NHL: Dietel, coming off a perfect pick day, looks to keep it going as he examines Predators v Stars
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.