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The Nashville Predators will play their first of three games in California when they visit the Anaheim Ducks tonight (at 9 p.m. CT).
The Preds (39-26-5) dropped their last game at home, 5-3, to the Carolina Hurricanes. Filip Forsberg missed the contest with an upper-body injury, but returned to full practice on Monday. Viktor Arvidsson, however, was absent from the session.
Anaheim (27-34-9) sits near the bottom of the standings, but has won three of their previous five games. The Ducks lost their most recent outing to the Los Angeles Kings, 3-2.
Nashville held a full morning skate at Honda Center on Tuesday and were joined by Arvidsson. The winger skated on a fifth forward line with Frederick Gaudreau and Miikka Salomaki (Injured Reserve). Below is a Predators projected lineup based on the morning skate: