Wednesday, October 28, 2015

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The Nashville Predators travel to SAP Center to play the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday, October 28, 2015. The opening line for this game has the Predators at +107 and the Sharks at -118. The over/under has been set at 5.

Nashville comes into this matchup having played 8 games. They have an overall record of 6-1-1 and on the road they have a record of 2-1-0. Currently they are 1st in the Central Division. They've scored 25 goals and given up 16 goals for a point differential of +9. San Jose shows up with a record of 5-3-0 including 2-1-0 at home this season. They are 3rd in the Pacific Division. They've scored 23 goals and surrendered 18 for a goal differential of +5.

Shea Weber has accumulated 4 total points this season for the Predators. He has 1 goal this season with 19 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 5%. He has a total of 3 assists on the season and averages 24 minutes played per game. Filip Forsberg has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 13% by scoring 2 goals on 15 shots. He has 4 assists giving him a total of 6 points on the season. Pekka Rinne has 5 wins and 1 loss on the year in net for the Predators. He has given up 13 goals on the 190 shots he has faced. He has 177 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

Joe Pavelski has accumulated 7 total points this season for the Sharks. He has 3 goals this season with 27 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 11%. He has a total of 4 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Patrick Marleau has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 11% by scoring 3 goals on 28 shots. He has 2 assists giving him a total of 5 points on the season. Martin Jones has 5 wins and 2 losses on the year in net for the Sharks. He has given up 12 goals on the 201 shots he has faced. He has 189 saves for a save percentage of 94%.

The Predators have 13 total points this season. They have scored 25 goals while giving up 16 goals. They have had 26 power play opportunities and have scored 5 goals on those chances for a percentage of 19%. The Predators have allowed 24 power play opportunities and given up 3 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 88%. They average 31 shots per game and as a team are shooting 10.25% for the season to this point. They allow 29 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 93%.

The Sharks have a total of 10 points on the season. They have 3 power play goals on 25 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 12%. They have allowed 28 power play opportunities and have given up 6 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 79%. As a team, the Predators have a total of 23 goals scored while they've given up 18 goals to this point. They average 31 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.20%. As a team they give up 29 shots per game and have a save percentage of 92%.

Nashville Predators Betting Trends

The Nashville Predators are 4-2 straight up

The Nashville Predators are 4-4-0 against the over/under

San Jose Sharks Betting Trends

The San Jose Sharks are 4-3 straight up

The San Jose Sharks are 2-4-1 against the over/under

Nashville Predators Injuries

No key injuries to report

San Jose Sharks Injuries

10/24/15 RW Joonas Donskoi Lower Body "?" Wednesday vs Nashville
10/23/15 RW Ben Smith Ear out indefinitely
10/16/15 C Logan Couture Fibula expected to miss 4-6 weeks
10/05/15 LW Raffi Torres Suspension expected to miss 41 games

Tony's Pick: Take San Jose

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