Nashville visits Vegas after shootout win

Nashville Predators (29-42-8, in the Central Division) vs. Vegas Golden Knights (48-22-9, in the Pacific Division)

Paradise, Nevada; Saturday, 10 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: The Vegas Golden Knights host the Nashville Predators after the Predators defeated the Utah Hockey Club 4-3 in a shootout.

Vegas has a 28-9-3 record in home games and a 48-22-9 record overall. The Golden Knights have gone 45-7-5 when scoring three or more goals.

Nashville has a 10-25-5 record on the road and a 29-42-8 record overall. The Predators serve 9.6 penalty minutes per game to rank fourth in the league.

Saturday’s game is the third meeting between these teams this season. The Golden Knights won 3-1 in the last meeting.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jack Eichel has 27 goals and 66 assists for the Golden Knights. Pavel Dorofeyev has three goals and one assist over the last 10 games.

Jonathan Marchessault has 19 goals and 35 assists for the Predators. Brady Skjei has one goal and six assists over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Golden Knights: 7-2-1, averaging 2.9 goals, 4.4 assists, 2.7 penalties and six penalty minutes while giving up two goals per game.

Predators: 3-7-0, averaging 2.4 goals, 4.2 assists, 3.6 penalties and 9.4 penalty minutes while giving up 3.5 goals per game.

INJURIES: Golden Knights: None listed.

Predators: None listed.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.