Nashville Predators vs Vancouver Canucks: Game preview, predictions and odds | January 3, 2025

The Nashville Predators (11-20-7) are on the road to face the Vancouver Canucks (18-11-8) on Friday at 10 p.m. ET.

Nashville is coming off a 5-3 loss to Minnesota on Tuesday while Vancouver won 4-3 over Seattle on Thursday.

Predators vs Canucks: Head-to-head & key stats

• Nashville is 36-42-2-7 all-time against Vancouver
• The Predators are averaging 2.39 goals per game
• The Canucks are 7-7-6 at home
• Nashville is allowing 3.21 goals per game
• Vancouver is averaging 3.1 goals per game
• The Preds are 3-13-4 on the road
• The Canucks are allowing 3.16 goals per game

Nashville Predators vs Vancouver Canucks: Preview

Nashville is on a three-game losing streak. The Predators are led by Filip Forsberg's 30 points, Jonathan Marchessault's 27 points, Roman Josi's 24 points, Steven Stamkos' 23 points and Ryan O'Reilly's 22 points.

Nashville will start Juuse Saros who is 8-16-6 with a 2.82 GAA and a .903 SV%. In his career against Vancouver, he is 6-2-1 with a 3.04 GAA and a .897 SV%.

Meanwhile, Vancouver is 3-1 in its last four games. The Canucks will start Kevin Lankinen who replaced Demko due to back spasms. Lankinen is 15-6-4 with a 2.60 GAA and a .907 SV%. In his career against Nashville, he is 1-5-1 with a 3.16 GAA and a .892 SV%.

Vancouver is led by Conor Garland who has 29 points, Jake DeBrusk with 28 points and Brock Boeser and J.T. Miller with 25 points. Elias Pettersson and Quinn Hughes are still out due to injuries.

Predators vs Canucks: Odds & Prediction

Nashville is a -135 favorite while Vancouver is a +114 underdog. The over/under is set at 5.5 goals.

The Canucks will play the second half of a back-to-back while Nashville is well-rested having been off for three days. The Predators should come out strong and look to get the energy going against a tired Canucks team that went into a shootout 24 hours ago.

Ultimately, Saros will be able to lead Nashville to a big road win.

Prediction: Nashville 3, Vancouver 2.

Predators vs Canucks: Betting Tips

Tip 1: Nashville ML (-135)

Tip 2: Under 5.5 goals (+100)

Tip 3: Filip Forsberg 4+ shots on goal (-110)

Tip 4: Conor Garland 3+ shots on goal (-120)