While the Predators have some work to do to truly get in a spot to claim the final Wild Card spot, a win puts them in a more comfortable position. Add the fact that Nashville has four straight road games after this one, and it needs to get points wherever it can.

The Nashville Predators visit the Utah Mammoth at Delta Center on Dec. 29, their second stop of a six-game road trip.

The Nashville Predators' top scorers were held in check in a 3-2 loss to the St. Louis Blues at Enterprise Center on Dec. 27.

Pavel Buchnevich scored twice to lead the Blues to a 3-2 victory. Brayden Schenn tallied the other goal for St. Louis, who snapped the Preds' three-game winning streak and prevented them from going over the .500 mark for the first time since Oct. 25. The Blues struck first when Schenn tipped in a Cam Fowler shot at 8:45 on a power play.

See an updated list of injuries, with active and inactive players for the Utah Mammoth vs. Nashville Predators NHL Dec. 29 game.

Saros will tend the twine Monday in Utah, Brooks Bratten of the Predators' official site reports. Saros hasn't allowed more than three goals in each of his last seven outings, stopping a combined 182 of 200 shots (.

Expert recap and game analysis of the St. Louis Blues vs. Nashville Predators NHL game from December 27, 2025 on ESPN.

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