The Predators get a visit from the St. Louis Blues in hockey action on Saturday, with the home side looking to send the visitors to the showers with a loss.

The Blues will try to spoil to the party on Saturday; they are 18-9-3 this season, while the Predators are 16-11-4. St. Louis is 8-17-5 on the totals; Nashville is 13-14-4.



View St Louis vs Nashville Odds and Stats.

Betting Line:
Bettors looking to side with the Predators in this one will find them as -115 favorites on the NHL money line. Betting the over under instead? It was hovering near 999 at its open earlier today.

Power Rankings:
This game puts the Predators, most recently No. 21 in the Odds Shark NHL Power Rankings, up against the Blues, who rate a No. 11 in the latest survey.



How They Match Up:
Offensively, the game matches up Nashville's No. 19-ranked offense (2.7 goals per game) against a Blues defense that ranks No. 2 at 2.1 goals per game allowed. The Predators Sportsbook has clicked at a 21.5% rate while the Blues have a 81.1% rate on the penalty kill.

The Blues were a 4-1 Sportsbook in their most recent outing at home against the Rangers. That made Sportsbooks of bettors who got St. Louis at -140 on the moneyline, while the total score (5) was good news for PUSH bettors.

In their last action, Nashville was a 4-3 Sportsbook at home against the Red Wings. Bettors on Nashville at +105 on the moneyline collected their winnings from that game, while the total score (7) sent OVER bettors home happy as well.


St. Louis Blues Trends:
When playing on Saturday are 6-4
Before playing Tampa Bay are 3-7
After playing NY Rangers are 3-3-1
After a win are 8-2

Nashville Predators Trends:
When playing on Saturday are 7-3
Before playing Minnesota are 4-6
After playing Detroit are 6-4
After a win are 5-5

A few Blues at Predators trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of St. Louis' last 7 games when playing on the road against Nashville
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of St. Louis' last 6 games when playing Nashville
St. Louis is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of St. Louis' last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Nashville's last 7 games when playing at home against St. Louis
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Nashville's last 6 games when playing St. Louis
Nashville is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Nashville is 15-6 SU in its last 21 games when playing at home against St. Louis


Next up:
St. Louis home to Columbus, Sunday, December 18
Nashville at Washington, Tuesday, December 20