Nashville Predators vs New Jersey Devils Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 11/25/24

The NHL’s Monday slate features a matchup between the Nashville Predators and the New Jersey Devils. The Predators look to build on their win against the Jets last time while the Devils will hope to boost their win streak to 3 games. The Predators have been one of the NHL’s biggest disappointments to start the year off, as many people thought they would be in playoff contention when in reality they are nowhere close. The Predators struggle to score goals, only averaging 2.38 per game, and have only found the net more than 3 times twice in their last 6 games. The one bright spot on offense has been their power play, which is currently at 22.7% and good for 9th in the league. Their special teams unit overall has been good, as they also possess the league’s best penalty kill. If the Predators are going to win this game, the difference will be made on special teams.

The Devils have been good on offense this year, ranking in the top 10 in goals per game while owning the 2nd-best power play unit at 31%. They have scored 3 goals or more in 4 of their last 5 games while allowing just 11 total goals in that period, which is an impressive 2.20 goals per game pace. On the season, the Devils only allow 2.61 goals per game and own a top-10 penalty-killing unit themselves.

As mentioned above, if the Predators want to win this game, the difference will have to be made in the special teams department. The only issue is that the Devils are also prolific in their special teams, meaning that I think the difference will not be great enough to overcome the holes in the Predators game right now. Expect the Devils to secure the win at home.

Predators vs Devils prediction: Devils ML (-160) available at time of publishing. Playable at that number.

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