Defenseman Tyson Barrie marked his 800th game milestone by scoring for the Nashville Predators and quarterbacking their top powerplay unit in their game against the Los Angeles Kings. Barrie's involvement was confirmed during the morning skate, where he was seen leading the PP1 unit. Andrew Brunette, in his takeaways from the morning skate, mentioned that Alex Carrier is a game-time decision after feeling okay and emphasized the need for a more aggressive attack on the powerplay, as Nashville's powerplay performance has been a concern with a conversion rate of 6-for-43 in their last 13 games. The Predators' lineup against the Kings featured a top line of Forsberg, O'Reilly, and Nyquist, with Barrie pairing with Lauzon on defense. Barrie's goal and performance highlighted his experience as he became the 15th skater from the 2009 draft class to reach the 800-game mark.
Tyson Barrie gets the #Preds on the board. Because of course.
Fabbro called for holding. #Preds to the PK. Sissons - Smith McDonagh - Lauzon
#Preds PP1: Forsberg - O'Reilly - Nyquist Barrie - Josi
Tyson Barrie becomes the 15th skater to reach 800 games from the 2009 draft class. #Preds https://t.co/J9Ltvj5P9N
Preds lines against the Kings tonight: Forsberg O’Reilly Nyquist Trenin Sissons Gurianov Novak Glass Evangelista Smith McCarron Tomasino Josi Fabbro McDonagh Schenn Lauzon Barrie
#Preds lines vs Kings Forsberg - O’Reilly - Nyquist Trenin - Sissons - Gurianov Novak - Glass - Evangelista Smith - McCarron - Tomasino Josi - Fabbro McDonagh - Schenn Lauzon - Barrie Saros Lankinen Scratched: Carrier & Sherwood
Tonight's @LAKings Line Rushes - Byfield - Kopitar - Kempe Moore - Danault - Fiala Laferriere - Dubois - Anderson-Dolan Grundstrom - Turcotte - Lewis Anderson - Doughty Gavrikov - Roy Englund - Spence Rittich Talbot
Takeaways from Andrew Brunette after #Preds morning skate. -Alex Carrier *feeling okay he said* is a game-time decision. -Tyson Barrie WILL play on the 1st PP unit. -Wants to see more of an attack on the PP Nashville is 6-for-43 in their last 13 games.
Tyson Barrie looks like he’ll be skating in game No. 800 tonight. He was on the top powerplay unit at morning skate. #Preds
Tyson Barrie appears to be quarterbacking #Preds PP1 at skate this morning 👀