Nashville at Vancouver

Nashville led 2-1 after two periods in Game 1, but Vancouver scored three times, including an empty-netter, and won 4-2 on Sunday. The Predators had a 22-21 edge in shots and Juuse Saros had 17 saves, but the Canucks scored two quick ones in the third period and that was the difference. Saros is 35-24-5 with a 2.86 goals-against average and will be in net again tonight and Nashville will have to keep up the pressure for the full 60 minutes after limiting the Canucks to just four shots in the first period on Sunday. The Predators are 7-1 their past eight games against Pacific Division opponents and the Canucks are 1-5 their past six games following a win. Vancouver has won just five of its past 11 games. The OVER is 7-1 in Nashville's past eight games versus the Western Conference and it is 9-1 OVER after scoring two or fewer goals its previous game. Seven of the past eight meetings have gone OVER. Take the Predators as my NHL Dog of the Month, and play this game to go OVER the total.