San Jose Sharks - Nashville Predators predictions and free betting tips [25/02/2024]

The NHL regular season match between the Western Conference rivals, San Jose Sharks and Nashville Predators. Night-time hockey fans are looking forward to this face-off.

San Jose Sharks

San Jose Sharks outfit, having taken part in 55 official games of the 2023-2024 NHL regular season, has accrued 35 points from these matches. This leaves them in 15th place on the leaderboard for the Western Conference. The 2023-2024 season has been a failure for San Jose who are unlikely to make it into the Stanley Cup playoffs. At present, San Jose is in 15th place in the Western Conference tables and is only ahead of the rivals from Chicago. There's absolutely no chance for San Jose to go past the 14th place in the Western Conference rankings.

The team now forms a part of a group of outsiders consisting of Chicago and Anaheim. The points gap between Chicago and Anaheim stands at 8 points. Outdoing such a lag would be challenging for the outsiders, considering their current pace of scoring points. With respect to performance statistics, San Jose stands out for its 'leaky' defence, which is deemed the worst in the league. Each time in recent matches, however, San Jose has performed significantly better than usual. In their last 10 games, the "sharks" have managed to achieve 5 victories, yet they are still lagging by a full 7 points behind their competitors from Anaheim.

Nashville Predators

In the 2023-2024 NHL regular season, the Nashville hockey team has engaged in 57 official matches. With these 57 matches, Nashville has amassed 62 points, placing them at the 9th spot in the Western Conference standings. Nashville's performance during the 2023-2024 season has been middling at best, and they risk missing out on the Stanley Cup playoffs. Nashville is currently in 9th place, falling behind their St Louis rivals on the 8th spot due to further indicators only.

In the current scenario, Nashville cannot afford to make mistakes if this US-based team is keen on a Stanley Cup playoff berth. Even if it's not entirely up to Nashville in chasing St Louis, keeping their position solely requires victories, bringing success within reach. With respect to performance factors, Nashville gives nothing exceptional and handles them at quite the average level. Nashville hockey players have conceded 7 goals more than they've scored. In their last 5 matches, Nashville has only suffered 2 defeats, losing to Dallas and New Jersey.

Head to Head

San Jose and Nashville have encountered each other in 48 matches. Nashville has 29 victories to San Jose's 19.

Prediction for match San Jose Sharks - Nashville Predators

Nashville will take home the victory in regulation time. In recent matches, as well as throughout the season, Nashville has been performing far superior to San Jose. Motivation also plays a significant part and Nashville, participating in the race for the Stanley Cup playoffs, undeniably has a higher one.