Nashville vs. Columbus: NHL Match Prediction

Current form

Nashville finally earned its first points of the season and left the last line in the Western Conference standings. In total, the club from Tennessee now has four points after seven starts. Andrew Brunette charges started the last series of games at home very poorly. The Predators lost to Seattle (3:7), Edmonton (2:4) and Detroit (2:5), but then won against Boston (4:0), for the first time this season not allowing a single goal. On October 26, Roman Josi team went to Chicago, where they were stronger than the local Hawks. The then guests were very close to another defeat, but they came back from 0:2 and did not miss the victory.

Juuse Saros recently recorded his first shutout of the regular season, stopping 33 shots on his own. Overall, the Predators are still giving up a lot of goals, scoring only 2.43 goals on average. Filip Forsberg is feeling better than others. The Swedish forward has scored seven points (3+4) in the goal+pass system and is currently the undisputed leader of the hosts.

Disqualifications and injuries

Nashville will play against Columbus with a full squad.

Interesting trends for betting

• Nashville is averaging 36 shots per game.

The hosts attack the opponents' goal a lot and try very hard to score, but only 6.7% of attacks end up as goals.

• The Preds are winning 56.4 percent of their faceoffs per game.

The Predators' centers do a good job of their job, but it doesn't always help the team achieve the desired result.

Current form

Columbus is in the basement of the Eastern Conference standings, having earned six points in six games. The team from Ohio has not been playing so badly in October, but so far it has only alternated between victories and defeats. In the home series, the Jackets began with a defeat to Florida (3:4), but quickly rehabilitated themselves in front of fans and achieved success in the match against Buffalo (6:4). The Blue Jackets did not show a strong game against Minnesota (1:3), and in the last meeting, Dean Evason team sensationally crushed Toronto (6:2). Already in the first period, the Blues scored three goals against the Leafs and kept the opponent at a comfortable distance throughout the entire match.

The visitors have a positive goal difference of 24:20. Zach Werenski team is great at converting their chances, scoring four goals per game on average. Kirill Marchenko is in great shape and is the club best player in October. The Russian has scored eight goals at the start of the regular season (3+5).

Disqualifications and injuries

Boone Jenner, Erik Gudbranson, Kent Johnson and Egor Voronkov will not play in the next game.

Interesting trends for betting

• On average, Columbus gets seven minutes of penalty time.

The visitors have some discipline issues so far, but they have been playing well in the minority, neutralizing almost four out of five power play attempts for their opponents.

• The Jackets are blocking only 16 shots from opponents on their own possessions.

The Blues' defenders are helping their goalies a lot and not allowing shots on goal.