Canucks vs Predators Pick – NHL Predictions & Odds 3/6/23

The Nashville Predators and Vancouver Canucks meet Monday in NHL action at the Rogers Arena. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.

The Nashville Predators are averaging 2.9 goals per game and are scoring on 19.1 percent of their power play opportunities. Filip Forsberg leads Nashville with 19 goals, Roman Josi has 39 assists and Matt Duchene has 140 shots on goal. Defensively, the Nashville Predators are allowing 2.9 goals per game and are killing 81.2 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Juuse Saros has allowed 125 goals on 1,512 shots faced, and Kevin Lankinen has allowed 35 goals on 451 shots.

The Vancouver Canucks are averaging 3.3 goals per game and are scoring on 23.1 percent of their power play opportunities. Elias Pettersson leads Vancouver with 29 goals, Quinn Hughes has 54 assists and JT Miller has 170 shots on goal. Defensively, the Vancouver Canucks are allowing 3.9 goals per game and are killing 67.7 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Thatcher Demko has given up 63 goals on 590 shots faced, and Spencer Martin has allowed 107 goals on 830 shots.

The Predators are 4-0 in their last 4 road games and 5-1 in their last 6 overall. The Canucks are 2-6 in their last 8 Monday games and 9-19 in their last 28 overall. The under is 3-1-1 in Predators last 5 Monday games. The over is 15-6-5 in Canucks last 26 overall. The Predators are 4-1 in the last 5 meetings. The underdog is 6-2 in the last 8 meetings.

The Nashville Predators are coming off a hot week, and they’ve done some of their best recent work on the road. The Vancouver Canucks continue to have issues finishing games, and their defense is hard to trust against quality opponents. We’re not laying much, and the Predators are in far better form. Give me the Preds.