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The Anaheim Ducks and the Nashville Predators continue their opening round playoff series in the Western Conference with Game 4 this Thursday night at Bridgestone Arena. The puck drops at 8 p.m. (ET) the game will be broadcast nationally on CNBC.
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Anaheim quickly found itself in a 0-2 hole in this best-of-seven affair after dropping the first two games on its home ice as solid favorites by identical 3-2 losses. The total ended as a PUSH in both contests. A change in venue for Tuesday’s Game 3 sparked a solid response to an almost dire situation with a 3-0 shutout as slight -104 road underdogs. The Ducks had fairly good success on the road in the regular season with a record of 21-15-5.
The key to Tuesday’s win was a smothering defense bolstered by the play of Frederik Anderson in goal. He turned away all 27 shots he faced after John Gibson got the start in the first two games of this series. The Ducks were ranked first in the NHL in goals-allowed (2.3) in the regular season and they had the best kill rate (87.2) against the power play. On the other end of the ice, right winger Chris Stewart tallied a goal and an assist in Tuesday’s win.
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Credit Nashville for carving-out the 2-0 edge in this series by scoring six goals, but it will quickly need to regain that offensive edge on Thursday night after getting completely shut down at home on Tuesday. The Predators stumbled down the stretch of the regular season with just two victories in their final seven games and counting this series the total has stayed UNDER or ended as a PUSH in six of their last seven games.
Nashville was 12th in the league in scoring this season with 2.7 goals a game and the hot hand for the team was center Filip Forsberg with 33 goals. So far in this series he has a goal and two assists to tie defenseman Roman Josi (three assists) for the most points. Pekka Rinne has gone the distance in goal and through the first three games his goals-against average stands at 2.35 with a .911 save percentage.
The Ducks are 7-2 in their last nine games in the opening round of the playoffs and they are now 5-1 in their last six road games. The total has stayed UNDER in four of their last five games on the road.
The Predators are 6-2 in their last eight games against a team from the Pacific Division, but they fall to 2-5 in their last seven games against a team with a winning record. The total has gone OVER in seven of their last 12 home games.
Anaheim’s win on Tuesday gives it a 5-2 edge in its last seven road games against Nashville and the total has gone OVER in four of the last seven meetings at Bridgestone Arena.
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