The Nashville Predators faced off against Johnny Gaudreau and the Columbus Blue Jackets in their second game of a back to back. While the Preds came away with goals from Cody Glass and Yakov Trenin, it was the play of Kevin Lankinen in net that earned Nashville two very valuable points as they push to get into the playoff conversation.

It wasn't a stellar performance by the Predators last night as they eked out a close win over a struggling Columbus team. On today's Locked On Predators, we break down last night's "just OK" win with our "one word" to describe the game. We hear from head coach John Hynes on the poor power play performance last night and talk about what Nashville may need to do to get special teams going again. Cody Glass is playing with a ton of confidence on the top line with Filip Forsberg and Matt Duchene. Glass shares what is different about his mindset at this point in the season, and Nick and Ann hotly debate whether head coach John Hynes helped or hindered Glass through his early season struggles. We discuss the value of backup net minder Kevin Lankinen, especially as the Predators look down the road at a possible playoff opportunity. Finally we talk about the crossroads ahead for this Nashville Predators team. It feels like time is running out on this core group of players. Is this organization facing a tipping point, and if so, do we think they will pull the trigger on the hard decisions for the future?

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