Two of the top three teams in the Central Division will be on the ice tonight when the Blues play the Predators. Nashville is in second in the Central with 49 points and the Blues are two points back in third.

The Blues snapped their four-game losing streak on Monday and played the kind of game that was expected of them.

"We built on the good stuff we did in the Dallas game, so this is three of the last four games we've done a really good job of managing the game," Hitchcock said. "We were very good in San Jose, we throw out the game in Colorado, and then the last two games we've been very good. The biggest thing was we eliminated some of the mistakes. We still have two or three that end right in the slot that don't need to be and those are ones that still have to be eliminated, but we're eliminating the easy scoring chances, making teams earn it and then continuing to build on the good things of three of the last four games.

"There's so many positive things from San Jose on that we're continuing to move that forward and do a lot of good stuff and try to focus on not making the big error with giving the opposition a lot of time to shoot it in our net which is what's happened really since the third period in LA. We're putting in a lot of effort in most of these games and we're trying to get the reward out by not giving it back so easily."