NASHVILLE — The Nashville Predators head back out on the road tonight for a one-game stop in Denver, where they face the Colorado Avalanche at Ball Arena at 8:30 p.m. CT. The trip follows a homestand that closed with a 4-1 win over Carolina on Tuesday night.

Both teams come in tightly bunched in the Central Division. Nashville sits at 6-4-5 with 17 points, while Colorado is 9-6-1 with 19, so the Avalanche hold a slim two-point edge. A regulation win for the Predators would quickly flip that gap.

The road has been the problem. Nashville has lost three straight away from Bridgestone Arena, with those losses coming at Ottawa, Boston, and Pittsburgh. Ball Arena is not an easy place to break the streak, since Colorado is looking to extend a four-game home winning streak.

The Predators do have some recent history to lean on. They hosted the same Avalanche squad on Oct. 25 and won 6-2, the first game of a five-game homestand that Nashville finished 3-1-1.…