The final game before the bye week has arrived, and the Nashville Predators will host the Buffalo Sabres tonight. The Saturday night contest is the second and final meeting between the two clubs this season; the Preds fell by a 4-3 final in upstate New York back in December.
After debuting at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, the Preds will sport their NHL Winter Classic uniforms at home for the first time this evening, with a special Winter Classic White Out night at Bridgestone Arena. The group is looking to snap a two-game skid that includes a disappointing loss to Anaheim on Thursday night, and the chance to enter the bye week and All-Star Break with a win is certainly appetizing to the Predators.
"We had a goal of six or more points out of 10 in the [five] games here before the break, so we have an opportunity to do that tomorrow," Preds Head Coach John Hynes said. "I thought against Chicago we played pretty well, and we found a way to win the game in Winnipeg, which was more of how we want to play. I think 90 percent of the game was what we wanted. We took a little bit of a step back against Edmonton, and then [Thursday against Anaheim], I think there's some certain areas that just weren't good enough to the identity we want to play with. So, we're looking for an opportunity to do that [tonight]. [We want to play a] strong game, an identity game and find a way to win, and then we've got a chance to regroup over the break and come back strong after the break."
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