The Nashville Predators and St. Louis Blues meet Thursday in NHL action at the Enterprise Center. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.
The Nashville Predators Preview
The Nashville Predators are averaging 2.7 goals per game and are scoring on 16.7 percent of their power play opportunities. Filip Forsberg leads Nashville with 18 goals, Roman Josi has 24 assists and Nino Niederreiter has 106 shots on goal. Defensively, the Nashville Predators are allowing 2.9 goals per game and are killing 79.6 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Juuse Saros has allowed 87 goals on 1,104 shots faced, and Kevin Lankinen has allowed 28 goals on 369 shots.
The St. Louis Blues Preview
The St. Louis Blues are averaging 3.1 goals per game and are scoring on 23 percent of their power play opportunities. Jordan Kyrou leads St. Louis with 20 goals, Robert Thomas has 29 assists, and Justin Faulk has 111 shots on goal. Defensively, the St. Louis Blues are allowing 3.5 goals per game and are killing 73.1 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Jordan Binnington has allowed 106 goals on 999 shots faced, and Thomas Greiss has given up 39 goals on 445 shots.
Trends
The Predators are 4-1 in their last 5 games following a win. The Blues are 5-2 in their last 7 vs. a team with a losing record and 15-7 in their last 22 games playing on 2 days rest. The under is 5-2 in Predators last 7 overall. The over is 21-8-2 in Blues last 31 overall. The Predators are 1-4 in the last 5 meetings. The home team is 27-12 in the last 39 meetings. The favorite is 33-15 in the last 48 meetings.
