Nashville is primed to beat the Kings and hand them their fifth straight loss in a low-scoring game in the Music City
Smashville got the better of the Kings two weeks ago, when they walked out of Crypto.com Arena with a 2-1 win. Ahead of tonight's matchup, both teams are on losing streaks, with Nashville dropping their last two and the Kings losing the past four and only winning two of their last 16 games.
It looks to be a close game with both teams looking to dig themselves out of a hole. If you're hoping to get in on the action and enhance your viewing experience, here are our best bets for tonight's matchup between the Kings and the Predators.
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Pick: Predators ML (-104)
The teams are nearly identical in goal-scoring averages in the past ten games, with the Predators at two and a half and the Kings at 2.40 goals per game. The Predators have normally been strong upfront this season with their top line of Filip Forsberg, Ryan O'Reilly and Gustav Nyquist producing a third of the team's offense accounting for 52 of the Predators' 149 goals. O'Reilly has stepped up his game as of late with three goals and 12 points since the start of the new year. His line should do damage against a Kings backend that has allowed three and a half goals on average over their last ten games.
Pick: Under 6.5 (+112)
The Kings have seen their strength turn into their weakness with their top six scoring going ice cold. Forward Adrian Kempe has found the back of the net twice in his last three games but that was following a eight game goal drought. Kevin Fiala has seen a similar drought with two goals over his last ten games. Their drop in play has seen the Kings fall to bottom five in the league with a 2.40 goals per game average over their last ten games.
Nashville is only two spots worse than the Kings when it comes to their goal-scoring with a 2.44 goals per game average and will likely have a hard time against a hot goaltender in David Rittich, who get's the net and reps a 2.10 goals against average on the season through ten appearances.
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