NHL Betting Preview: Predators vs Mammoth

The Nashville Predators square off against the Utah Mammoth at Delta Center, with face-off scheduled for 21:00 on Monday, December 29.

Mammoth to Triumph?

The -103 about the Mammoth looks really attractive when it comes to the 3-Way Moneyline. We think the Predators can be beaten in regulation time, so this is our betting prediction.

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Mammoth Overtime Win in Previous H2H

Nashville Predators suffered a defeat in their previous game. A 3-2 scoreline occurred on the road at Enterprise Center against St Louis Blues. Fyodor Svechkov and Tyson Jost scored one goal each.

Utah Mammoth were beaten last game and this was on the road at Ball Arena. Colorado Avalanche claimed a 1-0 win. They had 32 shots on goal, while goalie Vitek Vanecek was able to make 25 saves (.962).

Head-to-Head Statistics

The Mammoth have claimed consecutive wins over the Predators. Both victories were achieved at Bridgestone Arena, with a 7-3 followed by a 3-2 (OT) scoreline. Both teams have two wins on the board when we look at the 4-game H2H record.

Starting Goalies

Juuse Saros (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	14-12-3	2.9	.898	0
23/24	35-24-5	2.86	.906	3

Karel Vejmelka (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	16-10-2	2.7	.894	1
23/24	13-19-2	3.35	.895	1

Nashville Predators – Last 10 Games

6 wins and 4 losses, averaging 3.3 goals from 29.3 shots on goal, with a 22.9% powerplay efficiency. The Predators have been giving up 3.0 goals from 29.9 shots, averaging 4.0 penalties with a penalty-killing efficiency of 85.0%.

Filip Forsberg is the top points scorer with 12 points, 7 goals and 5 assists, with Steven Stamkos recording 11 points, 7 goals and 4 assists, over the last 10 games. Goalie Juuse Saros have a 3.07 goal against average with a .899 save percentage.

Utah Mammoth – Last 10 Games

The Mammoth have 4 wins and 6 losses, averaging 2.5 goals from 28.3 shots on goal, with a 13.9% powerplay efficiency. They have been conceding 2.8 goals from 26.4 shots, averaging 3.3 penalties per game with a penalty-killing efficiency of 87.9%.

The top points scorer is Dylan Guenther with 8 points, 6 goals and 2 assists, while Nick Schmaltz is next in line after having 7 points, 1 goal and 6 assists. Goalie Karel Vejmelka have a 2.89 GAA with a .895 SV%.

Nashville Predators vs Utah Mammoth Prediction & Picks

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Game Prediction

There’s an attractive -103 that Utah Mammoth are able to get the better of their opponents. This pick can be wagered on the 60-minute line for this NHL clash.

We only publish our hockey predictions once we’ve got a clear and confident read on team news and the latest form. We also stay sharp by digging into the most valuable NHL stats to support every pick we make.

Key Predators vs Mammoth stats:

Mammoth have won 11 of their last 20 games at home.
Predators have lost 13 of their last 20 games on the road.
Predators have lost 3 of their last 5 games on the road.
Mammoth have won the last 2 games between these teams.

Mammoth 3-Way Moneyline Probability

According to the top betting sites, there’s a 50.8% chance of our pick landing a return. In the opinion of our cappers, there’s actually a probability of success closer to 60%. This is why we can recommend this hockey wager.

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Our Game Prediction

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Player Prop Picks

Top Pick: Luke Evangelista Over 1.5 Shots -200

Luke Evangelista (Predators) has finished with Over 1.5 shots on goal in 5 straight games. We think this could be a telling statistic and we’ll back him to cover the line which is available at odds of -200.

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Same Game Parlay Picks

3-Way Moneyline Mammoth

To Score Dylan Guenther

Shots on Goal Luke Evangelista Over 1.5

We’ve loaded up a same game parlay with the combined picks of the Mammoth claiming victory in 60 minutes, Dylan Guenther (Mammoth) scoring and Luke Evangelista (Predators) to have Over 1.5 shots.

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Correct Score Prediction

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Nashville Predators vs Utah Mammoth 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 Expecting a Mammoth Victory

Utah Mammoth are -161 favorites and that means a 62% chance of winning this game according to the Moneyline betting odds with the sportsbooks. Nashville Predators are trading at bigger odds than their opponents and they can be backed at +132.

