{"id":527570,"date":"2026-03-28T13:50:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T13:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/527570\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T13:50:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T13:50:15","slug":"nhl-game-preview-montreal-canadiens-at-nashville-predators-with-line-combinations-03-28-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/527570\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: Montreal Canadiens at Nashville Predators with Line Combinations 03\/28\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NHL-Game-Preview-Montreal-Canadiens-at-Nashville-Predators-with-Line-Combinations-03.28.2026.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"NHL Game Preview: Montreal Canadiens at Nashville Predators with Line Combinations 03\/28\/2026\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>(Photo by: Christinne Muschi-The Canadian Press via AP)<\/p>\n<p>Montreal Canadiens (40-21-10, 90 pts) at Nashville Predators (34-29-9, 77 pts)<\/p>\n<p>Venue: Bridgestone Arena<br \/>Date: Saturday, March 28<br \/>Time: 7:00 pm EST<br \/>How To Watch: ESPN+, FDSNS <br \/>Radio:\u00a0TSN 690\/WPRT 102.5 FM<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster.evyy.net\/c\/5142595\/264167\/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Montreal Canadiens News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">With a 2-1 win over the Blue Jackets on Thursday night, the Candiens have now won three straight. In their last five games, Montreal has a 4-1-0 record, scoring 3.6 goals per game while conceding 2.2. Montreal beat Nashville 3-2 in overtime in their only other meeting this season, back on October 16th.<\/p>\n<p>Nashville Predators News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Predators lost their last game 4-2 to the New Jersey Devils on Thursday night. In their previous five games, Nashville has a 4-1-0 record, scoring 3.6 goals per game while allowing 2.2. Nashville will look to even the season series when they hit the ice Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>Montreal Canadiens<\/p>\n<p>Caufield-Suzuki-Slafkovsky<br \/>Newhook-Kapanen-Demidov<br \/>Bolduc-Evans-Anderson<br \/>Veleno-Danault-Gallagher<\/p>\n<p>Matheson-Dobson<br \/>Struble-Hutson<br \/>Guhle-Carrier<\/p>\n<p>Dobes<br \/>Fowler<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/search?q=Montreal&amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get your Montreal Hockey Merchandise Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nashville Predators Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p>Stamkos \u2013 O\u2019Reilly \u2013 Evangelista<br \/>Forsberg \u2013 Wood \u2013 Marchessault<br \/>L\u2019Heureux \u2013 Haula \u2013 Jost<br \/>Schaefer\u2013 Svechkov \u2013 Wiesblatt<\/p>\n<p>Skjei \u2013 Josi<br \/>Hague \u2013 Wilsby<br \/>Perbix \u2013 Ufko<\/p>\n<p>Saros<br \/>Annunen<\/p>\n<p>Players To Watch:<\/p>\n<p>Montreal Canadiens<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/?s=Cole%20Caulfield&amp;post_tag=cole-caulfield\" id=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/?s=Cole%20Caulfield&amp;post_tag=cole-caulfield\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cole Caulfield<\/a> had the game-tying and game-winning goal for the Canadiens in their 3-2 overtime win over the Predators on October 16th.<\/p>\n<p>Nashville Predators<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/?s=Steven%20Stamkos&amp;post_tag=steven-stamkos\" id=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/?s=Steven%20Stamkos&amp;post_tag=steven-stamkos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Steven Stamkos<\/a> had a goal on two shots in the Predators\u2019 3-2 overtime loss to Montreal back on October 16th.<\/p>\n<p>Injury Report:<\/p>\n<p>Montreal Canadiens<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">F Patrik Laine \u2013 IR<br \/>D David Reinbacher \u2013 Out<br \/>F Kirby Dach \u2013 Out<\/p>\n<p>Nashville Predators<\/p>\n<p>NONE<\/p>\n<p>Next Game<\/p>\n<p>\tDiscover more from Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px\">Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/jcgifford18d2e1cafa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774705815_971_8db68b5dc1a6417474926df3f6d3c47ad5c5859e11a1a42050a5fdf654aba77b.jpeg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-75 photo\" height=\"75\" width=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/jcgifford18d2e1cafa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">JC Giff<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Father of 3, Bruins, Red Sox, Cubs, Liverpool, Syracuse football and Basketball Fan. Love Fantasy Football, Baseball and Hockey. If I am not at work, I either at an ice rink, Ball field or spending quality time with my family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Photo by: Christinne Muschi-The Canadian Press via AP) Montreal Canadiens (40-21-10, 90 pts) at Nashville Predators (34-29-9, 77&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":527571,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5119],"tags":[60930,3566,5,4687,21,2409,231,5281,4,5573,3053,2410,1489],"class_list":{"0":"post-527570","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nashville-predators","8":"tag-cole-caulfield","9":"tag-david-reinbacher","10":"tag-hockey","11":"tag-kirby-dach","12":"tag-montreal-canadiens","13":"tag-nashville","14":"tag-nashville-predators","15":"tag-nashvillepredators","16":"tag-nhl","17":"tag-nhl-game-preview","18":"tag-patrick-laine","19":"tag-predators","20":"tag-steven-stamkos"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}