Nashville Predators at Columbus Blue Jackets 5/3/21 - NHL Picks & Predictions

By: Jim |

Last Updated: 05/02/2021 at 9:16 PM ET

Nashville is coming here after playing Dallas in their last game. The game for the Predators ended up being a win with a score of 1-0. The Nashville team has ended up moving to a record of 28-22-2 on the year.

This season the Predators have managed to get a total of 2.58 goals per game. The power play for the Predators have ended up converting at a clip of 17.7%. The penalty kill for the Nashville team is killing off 75.2%. The defense for the Predators has allowed only 2.75 goals per game.

The Blue Jackets are heading to the game here after playing against the Carolina Hurricanes in the last game. The Blue Jackets in the game ended up getting a total of 1 goals and the defense allowed 3 goals. The Blue Jackets have managed to move to a 16-15-11 record on the year.

The power play for the Columbus team is converting at a clip of 14.4%. The defense for the Blue Jackets has killed off 80% of the power plays faced. Columbus on the year has managed to score a total of 2.31 goals per game. Defensively the Blue Jackets have allowed only 3.25 goals per game.

Columbus is one team that has had a lot of problems lately and ended up being sellers at the deadline. That is going to lead to the Blue Jackets struggling to score against a really good Predators defense in what should be an easy win for Nashville here. Final Score Prediction, Nashville Predators win 2-0.

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