Players to target: Filip Forsberg, Ryan Johansen, and Viktor Arvidsson
With a 58.5 Corsi For per 60 minutes, 58.6 Corsi For per 60 minutes, and 3.3 expected Goals For per 60 minutes, the Nashville Predators' top line is one of the NHL's truly elite units. Tonight, they will face the Vancouver Canucks and, more specifically, the Bo Horvat line, which struggles defensively on the road.
Outside of Vancouver, the Horvat line has posted a 42.3 Corsi For percentage, 56.1 Corsi Against per 60 minutes, and 2.5 expected Goals Against per 60 minutes. The Canucks have a below-average penalty kill at even strength (under 80 percent), so everything is looking up for a breakout performance from the Predators' top line.