Predators vs. Canucks Game 2 Prediction, Stanley Cup Playoff Odds
The Vancouver Canucks are -155 favourites on the NHL odds for Tuesday’s Game 2.
Predators vs. Canucks NHL Playoff Betting Odds
This will be the last game in Vancouver before the first-round Western Conference playoff series shifts to Nashville for Games 3-4 and Friday and Sunday, respectively. With the Canucks taking Game 1 by a score of 4-2 on Sunday, they are now -275 to win the series (were -150) and the Predators +220 (were +125). The favoured exact result entering Game 1 was Canucks in seven at +400 but now it’s Vancouver in five at +333. A sweep is +500.
That it goes six games is the new overall favourite at +210, just ahead of seven (+220). The over-under is 5.5 games with the Over a -165 favourite. On the series game spread, Vancouver is -135 at -1.5 games and Nashville is +115 at +1.5.
For Game 2, Nashville’s Filip Forsberg is the +140 anytime goalscorer favourite with Vancouver’s J.T. Miller at +200. The Canucks are -140 favourites to score first with the Predators at +100 and no regulation goals at +5000.
Nashville Predators
Nashville blew leads of 1-0 in the first period and 2-1 in the third in Sunday’s 4-2 loss. Jason Zucker and Ryan O’Reilly had the Preds’ goals with O’Reilly’s on the power play. He has now scored a goal for four different teams in the postseason in his career (also Colorado, St. Louis and Toronto). Only two other active players have scored in the playoffs for more teams: Erik Haula with six teams and Pat Maroon with five. Former Norris Trophy winner Roman Josi collected his 32nd career postseason assist on Nashville’s opening goal, surpassing Ryan Ellis and Ryan Johansen for the most in Predators history.
Nashville was 1-for-4 with the man advantage and killed off both Vancouver power plays. Juuse Saros stopped 17 of 20 shots in the loss. His road GAA during the regular season was actually a bit better than at home, which is unusual for Saros. Nashville is 2-5 in its past seven away.
Vancouver Canucks
Sunday was Vancouver’s first playoff game at Rogers Arena since Game 5 of the 2015 first round against Calgary. Pius Suter scored the tying goal at 8:59 of the third and Dakota Joshua the eventual winner at 9:11. Those two goals 12 seconds apart were the fastest two goals in Canucks playoff history. Joshua added an empty netter at 18:32 and also had an assist on Elias Lindholm’s second-period goal. Joshua thus became the fourth player in Canucks history to score at least three points in his playoff debut with the club and first since Geoff Courtnall and Cliff Ronning in 1991. It was Lindholm’s ninth career postseason goal, tied with J.T. Miller for most among active Canucks.
Thatcher Demko stopped 20 of 22 shots. Vancouver also largely dominated in the face-off circle. We correctly predicted a 4-2 final in Game 1, so let’s go right back to that same score in Game 2. Vancouver is 4-1 in its past five at home.
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