Vegas at Nashville

There is no doubt that scoring is up in the NHL this season, but it also appears that the teams have gotten better at controlling the defensive end, especially since the calendar turned to 2018. There were 182 games with a total of six or higher, prior to the new year, but just 15 so far since. The 89-76 mark on the OVER up until the new year has been replaced by a 9-6 mark to the UNDER since, when the total is 6+. The average goals scored down from 6.2 prior to the first of the year to 5.6. That is a significant change. The Predators are 33-14-4 playing to a total of 6+ in their last 51, including 7-4 this year. The UNDER gets the call.