Nashville at Washington

The Predators have scored a power-play goal in 10 straight games. Nashville entered last night's action ranked third in the NHL in penalty killing (86.5%). Paul Kariya, who leads the Predators in scoring with 22 points (9g-13a), notched his team-leading eighth multi-point game of the season on Saturday with a goal and an assist. Kariya also scored in the shootout. Washington's power play ranks 29th in the NHL with a 12.3% success rate. Washington's penalty killing has killed off 79.5% of its opponents' man advantages, the 25th best rate in the NHL. Before Saturday's win against the Rangers the Capitals had lost 5 straight. Three stars on the Predators.