Edmonton at Nashville

Edmonton is rebuilding behind top pick Connor McDavid and it's going to take a while for the offense to click. The Oilers suffered a 3-1 setback to St. Louis on Thursday. McDavid recorded two shots on goal in 18:25 of ice time while losing 10 of 13 face-off draws for the Oilers. Edmonton is on an 18-50 run, including 9-42 against the Western Conference. On the plus side, Oilers goalie Cam Talbot stopped 62 of 66 shots in three meetings with the Nashville Predators last season. Edmonton is 8-1 UNDER the total when facing the Central division. Nashville has been focused on defense again, winning its only contest 2-1. The Predators are on a 35-16 run at home, 20-8 after allowing two goals or less in their previous game. Goalie Pekka Rinne won 41 games last season and made 25 saves in the opener, beating Carolina. He hasn't done Edmonton any favors, stopping 84 of 87 shots to win all three meetings last season, including a decisive 37-save shutout in the last encounter. Nashville is 4-1 UNDER the total against teams with winning percentages below 40%. And when these teams clash the UNDER is 2-0-2 in this building, and the home team is 4-1 and the Oilers are just 1-4. Take Nashville and the UNDER.