Nashville Predators vs Montreal Canadiens 12/4/21 NHL Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Montreal Canadiens and the Nashville Predators meet in NHL action from Bridgestone Arena on Saturday night.

The Montreal Canadiens will be out to rebound from a 4-1 loss to the Colorado Avalanche last time out. Tyler Toffoli and Nick Suzuki each have a team-high 15 points with Suzuki logging 11 assists to lead the Habs in that respect while Toffoli has 5 goals and 10 assists. Josh Anderson has 13 points with a team-high 7 goals while Mathieu Perreault has a team-high +3 plus/minus rating as well this season. Jake Allen’s seen the bulk of the work in goal for Montreal, going 5-11-1 with a 2.96 GAA and a .907 save percentage this season.

The Nashville Predators will hope to bounce back from a 2-0 loss to Nashville in their last game. Mikael Granlund leads the Preds in scoring with 25 points including a team-high 20 assists along with a team-high +5 plus/minus rating while Matt Duchene has 24 points with a team-high 13 goals and 11 assists. Roman Josi also has 20 points with 7 goals and 13 apples and Filip Forsberg has 10 goals on the year. Juuse Saros has seen the bulk of the action in goal for Nashville, going 10-8-1 with a 2.34 GAA and a .923 save percentage this season.

Montreal is 6-20 in their last 26 games overall and 5-17 in their last 22 games as an underdog while the over is 5-1 in their last 6 Saturday games. Nashville is 21-5 in their last 26 games as a home favorite and 4-9 in their last 13 games against the Atlantic division while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games overall.

I can make a case for an underdog in most spots, whether I go with it or not, but the Canadiens are hopeless. This team is just driving the struggle bus full on and I don’t see it changing anytime soon. I think the Predators are simply the better team here playing better hockey, so give me the Preds at home in this one.