The puck line is 1.5 and the total goals line is 5.5. A wager on Totals allows bettors to use the latest data to good effect. If you want to back Over 5.5, it’s -122.

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Moneyline

3-Way Moneyline

Puck Line

Total Goals

Dylan Guenther is the First Goalscorer Favorite

There is +160 available that Dylan Guenther finds the net at anytime. If you’re interested in the favorite to score the first goal, then you are able to secure +1000.

Player Goals

Dylan Guenther (Mammoth)

Filip Forsberg (Predators)

Clayton Keller (Mammoth)

JJ Peterka (Mammoth)

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Player Assists

Clayton Keller (Mammoth)

Mikhail Sergachev (Mammoth)

Dylan Guenther (Mammoth)

Roman Josi (Predators)

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Player Shots

Dylan Guenther (Mammoth)

Filip Forsberg (Predators)

Clayton Keller (Mammoth)

Nick Schmaltz (Mammoth)

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Last 5 Games

Predators

NHL: 28/12 Predators2 Blues 3
NHL: 24/12 Predators3 Wild 2
NHL: 22/12 Rangers1 Predators 2
NHL: 21/12 Maple Leafs3 Predators 5
NHL: 18/12 Hurricanes4 Predators 1

Mammoth

NHL: 24/12 Mammoth0 Avalanche 1
NHL: 22/12 Jets3 Mammoth 4
NHL: 20/12 Devils2 Mammoth 1
NHL: 18/12 Mammoth4 Red Wings 1
NHL: 17/12 Mammoth1 Bruins 4

Head to Head

Nashville vs Utah

NHL: 12/10 2025 Mammoth 3 Predators 2
NHL: 15/04 2025 Mammoth 7 Predators 3
NHL: 11/04 2025 Predators 4 Mammoth 3
NHL: 10/11 2024 Mammoth 0 Predators 4

Team Stats

Latest regular season and playoff games stats.

Nashville Predators Stats

Utah Mammoth Stats

Moneyline

6 wins and 4 defeats in the last 10 games
5 wins and 5 defeats in the last 10 games on the road

Moneyline

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

Puck Line

+1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 7 of the last 10 games
+1.5 Betting Line on the Road: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 6 of the last 10 games on the road

Puck Line

-1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 2 of the last 10 games
-1.5 Betting Line at Home: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 2 of the last 10 home games

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 6.40 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals on the Road: An average of 6.40 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 6 of the previous 10 games on the road
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 3.40 goals and allowed 3.00 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals on the Road: Have scored an average of 3.00 pts and allowed 3.40 goals in the last 10 games on the road

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 5.30 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals at Home: An average of 5.90 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 6 of the previous 10 home games
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 2.50 goals and allowed 2.80 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals at Home: Have scored an average of 2.90 goals and allowed 3.00 goals in the last 10 home games

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.8
Shots: 29.3
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 4
Empty Net Goals: 0.4
Penalty Minutes: 8.6
Blocks: 13.7
Faceoff Wins : 28.7
Hits: 17.5
Giveaways: 13.6
Takeaways: 4.8

Last 10 Games on the Road

Goals Powerplay: 0.8
Shots: 27.6
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 4
Empty Net Goals: 0.2
Penalty Minutes: 8.7
Blocks: 12.9
Faceoff Wins : 33.6
Hits: 19.3
Giveaways: 13.7
Takeaways: 4.5

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.5
Shots: 28.3
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 3.3
Empty Net Goals: 0.2
Penalty Minutes: 8.3
Blocks: 19.1
Faceoff Wins : 27.9
Hits: 18.8
Giveaways: 14
Takeaways: 3.8

Last 10 Home Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.5
Shots: 28.5
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 3.7
Empty Net Goals: 0.4
Penalty Minutes: 7.7
Blocks: 15.9
Faceoff Wins : 27
Hits: 19.1
Giveaways: 13.1
Takeaways: 3.8

Team News

Nashville Predators Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
90	Ryan O'Reilly	37	19.64	11	21	32	2
9	Filip Forsberg	37	18.63	16	13	29	-2
22	Luke Evangelista	36	16.31	5	20	25	6

