Nashville, Montreal out to avoid elimination in first round

There is no place like home for the Nashville Predators trying to avoid elimination. The Predators return to "Smashville" for Game 6 against the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday night needing a win to force a deciding Game 7 in the first-round series. They will play in front of 14,100 fans, 2,000 more than the crowd for Games 3 and 4 that already sounded like a full-barn sellout.