Anaheim vs. Nashville: NHL Match Prediction

Current form

Nashville has recently gained excellent form and has not lost for four games in a row. In all of them, the team played at home and in the first match they met with the clear favorite in the person of Vegas. The Predators took advantage of the weak form of the opponent and won a confident victory with a score of 5:3. It cannot be said that the team showed a very active game in attack, but the accuracy of the shots was off the charts. In particular, it is worth praising forward Stamkos, who not only scored twice, but also gave an assist. But consolidating the success, oddly enough, turned out to be much more difficult. The team met with Chicago and had to crush the outsider, but this time the implementation of the shots was not so high, out of 41, only two hit the target. As a result, it came down to a series of shootouts, where they still managed to snatch a victory (3:2). Stamkos distinguished himself once again, scoring a goal and converting the decisive penalty shot into the Hawks' goal.

Next, the Predators had to fight another very serious opponent in the face of Minnesota. It seems that the mass brawl at the beginning of the meeting gave the team a powerful boost of strength and motivation, which allowed them to ultimately defeat the Savages with a score of 6:2. This time, the most productive player was forward Forsberg, who scored twice and gave two assists. The club was able to achieve its fourth victory in the match with San Jose, in which it again showed excellent play in attack and thereby compensated for constant failures in defense, confidently winning with a difference of two goals (7:5). Even despite such successful performances, Nashville remains in 14th place in the Western Conference standings, and the gap from the playoff zone is 10 points.

Disqualifications and injuries

Nashville remains without Evangelista and Jankowski.

Interesting trends for betting

• Nashville averages 9.7 penalty minutes per game.

The team continues to show very poor discipline and often breaks the rules.

• The Predators converted 22.5% of their power play attempts.

It is also worth noting the excellent implementation of numerical superiority.