NHL Betting Preview: Stars vs Predators

The Dallas Stars square off against the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena, with face-off scheduled for 15:30 on Saturday, November 8. Our betting preview features expert NHL predictions, betting tips, the latest odds, H2H stats, player stats, team news and the starting lineups.

The Value Lies With Stars to Win

We’re keeping our prediction simple which is the Stars to claim a victory in regulation time. They should have the upper hand over the Predators and the 3-Way Moneyline offers a tempting -102.

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Teams’ Last Battle Saw 3-2 Stars Victory

Dallas Stars have experienced back-to-back road losses. Their previous game was a 7-5 home defeat against Anaheim Ducks at American Airlines Center. Wyatt Johnston bagged two goals, while Mikko Rantanen, Tyler Seguin and Roope Hintz scored once.

Nashville Predators have lost on their last three outings. In a recent home game at Bridgestone Arena, they were turned over 3-1 by Philadelphia Flyers. Predators managed 24 shots and Ryan O'Reilly recorded the only goal.

Head-to-Head Statistics

The Stars beat the Predators when the teams last met. It was a 3-2 scoreline at Bridgestone Arena. The past 10 clashes between these teams have seen six Stars wins.

Starting Goalies

Jake Oettinger (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	5-3-2	2.9	.899	1
23/24	35-14-2	2.72	.905	3

Juuse Saros (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	5-5-3	2.9	.902	0
23/24	35-24-5	2.86	.906	3

Dallas Stars – Last 10 Games

4 wins, 3 losses and 3 overtime losses, averaging 2.3 goals from 25.0 shots on goal, with a 32.4% powerplay efficiency. The Stars have given up 3.0 goals from 26.5 shots, averaging 2.8 penalties with a penalty-killing efficiency of 71.4%.

Mikko Rantanen is the top points scorer with 14 points, 6 goals and 8 assists, with Wyatt Johnston recording 12 points, 5 goals and 7 assists, over the last 10 games. Goalie Jake Oettinger have a 2.73 goal against average with a .896 save percentage, including one shutout.

Nashville Predators – Last 10 Games

The Predators have 3 wins, 5 losses and 2 overtime losses, averaging 2.4 goals from 27.7 shots on goal, with a 14.3% powerplay efficiency. They have been conceding 3.5 goals from 29.3 shots, averaging 4.0 penalties per game with a penalty-killing efficiency of 85.0%.

The top points scorer is Filip Forsberg with 9 points, 5 goals and 4 assists, while Ryan O'Reilly is next best after registering 7 points, 4 goals and 3 assists. Goalie Juuse Saros have a 3.22 GAA with a .891 SV%.

Dallas Stars vs Nashville Predators Prediction & Picks

Get fully prepped for Dallas Stars vs Nashville Predators with our betting guide, featuring our expert match pick, predicted scoreline, top player props and a value-focused bet builder.

Game Prediction

Dallas Stars are available at -102 when it comes to winning this NHL encounter in 60 minutes. Our pick is that the visitors will prove too strong for Nashville Predators and there’s value available when it comes to these odds.

The handicappers at Sportsgambler.com always keep close tabs on team news as it develops. We also rely on recent form and key NHL stats to help shape our hockey predictions and guide the final call.

Key Stars vs Predators stats:

Predators have lost 4 of their last 5 games.
Predators have lost 7 of their last 10 games.
Predators have lost their last 3 games.
Predators have lost 6 of their last 10 games against Stars.

Stars 3-Way Moneyline Probability

According to the top sportsbooks, our pick has a 50.5% chance of winning. After careful examination, our cappers have this probability somewhere between 55-60%. This is why we regard this as a value wager.

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Player Prop Picks

Top Pick: Wyatt Johnston Over 2.5 Shots -154

Wyatt Johnston (Stars) has totaled Over 2.5 shots on goal in 9 of the past 10 games. There is odds of -154 available when it comes to this Shots on Goal wager and we think he’ll cover the line.

