NHL Game Preview: Nashville Predators at Vegas Golden Knights with Line Combinations 1/17/2026

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Nashville Predators (23-20-4, 50 pts) at Vegas Golden Knights (23-11-12, 56 pts)

Venue: T-Mobile Arena
Date: Saturday, January 17
Time: 10:30 pm EST
How To Watch: TNT/truTV/HBO Max
Radio: 102.5 The Game/ESPN 710

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Nashville Predators News & Notes:

The Predators picked up their third straight win on Friday night with a 7-3 win over the Avalanche. They’ve won four of their last five games, averaging 3.2 goals per game while allowing 2.4 goals per game.

Vegas Golden Knights News & Notes:

The Golden Knights picked up their sixth straight win on Thursday with a 6-5 overtime win over the Maple Leafs. They enter tonight’s game on a seven-game point streak, averaging 4.4 goals per game while allowing 2.9 goals per game.

Nashville Predators Projected Lines:

Forsberg-O’Reilly-Evangelista
Bunting-Haula-Stamkos
Jost-Svechkov-Wood
Schaefer-McCarron-Smith

Josi-Perbix
Skjei-Blankenburg
Hague-Barron

Annunen
Saros

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Vegas Golden Knights Projected Lines:

Barbashev-Eichel-Stone
Dorofeyev-Marner-Smith
Kolesar-Hertl-Bowman
Reinhardt-Laczynski-Holtz

Lauzon-Theodore
Hanifin-Whitecloud
Hutton-Korczak

Hill
Schmid

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Players To Watch:

Nashville Predators

Steven Stamkos scored his 600th goal against the Golden Knights in the first meeting back in December.

Vegas Golden Knights

Mark Stone scored one of the two Vegas goals in their 4-2 loss to Nashville back on New Year’s Eve.

Injury Report:

Nashville Predators

F Jonathan Marchessault – IR
F Zachary L’Heureux – Out
D Adam Wilsby – DTD
D Ozzy Wiesblatt – IR

Vegas Golden Knights

D Alex Pietrangelo – IR
F William Karlsson – IR
F Brandon Saad – IR
D Brayden McNabb – Out
G Carter Hart – IR

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