Nashville Predators at Vancouver Canucks Game 2 Prediction – 4/23/2024

The Nashville Predators face off against the Vancouver Canucks in Game 2 of their first round playoff series in the Western Conference on April 23, 2024, at 10:00 pm ET. DraftKings Sportsbook favors the Canucks at -162, with the Predators as underdogs at +136. In early betting, 80% of moneyline bets are on the Predators, while the Canucks have 20% backing. The over is the popular choice with 88% of bets on the total of 5.5, while 12% opt for the under. It's gearing up to be an exciting matchup between these two teams.

Entering Predators vs Canucks Game 2, the Vancouver Canucks hold a 1-0 series lead. However, it did not look like the Canucks were going to take that lead for most of the opening game of this series. Vancouver was trailing in the third period of that game, struggling to get much going offensively for the majority of the contest. But they did manage to mount a late comeback to not just win the game, but cover the puckline as well.

A big question for Vancouver going into the second game of this series will be whether they can maintain their discipline to make tonight's game easier than Game 1 was. The Canucks had double the penalty minutes of the Predators in Sunday's series opener, which led to a power play goal for the Preds that gave Nashville a 2-1 lead in the second period. Vancouver could be on upset alert in this game if they can't avoid those lapses in judgement again in Game 2.

As for our best bet for Predators vs Canucks Game 2, we will take the Nashville Predators to win as an underdog to even this series at a game apiece. The Predators looked like the more poised team for the majority of Game 1, even if they did not manage to come away with a victory thanks to Vancouver's third period comeback. If we see anything close to that again in this game, we could be even in this series heading to Nashville for Game 3.

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