NHL On Tap: Predators look to build momentum

Games of the day

Los Angeles Kings at Nashville Predators (8 p.m. ET; FDSNW, FDSNSO, TVAS)

Nashville (4-6-1) is trying to build some momentum after a rocky start to the season. The Predators are 4-1-1 in their last six games, including a 5-2 home win over the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday. Forward Filip Forsberg will look to extend his eight-game points streak to start the season (five goals, four assists), which is the second-longest in Nashville history, behind the 16-game streak he had at the start of the 2017 season /18 had . Los Angeles (6-3-3) is 3-1-1 in its last five games, but suffered a 4-3 shootout loss to the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday when it was 2-0 and 3-2 took the lead. The Kings have scored a power play goal in three of their last four games after going 0-for-14 from Oct. 16-24. Forward Alex Laferriere scored four goals in his last three games, including two against Chicago, and eight goals in 12 games this season. He didn't score his eighth goal until February 26 of last season, when he scored 12 in 81 games as a rookie.

New Jersey Devils at Edmonton Oilers (8:30 p.m. ET; Prime, NHLN, MSGSN, TVAS-D)

Leon Draisaitl has taken over for the Oilers in Connor McDavid's absence. He has six points (three goals, three assists) in the two games McDavid has missed since it was announced he would miss two to three weeks with an ankle injury. That included a goal and two assists in Sunday's 4-2 win at the Calgary Flames, Edmonton's (6-5-1) fourth victory in five games. For his career, Draisaitl has 59 points (20 goals, 39 assists) in 56 games without McDavid. Additionally, Draisaitl has scored at least one point in each of his last eight games against the Devils (six goals, three assists) and is also just one point away from becoming the third player to score alongside Wayne Gretzky (439) and McDavid (335). Oilers have a history of scoring at least 300 power play points. The Devils (7-5-2), meanwhile, will look to end their road trip through Western Canada the same way they started it: with a good feeling. They won 6-0 at the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday before losing 3-0 at Calgary on Friday as Nico Hischier's four-game scoring streak and Jesper Bratt's six-game point streak came to an end. New Jersey had scored at least three goals in seven straight games before the loss in Calgary. Hischier, who scored five goals in his four-game streak, is tied for first in the NHL with 10 goals this season.