NASHVILLE (Interstat) — The San Jose Sharks will visit the Nashville Predators on Thursday in a National Hockey League game at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn.

San Jose enters with a 3-3 record. Nashville is 2-4.

Macklin Celebrini is the player to watch for San Jose. He has been productive across his recent appearances. In the Sharks’ most recent game, a 6-3 loss to the Boston Bruins, Celebrini recorded one goal, one assist and five shots on goal. Will Smith added one assist, four shots on goal, two penalty minutes and one hit, while Jacob Trouba scored one goal and had three shots on goal and two penalty minutes. Earlier in the season, Celebrini had one goal and three shots on goal with two penalty minutes and one hit against Edmonton; two assists, two shots on goal, two penalty minutes and two hits against Los Angeles; and three assists, seven shots on goal and one hit against Florida.

Ryan O’Reilly is the player to watch for Nashville. In the Predators’ most recent game, a 5-2 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights, O’Reilly had one goal, one assist and two shots on goal. Filip Forsberg contributed one assist, seven shots on goal and one hit, while Roman Josi had two shots on goal and one hit. O’Reilly also scored one goal with two shots on goal, two penalty minutes and two hits against Montreal, and he recorded one assist against Toronto and one assist against Dallas in recent games. He had four shots on goal against Minnesota.

San Jose’s other recent results include a 3-2 overtime win at St. Louis, a 5-0 loss at Dallas, a 5-4 overtime win against Los Angeles and a 4-3 overtime win against Florida. Nashville’s other recent results include a 3-2 shootout loss at Ottawa, a 5-2 win at Montreal, a 5-4 overtime loss at Toronto, a 2-1 win against Dallas and a 3-1 loss to Minnesota.

Both teams will continue their schedules after this game. San Jose’s upcoming slate includes road games at Detroit, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and Boston before returning home to face Buffalo, Vancouver, Ottawa and Calgary, then visiting Los Angeles. Nashville will host St. Louis, then travel to Boston and Pittsburgh before home games against Colorado, the New York Islanders, Washington, Tampa Bay and Carolina. The Predators then visit Colorado before hosting St. Louis.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Nashville 3, San Jose 2. Interstat’s ELO system gives Nashville a 60.6 percent probability to win.