Predators re-sign F Spaling

Forward Nick Spaling signed a one-year, $1.5 million contract with the Nashville Predators.

Spaling, 24, tied for fourth on the team with nine goals in just 47 games last season, one shy of his career high set during 77 games in 2011-12. The 6-1, 198-pound native of Drayton, Ont., has appeared in 226 career NHL games since being the 58th overall pick by Nashville in 2007, recording 52 points.

The Predators are 20-4-1 when he scores a goal and 34-9-3 when he records a point all time.