NHL Betting Preview: Stars vs Predators

The Dallas Stars lock horns with the Nashville Predators in this NHL matchup at Bridgestone Arena, with face-off scheduled for 19:00 on Sunday, October 26. Our betting preview features expert predictions, betting tips, the latest odds, H2H stats, player stats, team news and the starting lineups.

High-Scoring Game is On the Cards

The Stars meet the Predators on the rink and there could be a few goals. Take a chance on the attractive -133 that we see Over 5.5 scored.

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5-1 Win for Predators in Pair’s Previous Clash

Dallas Stars won their previous game which was at home. It was a 3-2 triumph at American Airlines Center against Carolina Hurricanes. Miro Heiskanen scored two goals and Sam Steel registered the other. Goalie Jake Oettinger stopped 26 shots (.929).

Nashville Predators last game was a 5-4 (SO) home win. This victory over Los Angeles Kings at Bridgestone Arena made it back-to-back victories. Ryan O'Reilly scored two goals, with Filip Forsberg and Cole Smith also scoring.

Head-to-Head Statistics

The Predators beat the Stars when the teams last met. It was a 5-1 scoreline at Bridgestone Arena. The previous 10 games featuring these teams have resulted in six Stars victories.

Starting Goalies

Casey DeSmith (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	0-1-0	5.2	.808	0
23/24	12-9-4	2.89	.895	1

Justus Annunen (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	1-1-0	5.1	.808	0
23/24	8-4-1	2.25	.928	2

Dallas Stars – Last 10 Games

4 wins, 5 losses and 1 overtime loss, averaging 2.8 goals from 26.8 shots on goal, with a 29.7% powerplay efficiency. The Stars have been giving up 3.8 goals from 29.1 shots, averaging 3.6 penalties with a penalty-killing efficiency of 69.4%.

Wyatt Johnston is the top points scorer with 11 points, 5 goals and 6 assists, with Mikko Rantanen racking up 11 points, 3 goals and 8 assists, in the past 10 games. Goalie Jake Oettinger have a 3.08 goal against average with a .896 save percentage.

Nashville Predators – Last 10 Games

The Predators have 5 wins, 3 losses and 2 overtime losses, averaging 2.8 goals from 28.3 shots on goal, with a 7.5% powerplay efficiency. They have conceded 3.0 goals from 30.0 shots, averaging 4.3 penalties per game with a penalty-killing efficiency of 93.0%.

The top points scorer is Ryan O'Reilly with 11 points, 6 goals and 5 assists, while Filip Forsberg is next best after registering 8 points, 3 goals and 5 assists. Goalie Juuse Saros have a 2.50 GAA with a .915 SV%.

Dallas Stars vs Nashville Predators Prediction & Picks

Get ahead of the game with our Dallas Stars vs Nashville Predators betting rundown, featuring our trusted match prediction, likely score outcome, standout player prop plays and a fully loaded bet builder.

Game Prediction

We’re expecting the lamp to light up multiple times in this NHL clash and that leads us to backing the -133 when it comes to going over the total line.

Our hockey predictions are built after tracking the latest team news and reviewing recent form. We also dive into up-to-date NHL stats, which often serve as a solid barometer for how the action might unfold.

Key Stars vs Predators stats:

The 5.5 line has been covered in 6 of the last 10 Stars games.
The 5.5 line has been covered in 3 of the last 5 Stars games on the road.
The 5.5 line has been covered in the last 2 games between these teams.

Over 5.5 Probability

According to the latest odds, our pick has a 57.1% chance of winning. Based on our cappers in-depth research, we calculate the actual probability to be 60-65%. This is why we can recommend this hockey bet.

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Player Prop Picks

Top Pick: Luke Evangelista Over 1.5 Shots -149

Luke Evangelista (Predators) has had Over 1.5 shots on goal in 7 of the past 9 games. We think that the value can be found by wagering on Shots on Goal and you can get -149 that he goes over the line.

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Same Game Parlay Picks

Totals Over 5.5

To Score Jason Robertson

Shots on Goal Luke Evangelista Over 1.5

Get in the game with a same game parlay. Our picks are Over 5.5 on the total, Jason Robertson (Stars) to find the net and Luke Evangelista (Predators) to have Over 1.5 shots.

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Correct Score Prediction

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Dallas Stars vs Nashville Predators Odds

The odds and lines are updated on a frequent basis. You might therefore find that they are different to the ones listed for the above betting predictions.

