Nashville at Columbus

Nashville has won 11 of 14 against Columbus over the past three seasons. The last two wins were 4-1 and 4-0. They are playing amazing hockey against division foes this year, winning these games by an average score of 3.6 to 2.5.  Columbus gives up 3.6 per game to division opponents and their scoring right now is weak (2.4 per game over last five). Against weak teams under 40%, Nashville is 35-9 the past two seasons. They are also 15-2 ove rthat span vs. terrible goalies that save under 88% of shots on goal (Ty Conklin allows 13% to get through). This season the Predators are 8-0 vs. teams that scored under 2.5 per game.