Less than two weeks after posting the first hat trick of his NHL career, Predators forward Cody Glass finds himself in a battle to get off the bench.
It appears he’ll be scratched for a third consecutive game when Nashville faces Winnipeg in a Central Division clash on Wednesday night.
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