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(AP) -- The Nashville Predators look to win their sixth straight game Monday night and complete a perfect five-game homestand as they meet the Detroit Red Wings for the first time in 2009-10.

Nashville (12-8-1) is one of the hottest teams in the NHL, winning nine of 11 games. The last two wins for the Predators have come in shootouts, including a 4-3 victory over Columbus on Saturday.

Goaltender Pekka Rinne stopped two of three Blue Jackets' shooters to improve to 8-1-0 with a 2.18 goals-against average in his last nine starts. He stopped two of three shooters for New Jersey in Thursday's 3-2 victory. (MORE)

Predators Headlines

Final	1	2	3	OT	SO	Tot
Columbus	2	1	0	0	0	3
Nashville	1	2	0	0	1	4

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Final Boxscore

Three Stars
1:	David Legwand, Nsh (1G, 1A, 1SO-G)
2:	R.J. Umberger, Cls (2G)
3:	Martin Erat, Nsh (1G, 1A)

Standings
Central Division
	W	L	OTL	Pts
Chicago	15	5	2	32
Columbus	12	6	3	27
Detroit	11	6	4	26
Nashville	12	8	1	25
St. Louis	8	8	4	20

Leaders
Points:	J. Dumont	15
Plus/Minus:	C. Franson	3
Shots on Goal:	P. Hornqvist	73
PIM:	J. Smithson	18
Win:	P. Rinne	9
Shutouts:	P. Rinne	2

Offense (Rank)
Goals:	47 (30)
Shots:	662 (16)
PP%:	15.7% (25)
Penalty Minutes:	180 (30)
Assists:	76 (30)
SH Goals:	3 (8)

Defense (Rank)
Goals Against:	55 (22)
Shots Against:	602 (24)
PK%:	79.7% (16)
Penalty Minutes:	231 (29)
Shutouts:	2 (7)
Sv%:	0.909 (15)

Next 5
Date	Opp	Previous
11/23	vs. Det	-
11/25	@ Col	W 3-2 10/8
11/27	vs. StL	W 3-1 11/12
11/28	vs. Fla	-
11/30	vs. Cgy	-
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Last 10
Date	Opp	Final
11/21	vs. Cls	W 4-3
11/19	vs. NJ	W 3-2
11/17	vs. SJ	W 4-3
11/14	vs. Mon	W 2-0
11/12	@ StL	W 3-1
11/10	@ SJ	L 3-4
11/7	@ LA	W 3-1
11/5	@ Anh	L 0-4
10/31	vs. Dal	W 4-2
10/29	vs. Chi	W 2-0

Injuries
Date	Player	Status
11/14/2009	W. Belak	Lower-body injury (day-to-day)
11/2/2009	C. Wilson	Groin (IR)

Transactions
Date	Player	Transactions
11/12/2009	D. Scatchard	Sent to minors Milwaukee-AHL
11/4/2009	A. Thuresson	Called up from minors from Milwaukee-AHL
10/31/2009	P. Olvecky	Called up from minors from Milwaukee-AHL
10/31/2009	A. Thuresson	Called up from minors from Milwaukee-AHL
10/31/2009	P. Olvecky	Sent to minors Milwaukee-AHL
10/31/2009	A. Thuresson	Sent to minors Milwaukee-AHL
10/30/2009	C. O'Reilly	Sent to minors Milwaukee-AHL
10/26/2009	M. Santorelli	Called up from minors from Milwaukee-AHL
10/26/2009	R. Jones	Sent to minors Milwaukee-AHL
10/20/2009	A. Sulzer	Called up from minors from Milwaukee-AHL

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