Predators face road-heavy finish before playoffs

The power play has slipped to second in the NHL. Rinne leads the NHL with a franchise-record 37 wins, but the Predators have a bad habit of giving up goals quickly in games or the start of periods. Jamie McGinn scored 74 seconds into Thursday night's 4-2 win over Colorado.

Trotz hasn't been able to forget how they allowed Pavel Datsyuk to score with 5 seconds left in regulation Feb. 17 as the Red Wings pulled out a 2-1 win in Detroit.

"We recognize that we learned a tough lesson in Detroit where we should've at least come out with a point," Trotz said. "We came out with zero. You look at the way the standings are, they're the next one ahead of us so that one point or maybe those two points if we got two and they got one, that could've really closed the gap there. We have a chance to close the gap a little bit more (Saturday) night."

Notes: Alexander Radulov, who remains under contract with Nashville, has finished his season with his KHL team. The possibility of him rejoining Nashville to become a restricted free agent has been a topic of hot discussion. Trotz said he will prepare for Radulov's return only when he sees the white of the player's eyes. Until then, Trotz said it's more of a what if, winning the lottery situation.