Nashville takes a seven-game winning streak into San Jose. The first meeting went to a shootout after Steven Stamkos tied it with one second left in regulation. San Jose took the extra point that night.
If you expect Nashville to flip the result, Roman Josi’s passing gives you one way to follow the Predators’ offense. Tyler Toffoli’s points line offers a different read on the game, especially if Nashville can keep San Jose’s power play off the ice.
Player props for a Predators win
| Player & prop | Odds | With this result | All games |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roman Josi Over 0.5 assists |
−165 | 81.8% 9 of 11 NSH wins |
65.0% 13 of 20 games |
| Tyler Toffoli Under 0.5 points |
−185 | 84.6% 11 of 13 SJS losses |
59.1% 13 of 22 games |
Roman Josi over 0.5 assists
Josi picked up an assist on Ryan O’Reilly’s power-play goal in the October meeting. He also got the second assist on O’Reilly’s tying goal at even strength in Vegas on Friday. If San Jose leaves Nashville room to move the puck from the point to the boards or down low, Josi has a path to an assist at either strength.
Josi had an assist in every Nashville win in which he recorded a point, so you’d pay more for the point line to add a scoring route that never changed the result in those wins. There’s room for the offense to go through somebody else. In the 3–0 win over Los Angeles, Nils Hoglander set up both Filip Forsberg goals and Josi went without a point.
Tyler Toffoli under 0.5 points
Toffoli went scoreless in 11 of San Jose’s 13 defeats, compared with 13 of 22 games overall. He was projected alongside Ty Dellandrea and Kiefer Sherwood in Utah. Nashville can keep his chances down by getting the puck out before that line can establish a cycle below the goal line.
There are two recent ways the under can come apart. In October, Toffoli found Mason Marchment with a pass from below the goal line to open the scoring against Nashville. On Saturday, he put in his own rebound on the power play during a two-point night in Utah. Even a short shift around the crease can be enough.
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For Josi, watch whether he has time at the blue line to move the puck before San Jose closes on him. The Toffoli under is more sensitive to who gets the power plays. If Nashville takes early penalties and Toffoli is getting touches by the post, the case for the under weakens.
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