Close Encounter in the Eyes of the Books

For this game, the sportsbooks’ Moneyline betting odds mean Dallas Stars are -154 favorites to win and that means a 61% chance of landing a victory. If you’re looking for an alternative angle, Nashville Predators are trading at +128.

The puck line is 1.5 and the total goals line is currently 5.5. Hockey fans love the chance to get an alternative angle by going for a Totals wager. If you're keen on Over 5.5, this selection is available at -133.

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Moneyline

3-Way Moneyline

Puck Line

Total Goals

Mikko Rantanen Favorite to Be First Goalscorer

Favorite Mikko Rantanen is now available at +900 to be the First Goalscorer. You will find similar odds apply when it comes to him scoring the last goal.

Player Goals

Mikko Rantanen (Stars)

Jason Robertson (Stars)

Tyler Seguin (Stars)

Filip Forsberg (Predators)

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Player Assists

Mikko Rantanen (Stars)

Jason Robertson (Stars)

Miro Heiskanen (Stars)

Filip Forsberg (Predators)

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Player Shots

Filip Forsberg (Predators)

Mikko Rantanen (Stars)

Jason Robertson (Stars)

Wyatt Johnston (Stars)

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Micro Betting

Among the various options for wagering on the NHL, you will find that micro betting is provided. It focuses on short-term in-game outcomes such as whether a goal will be scored within the next 10 minutes.

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Last 5 & H2H

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Last 5 Games

Stars

NHL: 26/10 Hurricanes2 Stars 3
NHL: 24/10 Kings3 Stars 2
NHL: 22/10 Blue Jackets5 Stars 1
NHL: 19/10 Stars1 Blues 3
NHL: 17/10 Canucks5 Stars 3

Predators

NHL: 26/10 Kings4 Predators 5
NHL: 24/10 Canucks1 Predators 2
NHL: 22/10 Ducks5 Predators 2
NHL: 19/10 Predators1 Jets 4
NHL: 17/10 Predators2 Canadiens 3

Head to Head

Dallas vs Nashville

NHL: 17/04 2025 Stars 1 Predators 5
NHL: 04/04 2025 Predators 1 Stars 5
NHL: 13/12 2024 Predators 4 Stars 1
NHL: 11/10 2024 Stars 4 Predators 3
NHL: 16/02 2024 Stars 9 Predators 2
NHL: 13/01 2024 Predators 6 Stars 3
NHL: 07/01 2024 Predators 4 Stars 3
NHL: 23/12 2023 Stars 3 Predators 2
NHL: 04/04 2023 Predators 1 Stars 5
NHL: 28/12 2022 Stars 3 Predators 2

Team Stats

Latest regular season and playoff games stats.

Dallas Stars Stats

Nashville Predators Stats

Moneyline

4 wins and 6 defeats in the last 10 games
3 wins and 7 defeats in the last 10 games on the road

Moneyline

5 wins and 5 defeats in the last 10 games
5 wins and 5 defeats in the last 10 home games

Puck Line

-1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 1 of the last 10 games
-1.5 Betting Line on the Road: Have not covered the -1.5 puck line in any of the last 10 games on the road

Puck Line

+1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 7 of the last 10 games
+1.5 Betting Line at Home: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 7 of the last 10 home games

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 6.70 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals on the Road: An average of 6.20 goals in the previous 10 games on the road
Over 5.5: Covered in 6 of the previous 10 games
Over 5.5 on the Road: Covered in 4 of the previous 10 games on the road
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 2.90 goals and allowed 3.80 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals on the Road: Have scored an average of 2.00 pts and allowed 4.20 goals in the last 10 games on the road

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 5.90 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals at Home: An average of 6.30 goals in the previous 10 home games
Over 5.5: Covered in 4 of the previous 10 games
Over 5.5 at Home: Covered in 5 of the previous 10 home games
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 2.90 goals and allowed 3.00 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals at Home: Have scored an average of 3.00 goals and allowed 3.30 goals in the last 10 home games

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 1.1
Shots: 26.8
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 3.6
Empty Net Goals: 0.2
Penalty Minutes: 8.8
Blocks: 11.3
Faceoff Wins : 30.1
Hits: 23.8
Giveaways: 15.9
Takeaways: 3.5

Last 10 Games on the Road

Goals Powerplay: 0.4
Shots: 25.7
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 4.6
Empty Net Goals: 0
Penalty Minutes: 10.7
Blocks: 13.4
Faceoff Wins : 31.1
Hits: 27.9
Giveaways: 14
Takeaways: 2.9

