As of Saturday, the Predators are the only team in the league to lose four overtime games. Just 11 contests into the season, over a third of their matchups have required time beyond the standard 60 minutes. How the games wound up in the extra frame is unique to each outing, but one thing is consistent across all of them, another team celebrating as the final buzzer sounds.

With a record of 3-3-4, Nashville desperately needs to start piling up the victories. The Predators' 10 total points have the team in the bottom seven in the league-wide standings. The overtime stumbles have left four possible points on the board. If each of those games has a different outcome, we would be talking about Nashville in the upper echelon of season performances.

The Predators have found very little consistency across the board this year. Among those are the repeated stellar showcases from goaltender Juuse Saros.…