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The Nashville Predators opened November with a dominant win in Denver. Theyre looking to end the month the same way.Nashville left Pepsi Center with a 5-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Nov. 1 but it might be tough to duplicate the results when the teams play Tuesday night. Nashville is without leading goal scorer James Neal, who didnt make the brief two-game trip that started Sunday with a 3-0 loss in Winnipeg.Defenseman Ryan Ellis and forward Colton Sissons also didnt make the trip after being put on injured reserve. The Predators called up reinforcements from Milwaukee of the AHL, but it didnt help in the shutout loss to the Jets.Nashville had 20 shots in the third period of the loss but couldnt get one by Winnipeg goaltender Connor Hellebuyck.I think we played well the first 20 minutes and then the second period wasnt nearly good enough, Predators defenseman P.K. Subban told NHL.com. The third period we had opportunities to score but couldnt put it in. Weve got to understand that to win on the road we need to play a full 60-minute game. Thats what its going to take.The Predators arent alone when it comes to injuries. The Avalanche will be without captain Gabriel Landeskog for a sixth straight game with a lower-body injury and goaltender Semyon Varlamovs wrist has improved enough that he will serve as Calvin Pickards backup, but he will not start for the second straight game.Landeskog hasnt skated since Friday but coach Jared Bednar said he is close to returning.Hes still considered day to day for me, Bednar told HockeyBuzz.com. Hes having good days and bad days right now.Defenseman Erik Johnson didnt practice Monday because of illness but is expected to play Tuesday.The Avalanche received a bit of good news. Leading scorer Nathan MacKinnon will play after slamming hard into the boards in Saturdays shootout loss to Vancouver. MacKinnon got treatment on his neck and back Sunday and is good to go.I was skating as fast as I could and lost an edge, and kind of spun, he told HockeyBuzz.com after Mondays practice. If we were playing (Sunday) I think I would have been able to skate. I got some treatment from the trainers and I feel better today.Colorado is trying to find some consistency seven weeks into the season. The Avalanche havent won or lost more than two games in a row yet and are 9-10-1 with three games left on this five-game homestand.They would like to turn things around against a Nashville team that beat them handily Nov. 1. Colorado was guilty of playing poor defense and taking undisciplined penalties against the Predators, and it prompted a team meeting right after that game ended.A win Tuesday would even Colorados record and probably mean no team meeting.Itd be nice to get to .500 -- I know it really (wouldnt) be .500, but it is in our minds, MacKinnon told HockeyBuzz.com. 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Ive always grieved in private to be strong in public for my family.Johnson takes on French MMA veteran Cheick Kongo on Sept. 16 just outside Austin, Texas. A victory would change Johnsons career, which has been following a winding path from college football to big-money fights.The winner seems almost certain to get a shot at Bellators heavyweight title, which Johnson has been seeking for two years. At 30 years old, he is still relatively young by the wizened standards of MMA heavyweights, but this is his first headlining bout for the promotion.Just days after his father phoned him to inform him of Williams death, Tony immediately told Bellator he would fight anyway.Bellator said, `We understand if you dont want to take this fight, Tony Johnson said. `There will be no repercussions. Were going to back you 100 percent. Thats all I wanted. Ive got their support, but I told these guys Im going to be there. I dont know if Im going to have another opportunity to fight Cheick Kongo. Im ready now. Im ready to go.Tony Johnson said William Johnson, who lived in Cleveland, was a 27-year-old aspiring fighter with two young children. Although he knew William had a tumultuous relationship with his fiancee, he didnt realize the depth of his younger brothers depression.Every time we would talk, everything was fine, Tony Johnson said. I was trying to give him direction. I was trying to be a big brother to him, tryingg to lead him toward the right path.dddddddddddd Hed listen, but of course hes young. He would fall off course, and I would have to put him back on course, but that was our relationship.Johnson attended last weekends viewing for his brother, but he will skip a memorial service at their high school this weekend.My parents want me to stay focused on the fight and winning the fight for my brother, he said.Johnson acknowledges his pain and confusion are still fresh and raw, but he is focusing on family and fighting.I guess he had been going through a lot, Johnson said. I never thought there was an issue. I never saw it. We still dont know. Theres still no closure to figure everything out.Although they lived hundreds of miles apart, the brothers spoke regularly by phone and occasionally trained together. They even fought on the same card in November 2014, both earning victories in a regional Tennessee promotion before Tony returned to Bellator.But William was still an MMA prospect, while Tony has long been considered a rising heavyweight with world title potential. He scored a touchdown for Iowa State in 2004 as a 300-pound freshman fullback before moving from wrestling into MMA.After three years in smaller promotions, he made his Bellator debut in June 2011 with a decision over Derrick Lewis, now a serious contender for the UFC heavyweight title. But problems with his contract led him to take a two-year break from the cage before competing in Asias ONE Fighting Championship and in Nashville, his adopted hometown.Johnson returned to Bellator last year, and he has beaten Alexander Volkov and Raphael Butler to earn a shot at the 41-year-old Kongo, the longtime UFC veteran who moved to Bellator three years ago.Ive gone through adversity before, Johnson said. Ive lost in MMA, and that helps you be strong in life. Things dont go your way, and it hits you. I believe that Rocky Balboa quote: `Nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. ' ' '