Dallas Stars center Radek Faksa shoots against the Nashville Predators in Game 3 in an NHL hockey first-round playoff series on April 15, 2019.
Dallas Stars center Radek Faksa shoots against the Nashville Predators in Game 3 in an NHL hockey first-round playoff series on April 15, 2019. Tony Gutierrez | Associated Press
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NHL: Dietel, coming off a perfect pick day, looks to keep it going as he examines Predators v Stars

Craig Dietel

Best Bet
Predators over STARS

The Skinny
Tonight we are only rocking one pick. The Leafs managed to best the Bruins in the last game without the help of F Nazeem Kadri and will have to do that again if they wan to push the series to 3-1. The Flames v Avalanche matchup is closer to call than most think with F Nathan MacKinnon playing at the top of his game, now with D Cale Makar in the mix as well, things look a lot more evened up than they first appeared.

With all of that said, we are only going to focus on a Nashville victory tonight. Every game in this series has been decided by a one goal margin but 2 out of 3 times, the Preds walked out the victor. Look for something similar again tonight. They are without F Brian Boyle which isn’t a huge loss but definitely hurts then in the face off circle. They are also without former Flyer F Wayne Simmonds. We think their backend and goaltending still pull out the win tonight.

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