Luck may finally be turning the Predators' way, and our NHL expert picks believe they'll prey on the pathetic Blackhawks on Friday night.
Luck may finally be turning the Predators' way, and our NHL expert picks believe they'll prey on the pathetic Blackhawks on Friday night.
My Predators vs. Blackhawks predictions see the road team building on its last performance and picking up another win against one of the league’s worst teams.They have controlled 53.49% of the expected goal share across all situations, which ranks them ninth in the NHL. Every single team ahead of them in xG is NHL .500 or better, with six of eight teams holding a points percentage above 62.5%.
Nashville ranking 31st in team shooting percentage is the biggest reason for that. Call me crazy but I don’t think a team with so much shooting talent — Filip Forsberg, Steven Stamkos, Jonathan Marchessault, Roman Josi, etc. — is going to continue finishing at a miserably low rate. The Predators have generated 94 scoring chances and 10.22 expected goals with Stamkos on the ice — yet they’ve only scored five times. Stamkos, nor the Predators as a whole, are finishing anywhere close to the level you’d expect given the quality they’re generating. That’s going to change sooner rather than later., although he’s been a little more productive with four points through six games. The Predators have generated a lot during his ice time and he’s been involved in plenty of it.
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