91	Steven Stamkos	37	17.32	15	7	22	-10
56	Erik Haula	37	16.65	5	15	20	-11
58	Michael Bunting	37	14.71	9	10	19	-9
59	Roman Josi	25	23.26	3	13	16	-9
37	Nick Blankenburg	27	18.79	4	11	15	-5
52	Matthew Wood	30	12.8	8	6	14	1
76	Brady Skjei	37	22.13	1	11	12	-10
81	Jonathan Marchessault	28	16.78	7	3	10	-18
40	Fyodor Svechkov	35	12.38	2	7	9	-1
41	Nicolas Hague	29	19.6	1	8	9	-7
47	Michael McCarron	36	14.46	1	5	6	-9
48	Nicklaus Perbix	34	20.12	2	4	6	-12
17	Tyson Jost	27	11.9	3	3	6	-6
83	Adam Wilsby	27	16.89	1	5	6	2
36	Cole Smith	18	13.76	4	1	5	-1
89	Ozzy Wiesblatt	24	10.63	1	3	4	-6
20	Justin Barron	19	15.14	0	4	4	-1
49	Reid Schaefer	14	9.96	3	0	3	-3
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	11	3.32	0.871
74	Juuse Saros	29	2.92	0.897

Utah Mammoth Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
8	Nick Schmaltz	39	19.56	12	20	32	-1
9	Clayton Keller	39	19.14	12	20	32	2
11	Dylan Guenther	39	17.26	16	14	30	0

77	John-Jason Peterka	39	16.87	14	13	27	4
98	Mikhail Sergachyov	39	24.43	4	21	25	-8
92	Logan Cooley	29	17.82	14	9	23	6
6	John Marino	39	20.45	2	15	17	14
67	Lawson Crouse	39	15.71	9	6	15	2
53	Michael Carcone	37	12.15	6	7	13	-1
28	Ian Cole	39	18.5	2	10	12	16
88	Nate Schmidt	39	20.3	2	10	12	11
82	Kevin Stenlund	39	14.72	3	7	10	-4
22	Jack McBain	39	13.94	4	6	10	-1
56	Kailer Yamamoto	26	11.44	4	5	9	5
50	Sean Durzi	18	20.11	1	7	8	-12
27	Barrett Hayton	34	15.42	4	4	8	-2
57	Nick Desimone	14	15.29	2	1	3	2
38	Liam O'Brien	20	9.01	2	1	3	-3
19	Daniil But	12	12.49	1	2	3	1
13	Brandon Tanev	29	9.81	0	1	1	-9
26	Dmitriy Simashev	24	15.48	0	1	1	-9
2	Olli Maeaettae	19	11.91	0	1	1	-4
10	Maveric Lamoureux	5	14.66	0	1	1	4
15	Alexander Kerfoot	3	10.6	1	0	1	0
25	Kevin Rooney	1	9.7	1	0	1	1
36	Andrew Agozzino	2	6.15	0	0	0	0

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
70	Karel Vejmelka	29	2.67	0.896
41	Vitek Vanecek	11	2.81	0.882
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Injuries & Suspensions

Nashville Predators Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Jonathan Marchessault

Injured

Ozzy Wiesblatt

Injured

Justin Barron

Injured

Utah Mammoth Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Karel Vejmelka

Injured

Logan Cooley

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 Nashville Predators Lineups

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Predators 2-3 Blues

Metropolitan	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Carolina	37	23	11	3	49	0.662	15	19	126	108	18	12-6-1	11-5-2	4-2	6-4	1W
2 NY Islanders	39	21	14	4	46	0.59	15	18	111	108	3	12-7-2	9-7-2	3-4	5-5	1L
3 Philadelphia	37	19	11	7	45	0.608	12	14	112	106	6	11-5-4	8-6-3	5-3	4-6	1L
4 Washington	38	20	13	5	45	0.592	18	20	121	106	15	11-7-2	9-6-3	0-4	3-7	1W
5 New Jersey	38	20	16	2	42	0.553	13	17	106	114	-8	10-7-2	10-9-0	3-0	4-6	3L
6 NY Rangers	40	19	17	4	42	0.525	12	17	104	107	-3	5-10-3	14-7-1	2-0	4-6	1L
7 Pittsburgh	37	16	12	9	41	0.554	14	15	117	122	-5	7-6-5	9-6-4	1-5	2-8	1W
8 Columbus	37	16	15	6	38	0.514	9	12	112	127	-15	8-6-3	8-9-3	4-1	3-7	2W

East Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Detroit	40	23	14	3	49	0.613	16	21	125	129	-4	13-7-1	10-7-2	2-2	7-3	1W
2 Tampa Bay	38	22	13	3	47	0.618	18	21	126	101	25	11-9-0	11-4-3	1-1	6-4	4W
3 Montreal	38	20	12	6	46	0.605	13	18	127	129	-2	10-9-1	10-3-5	2-4	5-5	1L
4 Florida	37	20	15	2	42	0.568	17	18	119	118	1	12-8-2	8-7-0	2-1	7-3	1L
5 Buffalo	37	19	14	4	42	0.568	13	16	116	118	-2	12-5-2	7-9-2	3-0	8-2	8W
6 Ottawa	37	18	14	5	41	0.554	13	15	124	120	4	8-6-3	10-8-2	3-0	5-5	2L
7 Boston	39	20	18	1	41	0.526	14	18	123	130	-7	12-8-1	8-10-0	2-1	4-6	5L
8 Toronto	38	17	15	6	40	0.526	13	17	124	129	-5	12-5-5	5-10-1	0-1	4-6	1L

East Central	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Colorado	37	28	2	7	63	0.851	25	27	148	85	63	15-0-2	13-2-5	1-4	9-1	7W
2 Dallas	39	25	7	7	57	0.731	21	22	139	105	34	12-5-2	13-2-5	3-3	6-4	2L
3 Minnesota	39	23	10	6	52	0.667	16	20	121	102	19	13-4-5	10-6-1	3-1	8-2	1W
4 Utah	39	18	18	3	39	0.5	13	18	116	112	4	9-6-1	9-12-2	0-0	4-6	1L
5 St Louis	39	15	16	8	38	0.487	15	15	98	133	-35	8-8-5	7-8-3	0-2	5-5	1W
6 Nashville	37	16	17	4	36	0.486	11	14	105	124	-19	10-9-2	6-8-2	2-0	6-4	1L
7 Winnipeg	36	15	17	4	34	0.472	13	14	106	111	-5	8-7-2	7-10-2	1-1	2-8	5L
8 Chicago	38	14	18	6	34	0.447	12	13	106	124	-18	7-8-3	7-10-3	1-2	2-8	1L

West Pacific	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Vegas	36	17	8	11	45	0.625	13	16	115	110	5	8-4-6	9-4-5	1-5	5-5	1L
2 Anaheim	38	21	15	2	44	0.579	13	17	130	132	-2	12-6-0	9-9-2	4-0	4-6	2L
3 Edmonton	39	19	14	6	44	0.564	14	19	132	131	1	10-3-3	9-11-3	0-2	6-4	1L
4 LA Kings	37	16	12	9	41	0.554	11	15	97	97	0	5-8-4	11-4-5	1-5	4-6	1W
5 San Jose	38	18	17	3	39	0.513	10	17	115	132	-17	10-7-3	8-10-0	1-1	5-5	1W
6 Seattle	36	16	14	6	38	0.528	11	16	93	108	-15	8-7-3	8-7-3	0-3	5-5	4W
7 Calgary	38	16	18	4	36	0.474	13	14	101	115	-14	10-5-2	6-13-2	2-2	7-3	1W
8 Vancouver	37	15	19	3	33	0.446	10	12	106	128	-22	4-11-1	11-8-2	3-0	5-5	2L

Nashville Predators

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NHL Betting Preview: Predators vs Mammoth

Head-to-Head Statistics

Starting Goalies

Nashville Predators vs Utah Mammoth Prediction & Picks

Game Prediction

Mammoth 3-Way Moneyline Probability

Player Prop Picks

Latest Luke Evangelista Player Prop Odds

Same Game Parlay Picks

Correct Score Prediction

Latest Correct Score Odds

Nashville Predators vs Utah Mammoth Odds

Player Goals

Player Assists

Player Shots

Head to Head

Injuries & Suspensions

Nashville Predators Injury Table

Utah Mammoth Injury Table

Starting Lineups

Previous Nashville Predators Lineups

Previous Utah Mammoth Lineups

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