The Nashville Predators take on the Vancouver Canucks at Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday. Follow for live updates.

It was an eventful night for the Swedes of the Vancouver Canucks, as the team managed a 3–1 win against the Nashville Predators. Nils Höglander, Linus Karlsson, and Pius Suter contributed to the 3–1 score.

Tommy Novak scored the lone goal for the Predators, who have now lost two in a row after their season-long five-game winning streak. Juuse Saros finished with 19 saves in the loss, while Canucks goaltender made 31 saves to earn his fourth win of the season.

Saros was the first goalie off during Wednesday's morning skate, Nick Kieser of 102.5 ESPN Nashville reports, indicating that he'll draw the home start against the Canucks. Saros has been inconsistent recently,

The Nashville Predators beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-0 on Friday at Rogers Arena to end their three-game losing streak. Juuse Saros finished with 27 saves for his fourth shutout of the season.

Hands up. Who had Thatcher Demko getting the goaltending call Wednesday in Music City? After all, with a pair of solid-showing victories by Kevin Lankinen, the Vancouver Canucks were expected to give the unflappable Finn the start against the Nashville Predators and a run of all three games on this road trip.

At or near the bottom of their respective conferences, the Sabres host the Predators on Friday night. Both of these teams own 43 points, which puts Buffalo last in the Eastern Conference, and Nashville third from the bottom in the West.

A generation ago, it felt like the best hope a short guy had of thriving in the NHL was in the crease. Today, the dynamic has largely flipped. Ryan Dixon takes a look at each team's undersized players in this week's Power Rankings.

Finland, Sweden, the United States, and Canada will reveal their captains for the 4 Nations Face-Off in February on Thursday.

The United States, Canada, Finland and Sweden will play in the Feb. 12-20 4 Nations Face-Off. Here are the rosters and captains.

Instead of having an All-Star Game this season, the NHL and NHLPA are staging the 4 Nations Face-Off, which will run from Feb. 12 through Feb. 20. This is a round-robin tournament that will ...