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Two teams trending in the right direction meet Saturday night in the Anaheim Ducks only trip of the season to Nashville.Anaheim (7-5-3) is 3-0-1 in its last four matches, including a 4-2 win Thursday night in Carolina as it overcame playing on consecutive nights with a three-goal explosion in the second period.The Predators (5-5-3) are 3-0-2 in their last five games, stringing together consecutive wins for the first time this season with 3-1 victories over Ottawa Tuesday night and St. Louis Thursday night.For me, theres been a lot of good signs the last couple of games, Nashville coach Peter Laviolette said. And hopefully, the results keep falling into place.Laviolette was particularly encouraged by how Thursday nights game went down. Sluggish in the first period and for part of the second, the Predators picked up their level of play from the 10-minute mark of the second period.Despite failing to convert 3:17 of power play time late in the second period, including 77 seconds of 5-on-3 action, Nashville kept pushing and eventually tied the game on a Calle Jarnkrok goal. James Neal and Jarnkrok scored on consecutive shots early in the third period to give the Predators control for good.Aside from brief sequences where the Blues tried to make a push in the last 15 minutes, Nashville was able to drive the flow of play, attacking steadily and playing more like the team it aspires to be instead of the one that struggled through most of its first 10 games.Weve been playing really good hockey for certain periods of time, but weve got to stick with it for 60 minutes, right winger Filip Forsberg said. Every win is not going to be pretty. Good teams figure out a way to win even if theyre not playing well.As for the Ducks, they might have needed a few games to adjust to the second Randy Carlyle era. Carlyle, the coach when Anaheim won its only Stanley Cup in 2007, inherited a talented, veteran team that couldnt get it done in the playoffs under coach Bruce Boudreau.With veterans like Ryan Getzlaf and Ryan Kesler hitting their stride, the Ducks are beginning to ascend toward the Pacific Divisions top. They closed within two points of surprising leader Edmonton with Thursday nights victory.The win was capped by Getzlafs 532nd career assist on an empty-net marker by Kesler, enabling Getzlaf to break Teemu Selannes franchise record.Teemu has been such a mentor to all of us, Getzlaf said. This means a lot because I played with T so long and learned so much from him.All-Star goalies are expected to match up in this one. John Gibson (5-4-3, 2.48), who had Thursday night off after playing in Wednesday nights 3-2 overtime defeat in Columbus, should man the pipes for Anaheim against the Predators Pekka Rinne.Over Nashvilles point streak of five games, Rinne (4-4-3, 2.33) boasts a .955 save percentage and has looked like the Rinne whos a five-time All-Star.Pekka in the last four or five games has been excellent, Laviolette said, but hes been sharp all year. Curtis Samuel Youth Jersey . Jay Feely kicked a 41-yard field goal in overtime, and the Cardinals edged the Tennessee Titans 37-34 in overtime after blowing a 17-point lead late in the fourth quarter. Donte Jackson Panthers Jersey . -- Peyton Manning will have all of his wide receivers available for the first time in a month when the Denver Broncos begin their playoff run Jan. http://www.shoppanthersonline.us/panthers-luke-kuechly-blue-jersey/ . Fellow centre Pavel Datsyuk remains out because of a concussion. Zetterberg has 11 goals and 19 assists for a team-high 30 points, and Datsyuk has a team-high 12 goals and 11 assists. Sam Mills Panthers Jersey . "No difference at all," chirped U.S. roommate and linemate James van Riemsdyk. "Its still the same cranky Phil. Custom Carolina Panthers Jerseys . Canada is now down to its 22-player limit, although but players wont be registered until Christmas Day. Changes could still be made as a result of a suspension or injury. Editors note: After a busy first half of the 2016 MLB season, Joe Peta takes a look at both the good and bad for all 30 teams to find overvalued and undervalued clubs from a betting perspective. He also projects each teams second half. This is the entry for the?Houston Astros.Records reflect all games played through Sunday. All statistics are through each teams 81st game. Season-to-date pricing adds the implied win probability from the money line of each teams first 81 games and converts it to 162 games.ddddddddddddHouston AstrosVegas projection: 88.5 wins My projection: 86 wins Current record/pace: 48-41 (87-win pace) Season-to-date pricing: 88.9 winsWhats gone right:?The Astros have a formula to win games, and theyve refined it to the point that they can consistently play like a high-80s-win team. ' ' '