Thursday NHL Preview: Nashville vs. Philadelphia

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Thursday NHL Preview: Nashville vs. Philadelphia

Nashville and Philadelphia are close in the standings which makes this game very important for both teams.

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Though separated by two points, the Nashville Predators and the Philadelphia Flyers have been much different teams of late heading into their matchup Thursday night. While the Flyers are losing as much as they win and struggling to score unless they have more men on the ice, the Predators seemingly always win and are getting plenty of goals with or without the power play.

Pekka Rinne will enter Philadelphia going for a league season-high 11th consecutive victory if he's in net for Nashville (31-16-4), the NHL's hottest team with wins in 10 of 11. The Predators are 5 for 13 on the power play during their current five-game winning streak and have outscored opponents 14-6 at even strength.

Fisher has had the hot stick lately with five goals in three games for Nashville, which matched a club record with 11 wins in January and is a league-best 13-2-0 since Dec. 27.

Philadelphia (29-14-6) lost three of five to close last month, limited to 13 goals in that span but still second in the NHL with 3.31 per game. However, seven of its last 11 goals have come on the power play.

The Flyers are two points worse than Nashville, due largely to a 9-7-3 stretch since a seven-game win streak to open December had put them atop the Eastern Conference. Now they're looking up to Boston and the Rangers in the East, while Nashville only trails Detroit in the West.

A big reason the Predators have surged up the standings is Rinne, who won his final nine starts before the All-Star break and allowed no more than two goals in each. He may have been a bit rusty Tuesday, surrendering three goals in the first 22 minutes at Minnesota, but Nashville rallied from a three-goal deficit in the third period to win 5-4.

Now they will try and ride the streak and the good play when they take on the Flyers on Thursday night in the NHL.