Dallas Stars (0-0) vs. Nashville Predators (2-0)
October 13, 2022 8:30 pm EDT
The Line: Nashville Predators -134 / Dallas Stars +112; Over/Under: +5.5
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The Dallas Stars and Nashville Predators meet Thursday in NHL action at the Bridgestone Arena. The Dallas Stars are fresh off 46 wins and look for their fourth playoff trip in the last 5 years. The Nashville Predators look to start the season with 3 straight victories.
The Dallas Stars say goodbye to players such as Alexander Radulov, John Klingberg, Andrej Sekera, Michael Raffl and Vladislav Namestnikov. The Stars went ahead and added Colin Miller, Will Butcher and Mason Marchment. The Stars will continue to lean heavily on Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin, while another ridiculous season from Joe Pavelski would be magical now that he’s 38 years old. Jake Oettinger has been solid in his first two years, but he took things to another level last postseason. If postseason Oettinger is what the Stars can get all year, Dallas ceiling reaches new heights.
The Nashville Predators are averaging 3.5 goals per game and are scoring on 0 percent of their power play opportunities. Nino Niederreiter leads Nashville with 3 goals, Ryan McDonagh has 2 assists and Filip Forsberg has 6 shots on goal. Defensively, the Nashville Predators are allowing 1.5 goals per game and are killing 87.5 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Juuse Saros has allowed 1 goal on 31 shots faced, and Kevin Lankinen has allowed 2 goals on 33 shots.
The Stars are 47-21 in their last 68 games playing on 3 or more days rest and 1-6 in their last 7 road games. The Predators are 1-4 in their last 5 home games and 3-8 in their last 11 overall. The under is 3-0-2 in Stars last 5 road games. The over is 8-3 in Predators last 11 overall. The Stars are 0-4 in the last 4 meetings in Nashville and 1-5 in the last 6 meetings.
The Dallas Stars in the underdog role is always appealing, and we made money on them in these spots last year. However, the Nashville Predators have had 2 games already to kind of find a rhythm, and they looked sharp, even if the Sharks aren’t exactly top tier competition. The Predators have to be high on the confidence, and them being able to get in the swing of things before the Stars even take the ice gives them a serious edge. Give me the Preds and the cheap juice.
