Nashville Predators vs Vancouver Canucks Prediction: Fun Night Battle

Prediction for the NHL Nashville Predators vs Vancouver Canucks match will take place on February 22th. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available. 

Nashville Predators

Nashville is having another bad season. The Predators annually have an excellent lineup, which does not manage to achieve anything serious in the Stanley Cup, and sometimes they even fail the playoffs. And now Nashville is at risk of being left without cup battles, showing hockey of mediocre quality. At the same time, the wards of John Hines began to add over the last month: in the previous 12 meetings, they won seven times with five defeats, which is a relatively good result. In the Western Conference standings, Nashville remains only in tenth place.

Vancouver Canucks

Vancouver does not even dream of cup battles this season, although all the requirements for a successful performance of the Canadian team had a place. Bruce Boudreau has already made progress from the wards during the last regular season, and now they had to improve last year's results, but nothing like that happened. The Canucks, from the first games, began to experience problems with the results, and the legendary mentor was dismissed. Rick Tockett, who replaced him, could not achieve global progress, and in the last seven games, his team lost five times, dropping to 13th place in the Western Conference.

Expert Betting Tips

For Nashville and Vancouver, the current regular season could be better. At the same time, the Predators still have a chance of reaching the playoffs, as they are in tenth place in the Western Conference standings, seven points behind Cup eight. The Canucks have no hopes for cup battles. They hang out among the league outsiders. So they can only improve their game in some ways. The home ice factor speaks in favor of John Hines' wards, and they left behind the first full-time battle of the season.

In the regular season, Nashville and Vancouver play with varying success in attack but with defense. In the last five home meetings, the Predators have conceded 21 goals (4.20 on average per game), and the Canucks have 48 missed goals in ten previous away battles (4.80 on average per game). Both indicators are awful, so we have the right to expect a fun night battle.