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Same Game Parlay Picks

3-Way Moneyline Stars

To Score Mikko Rantanen

Shots on Goal Wyatt Johnston Over 2.5

We’ve compiled a same game parlay that includes the Stars winning in regulation time followed by Mikko Rantanen (Stars) to find the net and Wyatt Johnston (Stars) having Over 2.5 shots.

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Correct Score Prediction

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4 - 2 Predators logo

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There are betting odds of +1400 that the Stars land a 4-2 victory. The correct score option is popular due to the potential return that can be achieved.

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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.

Books Anticipating a Close Contest

Sportsbooks’ favorites Dallas Stars are regarded as likeliest victors for this game and the -161 about them triumphing means a 62% chance based on their current Moneyline betting odds. Nashville Predators are trading at bigger odds than their opponents and they can be backed at +134.

1.5 is the puck line and 5.5 is the total goals line. There is no denying the popularity of wagering on Totals. The Over 5.5 selection is available to back at -120.

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Moneyline

3-Way Moneyline

Puck Line

Total Goals

Mikko Rantanen Favorite to Be First Goalscorer

Mikko Rantanen is available at +140 when it comes to Anytime Goalscorer. The favorite is now priced at odds of +900 to find the net first.

Player Goals

Mikko Rantanen (Stars)

Jason Robertson (Stars)

Wyatt Johnston (Stars)

Filip Forsberg (Predators)

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Player Assists

Mikko Rantanen (Stars)

Jason Robertson (Stars)

Miro Heiskanen (Stars)

Wyatt Johnston (Stars)

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Player Shots

Jason Robertson (Stars)

Filip Forsberg (Predators)

Mikko Rantanen (Stars)

Wyatt Johnston (Stars)

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Micro Betting

Instead of focusing on the overall outcome, some bettors prefer to look at the NHL micro betting lines. As the name suggests, it means placing short-term wagers and this might include the Next Goalscorer or Next Goal.

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Last 5 & H2H

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Last 5 Games

Stars

NHL: 07/11 Ducks7 Stars 5
NHL: 05/11 Oilers3 Stars 4
NHL: 01/11 Stars3 Panthers 4
NHL: 31/10 Stars1 Lightning 2
NHL: 29/10 Capitals0 Stars 1

Predators

NHL: 07/11 Flyers3 Predators 1
NHL: 05/11 Predators2 Wild 3
NHL: 04/11 Canucks5 Predators 4
NHL: 01/11 Flames2 Predators 4
NHL: 31/10 Predators1 Flyers 4

Head to Head

Dallas vs Nashville

NHL: 27/10 2025 Stars 3 Predators 2
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

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

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

Puck Line

-1.5 Betting Line: Have not covered the -1.5 puck line in any 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 6 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 5.50 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals on the Road: An average of 5.70 goals in the previous 10 games on the road
Over 5.5: Covered in 4 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 2.40 goals and allowed 3.10 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals on the Road: Have scored an average of 2.00 pts and allowed 3.70 goals in the last 10 games on the road

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 6.00 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals at Home: An average of 5.80 goals in the previous 10 home games
Over 5.5: Covered in 5 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 2.50 goals and allowed 3.50 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals at Home: Have scored an average of 2.60 goals and allowed 3.20 goals in the last 10 home games

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 1.2
Shots: 25
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 2.8
Empty Net Goals: 0
Penalty Minutes: 5.6
Blocks: 11.3
Faceoff Wins : 29.7
Hits: 23.8
Giveaways: 15.1
Takeaways: 4.3

Last 10 Games on the Road

Goals Powerplay: 0.5
Shots: 25.5
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 4.3
Empty Net Goals: 0
Penalty Minutes: 10.1
Blocks: 10.5
Faceoff Wins : 30
Hits: 27.2
Giveaways: 14.3
Takeaways: 3.3

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.5
Shots: 27.7
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 4
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 8.6
Blocks: 16.3
Faceoff Wins : 31.1
Hits: 20.1
Giveaways: 16
Takeaways: 5.7

Last 10 Home Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.6
Shots: 26.5
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 4.3
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 9.2
Blocks: 15.4
Faceoff Wins : 32.1
Hits: 20.9
Giveaways: 16.6
Takeaways: 6.5

