The Colorado Avalanche face the Nashville Predators for the second time in three games tonight at Ball Arena, closing out a brief two-game homestand. Colorado is coming off a 4–3 shootout loss to Nashville on December 10. Tonight’s matchup serves as the rubber match of the season series between the two clubs.

The NHL-leading Colorado Avalanche (22-2-7, 51 points) have yet to lose in regulation at home this season as they host the Nashville Predators (12-14-4, 28 points), who come in with four wins in their last five games.

Nashville Predators General Manager Barry Trotz announced today that the team has reassigned forward Zachary L’Heureux to Milwaukee (AHL). L’Heureux, 22 (5/15/03), has six points (4g-2a) in seven games for the Admirals this season.

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Annunen is expected to start on the road against Colorado on Saturday, per Brooks Bratten of the Predators ' official site.

With the standings getting close and a lot of teams looking at trades, the Nashville Predators might be the first big seller to shake things up in the NHL this season.

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Ryan O'Reilly scored the go-ahead with 5:46 left in regulation as the Nashville Predators beat the Detroit Red Wings 6-3 on Nov. 26.