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.3
Shots: 28.3
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 4.3
Empty Net Goals: 0.2
Penalty Minutes: 9.7
Blocks: 15.5
Faceoff Wins : 29.2
Hits: 18.7
Giveaways: 16
Takeaways: 5.8

Last 10 Home Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.6
Shots: 30.1
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 3.9
Empty Net Goals: 0
Penalty Minutes: 8.9
Blocks: 13
Faceoff Wins : 29.7
Hits: 20.5
Giveaways: 17.5
Takeaways: 6.3

Team News

Dallas Stars Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
96	Mikko Rantanen	8	21.2	3	7	10	0
53	Wyatt Johnston	8	20.98	5	4	9	-1
24	Roope Hintz	8	19.03	1	7	8	-1

21	Jason Robertson	8	20.01	3	4	7	0
55	Thomas Harley	8	22.85	1	6	7	-4
91	Tyler Seguin	8	16.2	2	2	4	1
4	Miro Heiskanen	8	25.28	2	2	4	0
23	Esa Lindell	8	22.58	1	3	4	4
5	Nils Lundkvist	4	16	1	2	3	0
12	Radek Faksa	8	12.34	1	1	2	-4
18	Sam Steel	8	16.69	1	1	2	-2
22	Mavrik Bourque	8	14.29	1	1	2	-4
95	Matt Duchene	4	14.45	1	1	2	0
15	Colin Blackwell	8	11.79	0	1	1	-3
11	Nathan Bastian	8	6.85	1	0	1	-3
6	Lian Bichsel	8	15.43	0	1	1	-2
46	Ilya Lyubushkin	6	15.75	0	1	1	3
	Adam Erne	5	10.14	0	1	1	0
49	Justin Hryckowian	7	8.36	0	0	0	-3
28	Alexander Petrovic	6	13.9	0	0	0	-6

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
1	Casey DeSmith	1	5.15	0.808
29	Jake Oettinger	7	2.98	0.899

Nashville Predators Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
90	Ryan O'Reilly	9	19.44	5	3	8	0
9	Filip Forsberg	9	19.06	3	3	6	1
59	Roman Josi	8	24.09	1	4	5	-4

56	Erik Haula	9	15.68	2	2	4	0
81	Jonathan Marchessault	6	18.13	2	2	4	-3
36	Cole Smith	9	14.58	3	0	3	0
47	Michael McCarron	9	14.62	1	2	3	0
58	Michael Bunting	9	14.86	2	1	3	-1
22	Luke Evangelista	8	13.64	0	3	3	-2
48	Nicklaus Perbix	9	20.68	2	1	3	1
24	Spencer Stastney	9	15.1	0	3	3	0
89	Ozzy Wiesblatt	6	10.53	0	2	2	-1
91	Steven Stamkos	9	17.6	1	1	2	-5
83	Adam Wilsby	9	18.9	0	2	2	0
20	Justin Barron	9	15.24	0	2	2	0
76	Brady Skjei	9	22.66	0	2	2	-4
17	Tyson Jost	8	12.43	1	0	1	-2
44	Brady Martin	3	11.43	0	1	1	0
52	Matthew Wood	2	13.85	0	1	1	2
41	Nicolas Hague	1	21.2	0	1	1	-2
40	Fyodor Svechkov	9	12.73	0	0	0	-5
25	Joakim Kemell	2	11.05	0	0	0	0
37	Nick Blankenburg	1	12.1	0	0	0	1

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
29	Justus Annunen	1	5.07	0.808
74	Juuse Saros	8	2.68	0.909

Injuries & Suspensions

Dallas Stars Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Matt Duchene

Injured

Jamie Benn

Injured

Oskar Baeck

Injured

Nils Lundkvist

Injured

Nashville Predators Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Jonathan Marchessault

Injured

Nicolas Hague

Injured

Starting Lineups

Both teams’ confirmed lineups will be published ahead of face-off. There is also the chance to look at the lineups from the previous 10 games.

Previous Dallas Stars Lineups

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Hurricanes 2-3 Stars

Metropolitan	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 New Jersey	8	7	1	0	14	0.875	7	7	31	19	12	4-0-0	3-1-0	0-0	7-1	7W
2 Pittsburgh	9	6	2	1	13	0.722	6	6	32	24	8	2-1-1	4-1-0	0-1	6-3	1L
3 Carolina	8	6	2	0	12	0.75	3	5	31	22	9	2-0-0	4-2-0	1-0	6-2	1L
4 Washington	9	6	3	0	12	0.667	5	6	27	21	6	3-3-0	3-0-0	0-0	6-3	1L
5 NY Islanders	8	4	3	1	9	0.563	4	4	30	28	2	3-2-0	1-1-1	0-1	4-4	1L
6 Philadelphia	8	4	3	1	9	0.563	2	3	23	21	2	4-1-0	0-2-1	1-0	4-4	1W
7 Columbus	8	4	4	0	8	0.5	3	3	25	25	0	1-3-0	3-1-0	1-0	4-4	1W
8 NY Rangers	9	3	4	2	8	0.444	3	3	21	21	0	0-4-1	3-0-1	0-0	3-6	2L

East Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Montreal	10	7	3	0	14	0.7	4	7	36	30	6	3-1-0	4-2-0	0-0	7-3	1W
2 Detroit	9	6	3	0	12	0.667	5	6	30	29	1	5-1-0	1-2-0	0-0	6-3	1W
3 Florida	10	5	5	0	10	0.5	5	5	25	28	-3	4-1-0	1-4-0	0-0	5-5	1W
4 Buffalo	9	4	4	1	9	0.5	4	4	27	27	0	4-2-0	0-2-1	0-0	4-5	1L
5 Ottawa	9	4	4	1	9	0.5	3	3	31	35	-4	2-2-1	2-2-0	1-0	4-5	2W
6 Toronto	9	4	4	1	9	0.5	2	4	31	33	-2	4-2-1	0-2-0	0-0	4-5	1W
7 Boston	10	4	6	0	8	0.4	3	4	32	35	-3	3-3-0	1-3-0	0-0	4-6	1W
8 Tampa Bay	8	2	4	2	6	0.375	2	2	22	27	-5	1-3-0	1-1-2	0-0	2-6	1W

East Central	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Utah	9	7	2	0	14	0.778	5	7	34	22	12	4-0-0	3-2-0	0-0	7-2	6W
2 Colorado	9	5	1	3	13	0.722	5	5	30	22	8	2-0-2	3-1-1	0-2	5-4	3L
3 Winnipeg	8	6	2	0	12	0.75	6	6	28	19	9	3-2-0	3-0-0	0-0	6-2	1W
4 Chicago	8	4	2	2	10	0.625	3	4	25	20	5	2-1-1	2-1-1	0-1	4-4	2W
5 Nashville	9	4	3	2	10	0.556	3	3	24	29	-5	3-1-1	1-2-1	1-0	4-5	2W
6 Dallas	8	4	3	1	9	0.563	3	3	25	28	-3	2-2-1	2-1-0	1-0	4-4	1W
7 St Louis	8	3	4	1	7	0.438	3	3	24	33	-9	1-3-1	2-1-0	0-0	3-5	3L
8 Minnesota	9	3	5	1	7	0.389	2	2	23	33	-10	1-2-0	2-3-1	1-0	3-6	2L

West Pacific	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Vegas	8	5	1	2	12	0.75	4	5	30	23	7	3-0-1	2-1-1	0-1	5-3	1L
2 Seattle	9	5	2	2	12	0.667	3	5	25	25	0	3-0-0	2-2-2	0-1	5-4	2W
3 Anaheim	8	4	3	1	9	0.563	3	4	29	29	0	1-1-0	3-2-1	0-0	4-4	1L
4 Edmonton	9	4	4	1	9	0.5	3	4	26	28	-2	2-0-1	2-4-0	0-1	4-5	1L
5 LA Kings	9	3	3	3	9	0.5	0	2	26	32	-6	0-2-1	3-1-2	1-2	3-6	1L
6 Vancouver	9	4	5	0	8	0.444	3	3	25	28	-3	1-2-0	3-3-0	1-0	4-5	3L
7 San Jose	8	1	5	2	4	0.25	0	1	23	37	-14	0-2-2	1-3-0	0-0	1-7	1L
8 Calgary	9	1	7	1	3	0.167	0	0	16	34	-18	0-3-1	1-4-0	1-0	1-8	8L

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NHL Betting Preview: Stars vs Predators

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Starting Goalies

Dallas Stars vs Nashville Predators Prediction & Picks

Game Prediction

Over 5.5 Probability

Best Bet

Player Prop Picks

Latest Luke Evangelista Player Prop Odds

Same Game Parlay Picks

Correct Score Prediction

Latest Correct Score Odds

Dallas Stars vs Nashville Predators Odds

Close Encounter in the Eyes of the Books

Player Goals

Player Assists

Player Shots

Micro Betting

Last 5 & H2H

Head to Head

Team News

Injuries & Suspensions

Dallas Stars Injury Table

Nashville Predators Injury Table

Starting Lineups

Previous Dallas Stars Lineups

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