I placed one wager today on +195 moneyline Nashville Predators
440 to win 858, so about a half-sized wager but at good odds
Here are a few of the reasons for this pick:
Nashville has a playoff style roster. Heavy players who will fight as often as possible, combined with legit goal scorers.
Colorado has lost their last 4 road games, those were in the regular season, but have not won on the road since April 9. Now couple that fact with how Nashville took them to overtime in game 2 of this series, when their unknown goalie Ingram made 49 saves against the Avalanche.
Head-to-Head the Avalanche lost the past 2 games held in Nashville this season. Longer-term, Colorado is 8-18 W/L when playing in Nashville.
If Nashville is going to win any game in this series, when will it be? Down 0-2 games going into today, after narrowly losing the last game..... or wait until down 0-3 and all hope is lost?
I know a lot of people think this series can easily be a sweep. I've presented some facts that led me to placing today's wager.
A lot happened in this game. Kuemper takes a fluke stick through his mask and left the game. That should have pushed Nashville to take advantage, but they couldn't stop Colorado all game on the power play. When it was 3-3 in the second period I was feeling good about this.