The Nashville Predators and the San Jose Sharks meet Thursday in NHL action from the SAP Center. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Sharks vs Predators Prediction.
Nashville Predators Recap
The Nashville Predators come into this game looking to build on a 7-5 win over the Sharks from their first half of the home and home in their last matchup to improve to 17-22-7 on the year. After this game, Nashville will head out on the road once again to take on the Anaheim Ducks.
Predators Looking To Sweep Home-And-Home
Filip Forsberg has a team-high 45 points with 16 goals and 29 assists while Roman Josi has 34 points with 9 goals and 25 assists. Ryan O’Reilly has 27 points with 13 goals and 14 assists while Steven Stamkos has 31 points with 16 goals and 15 assists as well and Jonathan Marchessault also has 38 points with 15 goals and 23 assists as well on the year. Juuse Saros has gone 11-18-6 with a 2.81 GAA and a .902 save percentage while Justus Annunen has gone 5-2 with 2.31 GAA and a .924 save percentage for the Predators this season.
Why the Nashville Predators will win
- The Predators have won each of their last 11 games against the Sharks.
- The Sharks have lost each of their last 11 games against Western Conference opponents.
- The favorites have covered the puck line in each of the last five games between the Predators and Sharks.
- The Sharks have failed to cover the puck line in each of their last five home games against Western Conference opponents.
San Jose Sharks Recap
The San Jose Sharks will be out to rebound after taking the 7-5 loss to the Predators when these two last met on Tuesday, falling to 14-30-6 on the year as a result. After this game, the Sharks will take on the Panthers, Penguins, and Kraken.
Sharks Lose 4th In A Row But Look For Split
Mikael Granlund has a team-high 40 points with 14 goals and 26 assists while Tyler Toffoli has 30 points with 17 goals and 13 assists. William Eklund has 36 points with 10 goals and 26 assists and Jake Walman has 27 points with 21 assists. Fabian Zetterlund has 30 points with 13 goals of his own and Macklin Celebrini has 34 points with 14 goals and 20 assists. Vitek Vanecek is 3-8-1 with a 3.84 GAA and an .885 save percentage and Yaroslav Askarov has gone 3-4-2 with a 2.58 GAA and a .912 save percentage while Alexandar Georgiev is 2-9 with a 3.79 GAA and an .884 save percentage so far this season for San Jose in goal.
Why the San Jose Sharks will win
- The Predators have lost four of their last five games as road favorites following a win.
- The home team has won each of the Sharks’ last four games.
- The Predators have failed to cover the puck line in each of their last five games as road favorites following a home win.
- The home team has covered the puck line in each of the Sharks’ last four games.
Total Goals Facts
- Each of the Sharks’ last six home games have gone UNDER the total goals line.
- Seven of the Predators’ last eight road games against Pacific Division opponents have gone UNDER the total goals line.
Sharks vs Predators Prediction
I’m on the over here. I do lean towards the Predators as well, but the price is steep so you’d probably have to play the -1.5 with the Preds for any sort of value. That being said, the Predators have won scored 4+ in each of their last 5 games against the Sharks and 7 of the last 9 meetings, and it may look like the Predators are back and finally are living up to the expectations set out for this team after all of the big moves they made in the offseason. The Sharks can’t stop giving up goals right now, but it would be wrong if I just ignored the fact that they had 4 first period goals and were up 5-1 at one point in the first meeting a couple of nights ago. I think we have more goals coming here. Give me the over.