured a five-game win streak. The Canucks, on the other hand, have been struggling, but they are also winners of two in a row. They will need to make it three if they want to continue this desperate push for a playoff spot.
Canucks Game Lineup
Danton Heinen - J.T. Miller - Brock Boeser
Nils Hoglander - Elias Pettersson - Linus Karlsson
Jake DeBrusk - Pius Suter - Conor Garland
Max Sasson - Teddy Blueger - Phil Di Giuseppe
Quinn Hughes - Tyler Myers
Carson Soucy - Elias Pettersson
Derek Forbort - Filip Hronek
Thatcher Demko is confirmed to be the Canucks' starting goalie against the Predators on Wednesday night. Demko, 29, has won just one of his last five starts and did not post a save percentage higher than .900 in any of them. He's 3-5-3 this season with a 3.47 GAA and a .867 save percentage.
Predators Game Lineup
Filip Forsberg - Steven Stamkos - Jonathan Marchessault
Gustav Nyquist - Ryan O'Reilly - Vinnie Hinostroza
Tommy Novak - Fedor Svechkov - Zach L'Heureux
Cole Smith - Michael McCarron - Colton Sissons
Roman Josi - Justin Barron
Adam Wilsby - Luke Schenn
Brady Skjei - Nick Blankenburg
Juuse Saros is confirmed to be the Predators' starting goalie against the Canucks on Wednesday night. Saros, 29, has allowed nine goals on the last 43 shots he's faced. The Finn is 11-19-6 this season with a 2.88 GAA, a .900 save percentage, and four shutouts.
How to watch the Canucks game
Wednesday night's Canucks game will be streamed on Sportsnet Pacific and FanDuel Sports Network South. For fans unable to watch the Canucks game, Sportsnet 650 will be the radio broadcast available for your listening.