The Montreal Canadiens will travel to Nashville, Tennessee to face the Nashville Predators at the Bridgestone Arena with the puck scheduled to drop at 8:00 PM ET on Tuesday night and will air on Bally Sports South.

The Montreal Canadiens enter this game with a record of 23-28-10 and 56 points which puts them in 7^th place in the Atlantic Division and gives them the 3^rd worst record in the Eastern Conference while having lost seven of their last nine games and are on a two-game losing streak following a 3-4 shootout loss on the road against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday. 

The Canadiens have been a below-average team offensively as they are averaging the 6^th fewest goals per game with an average of 2.83 goals per game and have a power-play success rate of 19.49% which ranks 19^th in the NHL. 

Defensively, Montreal has been one of the worst teams as they are allowing the 4^th most goals per game and have the 3^rd worst penalty-kill percentage at 73.91% while allowing an average of 3.58 goals per game. Nick Suzuki has been one of the better players on the team and leads the team in goals and points while being tied for the team lead in assists with 24 goals, 35 assists, and 59 points. 

The Montreal Canadiens will look to end their two-game losing streak when they travel to face the Nashville Predators.

The Nashville Predators enter this game with a record of 35-25-2 and 72 points which puts them in 4^th place in the Central Division and gives them 8^th best record in the Western Conference while having won their last eight games in a row following Saturday’s 5-1 win at home against the Colorado Avalanche. The Predators have been a middle-of-the-pack team offensively as they rank 15^th in scoring with an average of 3.18 goals per game and have a power-play success rate of 19.05% which ranks 21^st in the league. 

Defensively, Nashville has also been an average team as they rank 16^th in goals allowed per game with an average of 3.1 goals allowed per game, however, they have one of the worst penalty-kill units as they have the 7^th worst penalty-kill percentage at 76.04%. Filip Forsberg has been one of the better players for the Predators this season as he leads the team in points with 62. 

The Nashville Predators will look to extend their winning streak to nine games when they host the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night.

JustBet has the Nashville Predators listed as -212 moneyline favorites at home against the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night. Nashville has won eight of the last ten and two of the previous three meetings against Montreal. The Predators have won by an average margin of 1 goal per game over the last ten and 1 goal per game over the previous three games in the series.

Nashville enters this game with a better record and has been the dominant team in the series, winning eight of the last ten and two of the previous three contests. However, the Predators have only won by an average margin of 1 goal per game over the last ten and 1 goal per game over the previous three games in the series which is why I am taking the puck line for the Montreal Canadiens at +1.5 when they travel to face the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night.