The Nashville Predators will travel to Detroit, Michigan to face the Detroit Red Wings at Little Caesars Arena with the puck scheduled to drop at 7:00 PM ET on Friday evening and will air on Bally Sports Detroit and Bally Sports South.

Nashville enters this game with a record of 19-16 and 38 points which puts them in 5^th place in the Central Division while losing three of their last four games and are on a two-game losing streak following a 2-5 loss at home against the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday. The Predators have been a slightly below-average team offensively in the league as they are averaging 3.15 goals per game and have a 20.49% power-play success rate which ranks 16^th and 17^th in the NHL.

 

Nashville also has one of the worst penalty-kill units in the league as they rank 25^th in the NHL in penalty-kill percentage with a percentage of 77.26%, however, they rank 13^th in goals allowed per game with an average of 3.06 goals allowed per game. Filip Forsberg has been the best player on the team this season as he leads the team in goals, assists, and points with 16 goals, 22 assists, and 38 points. The Nashville Predators will look to end their two-game losing streak when they travel to face the Detroit Red Wings.

The Detroit Red Wings have also been a below-average team this season as they enter this matchup in 5^th place in the Atlantic Division with a record of 16-15-4 and 36 points while having lost six of their last seven games and are on a two-game losing streak following Wednesday’s 3-6 loss on the road against the Minnesota Wild. The Red Wings have been one of the best scoring teams in the NHL as they are averaging the 6^th most goals per game with an average of 3.56 goals per game, however, they are middle of the pack when it comes to power-play success rate with a success rate of 21.58%.

 

However, Detroit has been one of the worst teams defensively in the league this season as they are allowing an average of 3.32 goals per game which ranks 19^th in the NHL. Alex DeBrincat leads the team in points and goals with 34 goals and 16 goals. The Detroit Red Wings will look to end their two-game losing streak when they host the Nashville Predators on Friday evening.

BookMaker has the Detroit Red Wings listed as -115 moneyline favorites at home against the Nashville Predators on Friday evening. Nashville has won eight of the last ten and two of the last three meetings. The Predators have won by an average margin of 1.8 goals per game over the last ten and .33 goals per game over the last three games in the series.

Nashville enters this game with a slightly better record and has been the better team in the series, winning eight of the previous ten meetings. The Predators have also won by an average margin of 1.8 goals per game over the last ten games in the series. Detroit has lost six of their last seven games this season which is why I am taking the moneyline for the Nashville Predators at -105 when they travel to face the Detroit Red Wings.