The Nashville Predators will be playing their first-ever Game 7 on Wednesday when they visit the Anaheim Ducks, who have melted under pressure like this before.
Still, the Ducks are consensus -160 betting favorites (bet $160 to win $100) at sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark despite losing a Game 7 at home in each of the last three postseasons.
Last year, Anaheim fell to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks 5-3 in Game 7 of the Western Conference Final after leading that series 3-2. The Ducks find themselves in a similar position this time around, although they lost the first two games at home to Nashville before winning three straight.
The Predators won Game 6 by a score of 3-1 on Monday to send the series back to the Honda Center and pay off on the betting lines at the sportsbooks.
Nashville goaltender Pekka Rinne made 26 saves at home to help his team avoid elimination and will try to play like he did in the first two games at Anaheim when he stopped 27 of 29 shots in each 3-2 win.
The third game there saw the Ducks win 5-2—one of three consecutive they won by exactly three goals in the series to ...
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NHL Betting Preview: Nashville Predators vs. Anaheim Ducks Game 7 Odds
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