Feeling optimistic about this one. They played an emotional "Horvat returns" game they had to come back to win in overtime. Soucy is out, so now there are two AHL-quality d-men playing top 6. Juulsen looks confused a lot, and Friedman got rocked and ended up in concussion protocol before returning. Myers is always an adventure, and Hughes and Hronek played 30 minutes last night.
We'll get DeSmith in net, who's been playing fairly well, but he gives the juiciest rebounds right into the slot, where ideally Kadri will find himself to take advantage of them.
Plus Pettersson looks like he's playing about 60% with whatever his current injury might be--can't skate as fast or shift like he normally does.
Prediction--Zary gets a multiple point game, Tanev is up for this not only because he usually is against his old team, but he may want to resign there in the summer, and we win by two goals.
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