The Nashville Predators will be without their most experienced player for their biggest game of the season.

Mike Fisher has been ruled out of Game 7 against the Winnipeg Jets and is day to day with what the Predators are only referring to as a lower-body injury.

The 37-year-old departed Game 6 of the second-round series after playing only 2:58.

Fisher had been centering the Predators' fourth line. He hasn't contributed much offensively since his return, with two goals and four points in 16 regular-season games and only one point - a goal - in 12 playoff contests.

However, he won 58 percent of his even-strength faceoffs in his limited regular-season action and improved that to 65 percent in the playoffs.

Nashville's former captain retired in August but then signed a one-year deal to rejoin the club in late February.

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