Nashville Predators vs Pittsburgh Penguins 3/30/2023 Picks

Nashville Predators vs Pittsburgh Penguins 3/30/2023 Picks Predictions Previews

The Central’s Nashville Predators will take on the Metropolitan’s Pittsburgh Penguins in an NHL Inter-Division competition at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh on Thursday evening.

Nashville at 37-28-8 struggled with an inconsistent offense that averaged only 2.74 goals per match this season but won three of the last five contests played and three points back in the race for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference.

Goalkeeper Juuse Saros stopped 35 shots fired against him for a .972 save percentage in leading the defense for the Nashville Predators.

Both teams failed to score in the opening period until Nashville’s Center Cody Glass netted his 12th goal of the season and the only goal scored late in the second period assisted by Defensemen Ryan McDonagh and Dante Fabbro.

LW Cole Smith also nailed a goal on an empty net shot on assists from Defenseman Jeremy Lauzon and C Cody Glass giving the Predators a 2-0 lead on the way to their 2-1 victory against the NHL’s no.1 team of Boston.

The totals went UNDER in 11 of Nashville’s last 16 matches while the Predators are 1-4 straight up in their last 5 outings played versus Pittsburgh.

The Nashville Predators are 4-1 SU in their last 5 road games and 1-8 straight up in their last 9 contests on the road against the Penguins.

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Nashville Predators vs Pittsburgh Penguins Predictions 3/30/2023

The Pittsburgh Penguins are on their way back home and will try to bounce back from their recent road loss by facing the Nashville Predators on Thursday night.

Pittsburgh marked an impressive home record of 20-11-5 and three points ahead of the Florida Panthers in the Eastern Conference final playoff seat.

The Penguins at 36-28-10 recorded an average of a nice 3.22 goals per contest and Center Sidney Crosby led in scoring with 85 points.

On Tuesday, Pittsburgh surrendered seven goals to the Detroit Red Wings while scoring just four in the loss.

The Pittsburgh Penguins trailed by a 0-3 deficit after the first period but managed to even the score at 3-3 with three successive goals scored by Left-winger Jason Zucker (25), LW Jake Guentzel (power play), and Center Jeff Carter (power play) in the whole second period while stopping the scoring of Detroit.

However, the Penguins scored just one goal in the final period while allowing the Red Wings to score four resulting in their 4-7 defeat last time out.

The Pittsburgh Penguins are 2-6 straight up in their last 8 outings while the totals went UNDER in 5 of Pittsburgh’s last 7 games versus Nashville.

The totals went OVER in 6 of the Penguins’ last 9 home matches. Pittsburgh is 8-1 SU in its last 9 contests at home against the Predators.

Nashville Predators vs. Pittsburgh Penguins. The NHL Pick for this contest is Pittsburgh +130.

The Predators will be missing their best player Defenseman Roman Josi in this match-up due to an upper-body injury while the Penguins got the edge of playing on their home ice on Thursday.

Both teams are racing for the postseason qualification and this will be a closed match with lots of skating action until the last buzzer, The prediction: Pittsburgh Penguins will win 4-3.

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