After two games in a row against St. Louis at home on Nov. 21 and on the road on Nov. 23, the Preds start their longest homestand of the season with five straight games at Bridgestone Arena from Nov. 25-Dec. 3. Anaheim, Colorado, Arizona, Chicago and Buffalo will visit Smashville during the stretch, with the Preds' first clash of the season against the Blackhawks coming on Saturday, Dec. 1.
Nashville continues the final month of 2018 with two games in eight days against the Vancouver Canucks, the latter of which comes in the middle of a three-game home swing from Dec. 11-15 that also includes contests against the Ottawa Senators and New Jersey Devils. December rolls along with a back-to-back in Ottawa and the team's first journey to Chicago on Dec. 17-18 before visits to Philadelphia and Boston as part of a four-game road trip.
The Preds end 2018 on New Year's Eve in Washington with an 11:30 a.m. CT game against the defending Stanley Cup Champion Washington Capitals and begin 2019 with a home contest vs. Philadelphia on New Year's Day. It will be Nashville's first game on New Year's Eve since 2015 and first on New Year's Day since 2012.
Nashville will take its longest road trip since 2014-15, a six-game slate with two sets of back-to-backs, from Jan. 4-13. The trip begins with a back-to-back in Detroit and Montreal on Jan. 4-5, moves to Toronto on Jan. 7, Chicago and Columbus on consecutive nights from Jan. 9-10, and finishes up in Carolina on Jan. 13. The month concludes with a road game in Vegas on Jan. 23, which is the team's last contest before the 2019 NHL All-Star Weekend in San Jose on Jan. 26-27 and its mandatory break from Jan. 28-31.
February features a season-high nine home games at Bridgestone Arena, including two meetings with the Dallas Stars in three-game span on Feb. 2 and Feb. 7. The Preds will then play a home-and-home with St. Louis on Feb. 9-10 before traveling to Vegas on Feb. 16 and Dallas for the third and final time in the month three days later. Nashville enters the final full month of the regular season with three separate three-game road trips, beginning with a stretch against divisional opponents St. Louis, Winnipeg and Minnesota from Feb. 26-March 3. The other road trips include heading to Anaheim, Los Angeles and San Jose from March 12-16 and Winnipeg, Minnesota and Pittsburgh from March 23-29. In between road trips, the Preds will host the Toronto Maple Leafs on March 19 and the Penguins in a rematch of the 2017 Stanley Cup Final on March 21.
Three of the final four games of the regular season take place at Bridgestone Arena from March 30- April 6, with the Predators hosting Columbus, Vancouver and Chicago and traveling to Buffalo for their final road game on April 2. Nashville closes out its home slate and the 2018-19 season on Saturday, April 6 against the Blackhawks.
The 2018-19 schedule includes 13 Saturday home dates, including visits from the Islanders, Oilers, Bruins, Kings, Devils, Rangers, Panthers, Stars, Avalanche, Hurricanes and two from the Blackhawks. The Predators will play every Central Division club - Chicago, Winnipeg and Colorado - four times, with the exception of Dallas and St. Louis, who the team will see five times.
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