Things are so bad for the Preds that the locals at Pancake Pantry are talking Vanderbilt football instead of the NHL. The Blackhawks, who beat Nashville 6-2 last night, are now within three points of Nashville at the bottom of the Central. Appropriate for the Preds, who have lost six straight while scoring only 10 goals in the process. Juuse Saros, worn out in goal, gats a breather tonight in favor of Justus Annunen, who has only saved 53 of the 65 shots he's faced in his last two starts. Notoriously streaky has won four straight, with GK Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (expected to be in the nets again tonight) stopping 74 of 82 shots across his last three starts (all wins). Play Sabres on Money Line