Preds have 20 skaters out for pregame warmups (in numerical order)
  Forwards (13): Erat, Legwand, Fisher, Spaling, Smith, Yip, Halischuk, Hornqvist, Gaustad, Anderi Kostitsyn, Radulov, Bourque, Sergei Kostitsyn
  Defensemen (7): Weber, Klein, Suter, Hillen, Ellis, Bouillon, Josi


Three quick takeaways from morning skate conversations...
Weather the early storm --- Joe Louis Arena is likely going to be loud at the outset and the Red Wings will look to feed off that emotion for a fast start. Nashville needs to stay disciplined, stay to the game plan, and survive the surge through the first television timeout; after then the game should settle in. At the same time, there's a nervous pall in the air at The Joe tonight; an early lead by the Preds and things will get very tight for the hometown crowd; fans here aren't used to seeing the hometeam lose, especially during the playoffs, but Nashville has won in four of its last seven trips to The Joe since the start of the 2010-11 season (including the Game 3 playoff win) and seven of its last 13 going back to '08-09.

Clear the zone --- Nashville struggled getting the puck out of the zone at times in Game 3. The Preds need to improve tonight; it will help limit Detroit's shots and scoring chances. Additionally, it will help the Preds maintain regular line changes and allow the coaches to more easily roll all four lines on a consistent basis, which should pay dividends later in the game.

Special teams --- The Preds have held the upper hand in five-on-five situations through the first three games of the series, but the Red Wings have held the edge in specialty situations. Nashville is 1-of-16 on the power-play, while Detroit is 3-of-14. The Wings have also scored one four-on-four goal. In contrast, the Preds have out-scored the Wings 7-to-3 during five-on-five play. Nashville's power-play has had several great chances, but -- outside of Weber's goal to open the scoring in Game 3 -- has been unable to find the back of the net; still the Preds players and coaches say they feel like the power-play is close to exploding ... a multi-goal performance from the power-play tonight would put the PP percentage closer to its success rate from the regular season when Nashville lead the league at 21.6%.