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(SportsNetwork.com) - The first-place Nashville Predators will try to match their longest winning streak of the season when they shoot for a fourth consecutive victory in Tuesdays home clash with the Vancouver Canucks. The Predators, who lead the Central Division by two points over Chicago, have been the model of consistency during what has so far been a superb showing in 2014-15. Nashville has yet to lose consecutive games this season, but the clubs longest winning streak is still a modest four-game run from Nov. 22-29. Nashville has earned its fourth three-game winning streak of the campaign thanks to recent wins over Carolina, Dallas and Minnesota. The Preds also are currently on a 6-0-2 point streak that has the club in a tie with Anaheim for the most points in the NHL with 60. As a result of their strong showing so far, the Preds will be well-represented at this seasons NHL All-Star Weekend later this month in Columbus. One of the All-Star teams will be led by Nashville head coach Peter Laviolette, while his goaltender Pekka Rinne and defenseman Shea Weber were named as All-Stars. Also, forward Filip Forsberg was among six rookie skater chosen to partake in the All-Star Skills competition on Jan. 24 at Nationwide Arena. The All-Star Game will be played on Sunday, Jan. 25. Rinne is 28-6-2 with a sparkling 1.98 goals against average and .930 save percentage this season and he came up with 36 saves to anchor Saturdays 3-1 win at Minnesota. Calle Jarnkrok and Colin Wilson scored in the third period to help the Preds pick up the win at Xcel Energy Center. Mike Fisher added an early score for Nashville. Were going to have our off-nights, but when we have those kind of games we still find a way to win. Thats why were at where were at, Wilson said. Nashville is kicking off a brief two-game homestand tonight when it aims for a sixth consecutive win at Bridgestone Arena. All told, the Preds boast a 16-2-1 record on home ice this season. They will complete the homestand Friday against Washington when former Nashville coach Barry Trotz returns to Bridgestone Arena. Trotz was the head coach for the Predators for 15 seasons from the franchises inception until he was let go at the end of last season. The Canucks enter the second of three meetings this season against Nashville having dropped two of the past three encounters. Vancouver lost a 3-1 home decision to the Preds on Nov. 2, with Forsberg posting two goals and an assist and Rinne stopping 26-of-27 shots for the win. Vancouver has fared well in Music City, however, claiming three straight and five of the past six meetings at Bridgestone Arena. The Canucks are 12-6-2 as the visiting club this season and are kicking off a five-game road trip tonight. The Canucks went 2-3-0 on a recent five-game homestand and lost the final two tilts of the residency against Florida and Calgary. The most recent setback came in Saturdays 1-0 defeat at the hands of the Flames, who saw Joni Ortio make 36 saves to record a shutout in his first start of the season. Mikael Backlund also provided the game-winning goal on Calgarys first shot. Eddie Lack saved all but one of the 23 shots he faced in the loss. Sometimes you play well and dont win, that was tonight, Canucks head coach Willie Desjardins said. Ryan Miller will start tonight for Vancouver and he is expected to face Rinne. Miller is 5-2-1 with a 2.17 GAA in eight career outings against the Predators, while Rinne is 6-7-1 with a 2.74 GAA when playing against Vancouver. The Canucks, who are tied with San Jose for the third automatic playoff bid in the Pacific Division, will continue their swing on Thursday when they visit the Philadelphia Flyers. Vancouver could get defenseman Dan Hamhuis back at some point during this trip, but he is expected to miss tonights contest. 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Although theyre just 5-4 in their last nine games, the Raptors have played the past eight without guard DeMar DeRozan due to a torn left abductor and won their last five against teams not from Cleveland. Terrence Ross finished with a season-high 22 points Sunday and Kyle Lowry scored 21 to go along with 11 assists and six steals. Lowry, however, also had a career-high nine of the teams season-worst 24 turnovers. He could be in for more of a complete performance after averaging 23.4 points and hitting 15 of 33 from 3-point range in his last five matchups with the Magic. The Raptors have given up 92.0 points per game and a 39.2 field-goal percentage in their last two after allowing opponents to score 110.0 on 48.1 percent shooting over an eight-game stretch. Toronto, 10-0 when holding teams below 100 points, will have to contend with a red-hot Victor Oladipo. The second-year guard, who missed the first twoo meetings, has scored 18.dddddddddddd1 per game on 54.7 percent shooting - including 12 of 18 from 3-point range - in his past seven. Harris has had a combined 51 points and 19 rebounds in his last two trips to Toronto, while Evan Fournier has averaged 20.0 points in his past three matchups. After returning to help the Magic snap their skid at home, Nikola Vucevic now hopes to play a leading role in ending their lengthy losing streak against the Raptors. As the rising center looks to build on his first game back from injury, the Magic will try to avoid their 10th consecutive defeat to the Eastern Conference-best Raptors on Monday night. Vucevic missed six games with a lower back sprain before providing a spark in Saturdays 100-99 home win over Atlanta that snapped the Hawks nine-game winning streak and ended Orlandos two-game slide. The 7-footer didnt show any effects from the injury, finishing with 18 points and 11 rebounds while going 9 of 13 from the floor. Tobias Harris led the Magic (10-16) with 20 points, including the winning 13-foot jumper at the buzzer. Vucevic, who added a huge block in the final minute, is averaging a career-high 18.6 points through his 20 games - 4.4 more than his previous best last season - and ranks in the NBAs top five with 11.7 boards. Hes probably one of our premier guys as far as conditioning is concerned and a couple weeks off still tested him, coach Jacque Vaughn said. You saw the way he was able to rebound the ball and (make) a big block. Its significant for our team. Vucevic will try to help the Magic beat Toronto (18-6) for the first time since March 2012. Hes averaged 18.3 points and 10 rebounds in his last three matchups, totaling 33 and 20 in the two meetings this season. ' ' '