There's only one "L" combined in "Detroit," "Colorado," "San Jose" and "Vancouver," but the Nashville Predators nonetheless found three of them during a recent road trip through those cities.

Nashville returns home to Bridgestone Arena for Saturday's game against the Chicago Blackhawks as losers of three straight and five of six, but the club remains hopeful the comfort of home ice can provide a spark.

"It's the end of a long road trip for us, lots of traveling, four time zones, as well," Predators center Ryan Johansen told reporters. "We'll get back, take a couple of days, and then take our next game and play our brand of hockey and our best hockey, and we'll go from there."