Nashville Predators vs. Utah Mammoth - News - April 09, 2026 | FOX Sports

Juuse Saros - Guarding the net Thursday Saros will defend the road goal in Utah on Thursday, Brooks Bratten of the Predators' official site reports.

Impact Saros is 5-1-1 in his last seven starts. Overall, the Finnish netminder is 28-20-8 with a 3.12 GAA and an .895 save percentage across 57 appearances in 2025-26. The Mammoth are generating 3.30 goals per contest, ninth in the league this season.

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Nicolas Hague - Remains out for Thursday's game Hague (upper body) has been ruled out for Thursday's game against Utah, Brooks Bratten of the Predators' official site reports.

Impact Hague remains day-to-day due to his upper-body injury, and he'll be unavailable for a third consecutive matchup. It's not yet clear when he'll be able to return to action, but his next opportunity to do so will be Saturday against the Wild.

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Karel Vejmelka - Starting against Nashville Vejmelka was the first goalie off the ice during Thursday's morning skate, Cole Bagley of KSL Sports reports, indicating that he'll draw the home start against the Predators.

Impact Vejmelka is in the midst of a four-game winning streak in which he's posted a 3.25 GAA and .879 save percentage. He'll draw a fifth consecutive start Thursday, and he's gone 2-0-0 with a 1.96 GAA and .923 save percentage over a pair of road starts against Nashville this year.

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Cole O'Hara - Scores twice in Milwaukee's win O'Hara scored two goals in AHL Milwaukee's 7-0 win over Manitoba on Wednesday.

Impact O'Hara is up to 19 goals, 42 points, 140 shots on net and a minus-3 rating over 63 appearances. He's earned four goals and six assists over his last nine outings. O'Hara hasn't made his NHL debut, yet, but his first full AHL campaign has been fairly successful.

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Joey Willis - Two goals in AHL win Willis scored twice in AHL Milwaukee's 7-0 win over Manitoba on Wednesday.

Impact Willis earned his first multi-goal game of the season. He has four goals and two assists over his last seven outings for the Admirals. Overall, he's at eight goals, 22 points, 69 shots on net and a minus-3 rating over 51 appearances as an AHL rookie this year.

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Matt Murray - Earns shutout for Admirals Murray posted a 16-save shutout in AHL Milwaukee's 7-0 win over Manitoba on Wednesday.

Impact Murray ended a three-game skid with this shutout, which was his fourth of the season. He's managed a 20-20-2 record with a 2.81 GAA and a .904 save percentage over 43 appearances, a far cry from his 2.07 GAA and .932 save percentage in the 2024-25 regular season. Murray will likely remain in the AHL unless the Predators are without one of their regular goalies.

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