Nashville at Colorado

Nashville has decent balance at #18 in the league in goals scored, #17 in goals allowed and #10 on the power play. There is big news offensively as Ryan Johansen debuts for Nashville tonight. The Predators acquired Johansen, a former fourth overall pick, from Columbus on Wednesday for third-year defenseman Seth Jones. The 23-year-old Johansen scored 59 goals the previous two seasons and had a career-high 71 points in 2014-15, but he's endured a rough first half with six goals and 20 assists in 38 games under conservative coach Tortorella, so a change will help the talented kid. Nashville has been good in bounce-back mode lately, at 4-0 following a loss of three goals or more. They are rested and face a Colorado team that is bad defensively - #23 in goals allowed, #20 in penalty killing. Take Nashville.