Vegas Golden Knights - Nashville Predators: NHL match betting tip and bets

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Vegas has completed a three-match away series that started very well. In the first match, the team snatched a heavy victory from Calgary in overtime (3:2), and then consolidated success away from Vancouver (3:2), but already in regular time. Twice the defensive line showed an excellent game, which allowed us to achieve the desired result. However, it turned out to be impossible to consolidate the success of the Golden Knights, and in a duel with Colorado they had to suffer an insulting defeat in a shootout (2:3). Most notably, the Knights had a two-goal advantage, but they couldn't hold it.

As expected, returning to the home arena, the team was able to regain the lost points and rehabilitated itself in front of the fans, snatching Victoria from Seattle with a difference of only one goal (2:1). Once again, goalkeeper Hill confidently coped with his task, deflecting almost all shots. It is worth noting that at the moment the club confidently occupies the third place in the Western Conference table, having a five-point advantage over its closest competitor and is quite capable of competing for the second position.

Disqualifications and injuries

Haiskanen, Lundqvist and Seguin remain in the infirmary.

Interesting betting trends

• On average, Vegas scores 3.3 goals per game.
• The Golden Knights completed 29% of the majority attempts

Nashville has been on the decline for a long time, and the losing streak has reached six consecutive matches, all of which ended in regular time. The main problem of the club remained its very low performance in attack, which did not allow it to compensate for the constant failures in defense and repeatedly led to the loss of points. However, at the end of the regular season, the Predators came to their senses and began to steadily earn points. They managed to break the series of failures at the home arena, where the team wrested Victoria away from the Islanders with great difficulty (7:6 OT). Striker Stamkos showed a great game, scoring a double and also giving two assists.

The predators were able to consolidate their success on the road, where they met with an opponent of their level, in the person of Utah, and also snatched Victoria out of regular time, but this time in a shootout (4:3). Goalkeeper Saros showed a great game, deflecting 39 of 42 shots. However, the points scored no longer make much sense, since there have been no chances of reaching the playoffs for a long time.

Disqualifications and injuries

Yossi, Lauzon, Sissons and Wilsbee remain in the infirmary.

Interesting betting trends

• Nashville is averaging 2.56 goals per game.
• The team receives an average of 9.6 penalty minutes per match.