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Nashville - San Jose: betting tip for the NHL match
On January 22, Tennessee will host a meeting between the Western Conference outsiders. Nashville is gradually climbing out of the conference basement, while the Sharks are only worsening their position. Last night, Ryan Warfovsky charges had an excellent chance to win in Boston, but they failed in defense and missed two points in the third period. The Preds have won their previous three meetings and intend to return to the fight for the playoff zone. Will it be easy for the hosts? We tell you in the betting tip for the confrontation
Command Analysis
Nashville Predators
USACurrent form
The Predators have secured 14th place in the conference standings, but this is clearly not enough for a team with such great potential. Nashville has only scored 39 points in 45 games and has been playing poorly throughout the fall. In the winter, things got better for Andrew Brunette charges and now the club from Tennessee has three wins in a row. The Preds played well on the road in Canada, but after victories over Vancouver (3:0) and Calgary (4:1), they could not cope with the onslaught of Winnipeg (2:5). The hosts were given some time to rest and immediately lost to Washington (1:4), but pulled themselves together and dealt with Vegas (5:3), Chicago (3:2, B) and Minnesota (6:2) in turn.
Nashville is no longer the lowest scoring team in the conference, the Predators have not been so bad in the lead lately. They have scored 16 goals in the last five games, while in the last three games they have scored 13 accurate shots. Filip Forsberg has been a regular scorer this season and is a bright spot in the attack for the hosts. The Swedish forward has scored 42 goals (15+27) during this regular season.
Andrew Brunette has never been able to establish a reliable game in defense, which is why the Predators regularly concede a lot. In the last five games, the red light behind their goal has come on 16 times. Justus Annunen regularly gets his chances against the backdrop of weak performances by Juuse Saros, but it was the latter who took to the ice in the previous two games. During the regular season, the Finn reflected 90.50% of shots and made four shutouts.
Disqualifications and injuries
Luke Evangelista is out with injuries, while Jeremy Lauzon, Cole Smith and Mark Jankowski are questionable.
Interesting trends for betting
- Nashville gets 8.88 penalty minutes per game.
The club is not known for its good discipline and usually gets sent off at least four times per game
- Nashville averages 25 hits
Preds not shying away from physical and contact hockey this season
San Jose Sharks
USACurrent form
San Jose is gradually sinking into the basement of the conference table and is now again in last place in the West. The team coached by Ryan Warfovsky has only 34 points after 49 games and is already 17 points behind Calgary, which is in eighth place. Throughout December, the Sharks demonstrated a weak level of hockey, but gradually began to recover in 2025. In early January, the hosts continued their home series of games and unexpectedly beat Tampa (2:1) and New Jersey (3:2), but after a short break, they lost to Vegas for the third time this season (2:4). The current away tour began for Mario Ferraro team with a victory in Michigan (6:3), but then the sharks lost to Columbus (1:4), the Islanders (1:4) and Boston (3:6).
Alexander Georgiev remains the team starting goalie after joining it from Colorado. The Russian has blocked 88.78% of shots and has not yet made a single shutout for his new club. Yaroslav Askarov had a good debut for the Sharks, but so far he has managed to displace Georgiev as the Sharks' first goalie. The young goalie has a 91.19% save percentage. He was the one who failed in the third period against Boston.
The hosts' offense is once again going through hard times. In the last five games, Mario Ferraro team has only made 12 accurate shots and only once scored twice in a game. Mikael Granlund remains a key player in the Sharks' offense. The forward has made 38 effective actions (12+26) during the current regular season.
Disqualifications and injuries
Vitek Vanecek, Tyler Toffoli, Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Klim Kostin, Nikolay Kovalenko and Logan Couture will not be able to take part in the upcoming fight due to injuries.
Interesting trends for betting
- San Jose receives 7.74 penalty minutes per game.
On average, sharks are eliminated at least four times per game.
- San Jose averages 23 hits
The Sharks play a pretty tough brand of hockey and commit a lot of physical attacks.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total under 1.5 goals
In four of the last five games between the teams, at least two goals were not scored in the first period.
2.00Bet 3rd period: Nashville will score
Nashville has scored in the third period in four of its five games .
1.28Tip and bets
Nashville has finally found the necessary form and is now chasing the conference leaders. The Preds have won their last three games and have shown a good level of play and excellent realization of moments. The Predators are very close to the 13th place in the West and they should not lose points in matches against outsiders under any circumstances. San Jose was reliable at the beginning of the month in games on home ice. The current trip began for the visitors with a victory in Michigan, but now the sharks are not demonstrating strong hockey again. We do not believe in the Sharks and offer a bet on the minus handicap of the first.
Prediction - Nashville win with Asian handicap (-1.5) for 1.80
Bet on individual total
Nashville scores 2.56 goals per game, but at home they score almost three goals per game. San Jose allows 3.73 goals per game on the road and has been regularly failing in their own half of the ice lately. In just five previous starts, the red light behind the Sharks' goal has come on 20 times. We think the hosts will have no problem opening up the Sharks' weak defense.
We bet on Nashville individual total over 3.5 goals with odds of 1.83
Total Bet
San Jose likes to play effectively, but at one time the games with the Sharks were not bright. Now the visitors have started to concede a lot again, but they can compensate for this with their actions in attack. Nashville has clearly improved in terms of implementation, but the predators very rarely do not concede at least twice. We believe in spectacular hockey in the state of Tennessee.
We take the total over 5.5 pucks with a coefficient of 1.70
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