The Arizona Coyotes and Nashville Predators meet Monday in NHL action at the Bridgestone Arena. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.
The Arizona Coyotes Betting Preview
The Arizona Coyotes are averaging 2.6 goals per game and are scoring on 18.1 percent of their power play opportunities. Clayton Keller leads Arizona with 21 goals, Nick Schmaltz has 21 assists and Jakob Chychrun has 114 shots on goal. Defensively, the Arizona Coyotes are allowing 3.5 goals per game and are killing 75 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Karel Vejmelka has given up 119 goals on 1,261 shots faced, and Connor Ingram has allowed 59 goals on 587 shots.
The Nashville Predators Betting Preview
The Nashville Predators are averaging 2.8 goals per game and are scoring on 16.5 percent of their power play opportunities. Filip Forsberg leads Nashville with 19 goals, Roman Josi has 31 assists and Nino Niederreiter has 118 shots on goal. Defensively, the Nashville Predators are allowing 3 goals per game and are killing 80.7 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Juuse Saros has allowed 105 goals on 1,296 shots faced, and Kevin Lankinen has allowed 28 goals on 369 shots.
Coyotes vs Predators Trends
The Coyotes are 20-53 in their last 73 road games and 22-53 in their last 75 overall. The Predators are 5-1 in their last 6 home games and 4-1 in their last 5 overall. The under is 11-5 in Coyotes last 16 overall. The under is 6-2 in Predators last 8 vs. Central. The Coyotes are 9-25-1 in the last 35 meetings in Nashville. The home team is 45-18 in the last 63 meetings.
Randy’s Free Pick
The Nashville Predators are one of those teams that falls apart right when you’re ready to believe in them, but they’re coming off a strong week and there are no excuses for them here at home. The Arizona Coyotes just don’t beat good teams, and they don’t win on the road. Only one way for me to go here, and that’s to take the Preds and the PL for max betting value.