Arena: Sommet Center
Time: Saturday, 06 February, 2010 at 8:00 PM ET
League: NHL – United States of America

Last 10 matches: San Jose 7-1-2; Nashville 4-5-1
This is the third of four meetings of the season between the teams. Joel Ward and David Legwand each had a goal and two assists to lead the Predators to a 4-3 victory on Nov. 17 in Nashville. The first meeting of the season on Nov. 10 saw San Jose rally for a 4-3 win as Devin Setoguchi notched the tying goal with 6:34 remaining and Dan Boyle netted the winner with a minute left in regulation. The series finale takes place March 11 at the Shark Tank.Marleau has produced 7 goals and 13 points in the last nine games.
Sharks center Joe Thornton, who leads the team with 56 assists and 71 points, has not missed a game while in San Jose. He’s played a franchise-record 361 consecutive games with the Sharks and 380 NHL games overall dating back to Oct. 20, 2005 with the Boston Bruins.
Nashville is without forward Wade Belak (foot) and defenseman Cody Franson (rib). … The Sharks will be without defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic (lower body) and Boyle is listed as questionable after missing the last five games with an upper body injury. Summary of the match will be on site soon..