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Ottawa vs. Nashville: NHL Match Prediction
Ottawa will meet Nashville on home ice on December 8. The Senators are the favorites of this matchup, according to bookmakers, but the Predators have often clung to points and caused problems for many opponents lately. Plus, the visitors have often achieved success in previous meetings with the Canadians and left many matches behind them within regular time. What bet should you make this time? You will find out from our forecast
Command Analysis
Ottawa Senators
CanadaCurrent form
Ottawa is in 14th place in the Eastern Conference and has 24 points. The team remains one of the main outsiders in the standings, but can easily improve its position, since it is literally three points behind the playoff zone. However, the Senators have never won more than two games in a row this season. As a rule, they alternate successful matches with defeats. The club has not looked its best lately. It lost to Los Angeles (2:5) and Anaheim (3:4 SO), but fortunately, in the final confrontation with Detroit, it still celebrated success in a tough fight with a score of 2:1.
It is worth mentioning that the team has been playing an open style of play throughout the year, so on average it scores no less than three goals, but concedes the same number in response. Oddly enough, the team most productive period is not the second, but the third, in which it has a 27:34 ratio of goals scored and conceded.
But Travis Green team plays great in the majority and ranks third in the league in this indicator, currently having 28.1% of the power play. Let emphasize that Tim Stuetzle, who remains the main scorer in the team and continues to please fans with his great play, has reached the 30 point mark in the goal+pass system.
Disqualifications and injuries
Perron and Zub will not be able to take part in the upcoming fight due to injuries.
Interesting trends for betting
- Ottawa is averaging 8.56 penalty minutes per game.
The Senators typically get penalized at least four times per game.
- According to statistics, the team takes at least 30 shots per game
The Canadians have shown good shooting activity this season and are constantly trying to threaten the opponent goal
Nashville Predators
USACurrent form
Nashville has been showing mediocre results for a long time, so it is not surprising that it remains in the basement of the standings and currently occupies the penultimate line in the West. The team has recently been very close to winning several matches, but it lacked just a little bit, and it lost outside of regulation time. Thus, the Predators did not cope with Tampa (2:3 OT) and Minnesota (2:3 OT), after which they remained without points on the road in matches with Toronto (2:3) and Montreal (0:3).
In the last encounter with the "tricolors" they were considered favorites and seemed to be able to deal with their opponents without any problems, but they were left without a single goal scored. In that game, Nashville had five chances to score in the majority, but the game in unequal compositions did not go well at all that day.
In general, the Predators often have difficulties creating and converting chances on the road, and on average they score no more than two goals. By the way, Andrew Brunette team is doing quite well with the majority of their play, as they have a 20.3% conversion rate and occupy 17th place in the championship in this indicator. However, Jonathan Marchessault has not been able to show his worth, having earned only 13 points in the goal+pass system in 27 games played.
Disqualifications and injuries
Lauzon and O'Reilly will not take part in the upcoming fight due to injury
Interesting trends for betting
- Nashville has a 19-30 goal-against ratio in the second period.
The second twenty minutes often don't go well for the team
- The Predators are winning 52.8 percent of their faceoffs.
Nashville often outperforms its opponents in this indicator and leaves the "dot" behind itself
Trends
Bet 1st period: total over 1.5 goals
In the three previous matches between the clubs, the first period was productive
1.85Bet 3rd period: away team win
In three out of five games against the Canadians, the visitors achieved success in the third period
2.80Tip and bets
We think that Ottawa will have a very tough time in this matchup. The Predators are probably motivated after their shutout loss to Montreal and will try to give their best in the upcoming match to break their losing streak. The Senators are a convenient opponent for them. Andrew Brunette and his team have beaten the Canadians many times before and usually dealt with them within 60 minutes. The hosts have not had consistent results before either, so they may well stumble in the match with the Predators.
Forecast - Nashville victory with a handicap (0) in 2.10
Bet on individual total
In previous matches, Nashville often managed with no more than three goals conceded. In three matches out of five, the visitors were left with two goals conceded. Ottawa, in turn, has recently often faced problems with converting chances and in three matches in a row could not score more than three goals. Most likely, in the upcoming match, the hosts will not be able to score four times.
We bet on Ottawa individual total under 3.5 goals for 1.55
Total Bet
The last meetings between the teams were rather "low-scoring" and often took place with five or fewer goals scored. The teams will definitely not take risks in the upcoming meeting, since they value absolutely every point. Plus, Brunett team itself rarely misses, but also has difficulties with scoring. Based on this, it makes sense to bet on the total under.
We take the total under 5.5 pucks for 2.00
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