Team News

Dallas Stars Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
96	Mikko Rantanen	14	21.69	8	12	20	-3
53	Wyatt Johnston	14	21.74	9	8	17	-3
21	Jason Robertson	14	20.97	3	10	13	-1

4	Miro Heiskanen	14	25.44	3	7	10	-4
55	Thomas Harley	14	23.22	1	8	9	-7
24	Roope Hintz	9	18.93	2	7	9	-3
91	Tyler Seguin	14	17.96	4	2	6	-1
18	Sam Steel	14	18.14	1	5	6	-3
23	Esa Lindell	14	22.52	1	3	4	4
12	Radek Faksa	13	11.89	1	3	4	-2
5	Nils Lundkvist	4	16	1	2	3	0
22	Mavrik Bourque	14	14.66	1	2	3	-7
28	Alexander Petrovic	12	13.26	0	2	2	-5
95	Matt Duchene	4	14.45	1	1	2	0
	Adam Erne	11	9.81	1	1	2	0
10	Oskar Baeck	4	12.05	1	0	1	0
6	Lian Bichsel	14	14.49	0	1	1	-2
46	Ilya Lyubushkin	12	16.23	0	1	1	2
49	Justin Hryckowian	13	10.06	1	0	1	-5
11	Nathan Bastian	13	7.35	1	0	1	-1
15	Colin Blackwell	14	12	0	1	1	-3
20	Kyle Capobianco	3	6.4	0	0	0	1

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
29	Jake Oettinger	10	2.89	0.899
1	Casey DeSmith	4	3.15	0.876

Nashville Predators Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
9	Filip Forsberg	16	19.1	6	6	12	-1
90	Ryan O'Reilly	16	19.41	6	4	10	-4
58	Michael Bunting	16	14.36	4	5	9	-2

22	Luke Evangelista	15	14.9	1	7	8	0
56	Erik Haula	16	16.11	3	5	8	-3
81	Jonathan Marchessault	13	17.96	4	2	6	-7
24	Spencer Stastney	16	15.63	1	5	6	-2
52	Matthew Wood	9	12.59	3	3	6	1
59	Roman Josi	8	24.09	1	4	5	-4
37	Nick Blankenburg	6	19.9	1	3	4	-3
47	Michael McCarron	16	14.65	1	3	4	-1
76	Brady Skjei	16	23.39	0	4	4	-8
20	Justin Barron	16	15.68	0	4	4	0
36	Cole Smith	13	13.44	3	0	3	-2
91	Steven Stamkos	16	17.49	2	1	3	-6
48	Nicklaus Perbix	16	20.51	2	1	3	-1
17	Tyson Jost	13	12.67	1	1	2	-4
89	Ozzy Wiesblatt	13	11.21	0	2	2	-5
83	Adam Wilsby	11	17.81	0	2	2	0
40	Fyodor Svechkov	14	12.5	0	1	1	-4
41	Nicolas Hague	8	20	0	1	1	-4
44	Brady Martin	3	11.43	0	1	1	0
25	Joakim Kemell	2	11.05	0	0	0	0

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
29	Justus Annunen	3	3.36	0.87
74	Juuse Saros	13	2.88	0.901

Injuries & Suspensions

Dallas Stars Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Matt Duchene

Injured

Jamie Benn

Injured

Nils Lundkvist

Injured

Nashville Predators Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Roman Josi

Injured

Adam Wilsby

Injured

Cole Smith

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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Ducks 7-5 Stars

Metropolitan	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 New Jersey	14	10	4	0	20	0.714	8	10	50	43	7	6-0-0	4-4-0	0-0	7-3	1W
2 Pittsburgh	15	9	4	2	20	0.667	9	9	54	43	11	4-1-1	5-3-1	0-2	6-4	1W
3 Carolina	13	9	4	0	18	0.692	6	8	48	35	13	4-1-0	5-3-0	1-0	6-4	2W
4 Philadelphia	14	8	5	1	17	0.607	4	5	41	36	5	6-3-0	2-2-1	3-0	7-3	2W
5 NY Rangers	15	7	6	2	16	0.533	5	7	35	35	0	0-5-1	7-1-1	0-0	5-5	1W
6 Washington	14	7	6	1	15	0.536	6	7	40	35	5	4-4-0	3-2-1	0-1	4-6	1L
7 Columbus	13	7	6	0	14	0.538	5	6	41	41	0	3-3-0	4-3-0	1-0	6-4	2L
8 NY Islanders	14	6	6	2	14	0.5	6	6	45	51	-6	4-3-1	2-3-1	0-2	5-5	2L

East Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Montreal	14	9	3	2	20	0.714	4	9	51	45	6	4-1-1	5-2-1	0-1	6-4	2L
2 Detroit	15	9	6	0	18	0.6	6	7	45	46	-1	5-2-0	4-4-0	2-0	5-5	2L
3 Boston	16	9	7	0	18	0.563	5	8	52	53	-1	7-3-0	2-4-0	1-0	6-4	5W
4 Toronto	14	8	5	1	17	0.607	6	8	52	50	2	7-2-1	1-3-0	0-0	6-4	3W
5 Tampa Bay	14	7	5	2	16	0.571	5	7	43	39	4	3-3-0	4-2-2	0-0	6-4	1W
6 Florida	14	7	6	1	15	0.536	6	6	39	43	-4	5-1-1	2-5-0	1-1	4-6	1W
7 Ottawa	14	6	5	3	15	0.536	4	4	50	54	-4	4-2-1	2-3-2	2-0	5-5	2L
8 Buffalo	14	5	5	4	14	0.5	4	4	38	43	-5	5-3-2	0-2-2	1-0	4-6	2L

East Central	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Colorado	14	8	1	5	21	0.75	8	8	50	37	13	4-0-2	4-1-3	0-2	5-5	1W
2 Winnipeg	14	9	5	0	18	0.643	8	9	46	35	11	5-3-0	4-2-0	0-0	6-4	2L
3 Utah	14	9	5	0	18	0.643	6	9	47	40	7	4-1-0	5-4-0	0-0	7-3	1L
4 Dallas	14	7	4	3	17	0.607	5	5	42	46	-4	4-3-1	3-1-2	2-1	4-6	1L
5 Chicago	15	7	5	3	17	0.567	6	7	48	40	8	3-2-1	4-3-2	0-1	5-5	2W
6 Minnesota	16	6	7	3	15	0.469	4	5	48	57	-9	3-3-2	3-4-1	1-0	4-6	1W
7 Nashville	16	5	7	4	14	0.438	4	4	40	54	-14	4-4-2	1-3-2	1-0	3-7	3L
8 St Louis	15	5	8	2	12	0.4	5	5	41	59	-18	2-4-2	3-4-0	0-1	2-8	1W

West Pacific	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Anaheim	13	9	3	1	19	0.731	7	8	55	42	13	4-1-0	5-2-1	1-0	7-3	5W
2 Vegas	13	7	3	3	17	0.654	6	7	43	38	5	4-2-1	3-1-2	0-1	6-4	1L
3 Seattle	13	6	3	4	16	0.615	4	6	34	39	-5	4-1-2	2-2-2	0-1	4-6	1L
4 Edmonton	15	6	5	4	16	0.533	4	6	46	48	-2	4-0-2	2-5-2	0-2	4-6	2L
5 LA Kings	15	6	5	4	16	0.533	3	5	42	49	-7	1-4-2	5-1-2	1-3	5-5	1L
6 San Jose	15	6	6	3	15	0.5	3	6	50	55	-5	3-3-3	3-3-0	0-1	6-4	2W
7 Vancouver	15	7	8	0	14	0.467	3	5	42	50	-8	2-4-0	5-4-0	2-0	4-6	1L
8 Calgary	16	4	10	2	10	0.313	3	3	36	53	-17	2-4-1	2-6-1	1-1	3-7	1L

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Same Game Parlay Picks

Correct Score Prediction

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Dallas Stars vs Nashville Predators Odds

Books Anticipating a Close Contest

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Player Assists

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Micro Betting

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Dallas Stars Injury Table

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