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As the Nashville Predators work on turning around their slow start, they were presented with two breaks from the schedule-maker.Not only are they finishing up a three-game homestand Friday when the Winnipeg Jets come to Nashville, they are also in the middle of a stretch of four straight games against their Central Division brethren, meaning wins can count for a little bit more.These games are huge, Nashville forward Filip Forsberg said. These division games are probably going to decide whos going to make the playoffs. Thats been the case for the last couple of years now.Forsberg got the Predators run of division games off to a good start, scoring a goal and picking up an assist Wednesday night in a 5-2 win over Dallas that upped their record in Bridgestone Arena to 7-1-1. Whats more, it upped Nashville (9-7-3) from sixth in the division to fourth.Nashville effectively swapped places with the Jets (9-11-2), a 3-1 loser Wednesday night in Minnesota. That dropped Winnipeg to 0-4-0 on its five-game road trip and 3-8-1 away from Manitoba this season.We were just about an inch shy on everything that happened for us tonight, Jets coach Paul Maurice said. Both teams were competing pretty hard on that puck and it was hard to get pucks to the net. The margin for error there was real small.There has been no margin for error for Winnipeg since it blanked Chicago 4-0 on Nov. 15 to claim second place in the division. It has been outscored 15-5 during its road trip and has been stuck on one goal for three straight games.Given the way Predators goalie Pekka Rinne played this month, the Jets chances of registering a crooked number dont look good in this one, either. Rinne (8-5-3) stopped 33 shots Wednesday night, including all 22 Dallas threw at him in the second period.In 10 November games, Rinne is 7-1-2 with a 1.39 goals-against average and a .952 save percentage. He is not the entire reason Nashville is 6-2-1 in its last nine games, but he is clearly the teams first star this month.Hes a good goalie, Dallas left winger Jamie Benn said. Hes one of the best in the league and if he can see it, hes probably going to stop it.Also boding well for the Predators was getting goals from Forsberg and Ryan Johansen in the same game for the first time this season. Both have just two markers in 19 games, although Forsberg leads the team in points with 15 and Johansen has played a solid two-way game, ranking among the team leaders in plus-minus.Nashville coach Peter Laviolette was particularly pleased with Johansen, and linemates Viktor Arvidsson and James Neal, for their work against the Stars top line of Benn, Tyler Seguin and Cody Eakin.Hes working hard at both ends of the ice, Nashville Laviolette said of Johansen. I think theyre playing against big lines. 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That was Kentuckys highest total under coach John Calipari, who has emphasized sharing the ball to every crop of heralded freshmen.While thats better than he might have expected this soon, Calipari doesnt seem too surprised.Theres a couple reasons, Calipari said Friday. Theyre really skilled, so you can share. When youre not skilled, you put your head down and you bounce it and you run people over.Second thing is, their minds think quick. So, they can see stuff and recognize quickly. . And its hard to figure that out until you coach a guy, so there are guys that Ive had that you have to know that thats who they are. OK, theyre going to play a little different. But when you put five guys with nimble minds and are skilled, thats what you get.Selflessness could be in play often when Kentucky (7-0) hosts No. 11 UCLA on Saturday in a matchup of college basketballs marquee programs featuring similar strengths.The Bruins (8-0) lead the nation in assists (24.8 per game) and field goal percentage (55.3) and are third in scoring average (97 points), just ahead of Kentucky (95.6). UCLA also features the countrys top distributor in freshman guard Lonzo Ball, who averages 9.6 assists including a school freshman-record 13 on Wednesday against UC Riverside.Kentucky features several facilitators with freshman guard DeAaron Fox drawing raves after posting Kentuckys second triple-double (14 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists) and first since 1988.dddddddddddd Fox ranks fourth nationally with 7.6 assists per game and appears to have inherited the floor general role handled last season by Tyler Ulis.But other Wildcats have willingly fed their teammates, with the freshmen in particular arriving in Lexington with some playing history together.We know how we played a little bit, so we were comfortable with each other, said guard Malik Monk, Kentuckys scoring leader (19.3 points). We just came here and put the work in. .We share the ball naturally. I dont think he (Calipari) knows that were going to share the ball the whole game. When I said we just play basketball and we have fun together, that comes with sharing the ball.Monk has two highlight-reel examples of how much the Wildcats enjoy giving.His off-balance effort to keep a ball inbounds against Arizona State culminated in a one-handed pass to forward Wenyen Gabriel for a two-handed reverse dunk, one of several signature moments besides Foxs milestone. Last week against Cleveland State, Monk followed up his steal by bouncing the ball off the glass to a trailing Fox for a dunk that brought the house down.Monk ranks third in assists behind Fox and senior guard Dominique Hawkins (22 assists, two turnovers), a reserve whos known more for defense. Calipari noted that as proof of the Wildcats willingness to share, a trait that could be demonstrated by both teams on Saturday.Said Monk, Its working for us good, so were going to keep it rolling.---More AP College Basketball: www.collegebasketball.ap.org ' ' '