Ryan Johansen, Filip Forsberg, and the Nashville Predators will face off against Rickard Rakell, Ryan Getzlaf, and the Anaheim Ducks at the Honda Center in a Western Conference matchup. The game will get started at 10 p.m. ET on Monday, November 12, and you will be able to view it live on Fox Sports Tennesse.
Nashville Predators at Anaheim Ducks Odds
Nashville comes into the matchup as the obvious favorite with a -160 moneyline. The line for Anaheim sits at +140 and the Over/Under (O/U) is placed at 6 goals. The odds for betting the total sit at -105 money on the over and -115 for the under.
Nashville is 13-3 straight up (SU) and has earned 8.0 units for moneyline bettors this year. Through 16 regular season contests, eight of its games have gone under the total, while seven have gone over and just one has pushed. As an away team this season, the Preds are 8-0 SU.
Nashville has converted on just 15.3 percent of its power play opportunities this season, a figure that places them in the bottom-10 overall among NHL teams. Its penalty kill is ranked 23rd overall, and the team’s successfully killed off 76.9 percent of all penalties..
Averaging 24.3 saves per game with a .909 save percentage, Juuse Saros (7-2) has been the best option in goal for Nashville this year. If Nashville chooses to rest him, however, the team may turn to Pekka Rinne (7-1), who has a .949 save percentage and 1.55 goals against average this year.
Over on the other bench, Anaheim is 7-11 straight up (SU) and has lost 4.7 units for moneyline bettors this year. 11 of its games have gone under the total, while six have gone over and just one has pushed. The team is 4-6 SU at home this year.
The Ducks have converted on just 16.0 percent of their power play opportunities this year, a figure that’s right around league average. On the other hand, its penalty kill is ranked 14th overall, and it’s successfully killed off 80.3 percent of all penalties.
John Gibson has stopped 33.4 shots per game as the top option in goal for the Ducks. Gibson has five wins, nine losses, and three overtime losses to his name and has maintained a 2.59 goals against average and a .928 save percentage this year.
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Prediction: SU Winner – Ducks, O/U – Over
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28.6 percent of Anaheim’s wins have come by two or more goals (the team is 2-7 overall in such games) while 61.5 percent of Nashville’s wins have come by two goals or more (8-2 overall in such games).
The Predators are 6-0 when they serve fewer penalty minutes than their opponent and 10-2 in games where they serve fewer than 10 total penalty minutes.
For both of these clubs, the game went under the total in four of their last five outings.
Nashville skaters have averaged 6.0 giveaways over its last five home games, an improvement from its season average of 8.7 giveaways per game (ranked 14th in the league).
Anaheim has averaged 12.2 giveaways over its last five home games, a rise over its season average of 9.8 giveaways per game (ranked 18th).
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