Stars at Predators 4/13/19 - NHL Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 08/20/2019 at 9:21 AM ET

The Dallas Stars visit the Nashville Predators on Saturday for Game 2 of their NHL Western Conference first round best of seven series. The Stars took a 1-0 lead in the series with a 3-2 win on Wednesday. Rookie Miro Heiskanen scored one goal and assisted on another for the Stars in his first NHL postseason appearance helping lead the Stars to the Game 1 victory.

Nashville took a 1-0 first period lead on a goal by Roman Josi, but managed to score just one more by P.K. Subban in the third period cutting the Stars lead to 3-2 with just over six minutes remaining. The Predators received a power play with just over four minutes remaining and pulled their goalie with 3:13 left, but could not score to force overtime.
After one game of the playoffs, Miro Heiskanen leads Dallas with one goal, one assist and two points. Mats Zuccarello and Alexander Radulov also scored one goal in Game 1. Ben Bishop is 1-0-0 with a 2.00 goals against and .938 saves percentage.

P.K. Subban and Roman Josi each have one goal for Nashville, while Brian Doyle and three teammates have one assist apiece for the Predators following Game 1. Pekka Rinne is 0-1-0 in net for the Predators with a 3.16 goals against average and .897 saves percentage.

Nashville has its proverbial “back to the wall” after just Game 1 of the series as the Predators cannot leave home ice down 0-2 in the series. This is a must win for Nashville. The Predators have won 5 of their last 7 overall and 5 of their last 7 versus opponents from the Western Conference. Dallas has won just 29 of the last 88 when labeled a road dog. Final Score Prediction, Nashville Predators win 3-1.

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