92 GAA and a. 909 save percentage) made 25 saves yesterday, but is set to vacate the crease for Kevin Lankinen ahead of tonight’s trip to Long Island. Lankinen is 2-3-0 for the rolling year with a 2. 50 GAA and a. 922 save percentage and is set to face the New York Islanders for the first time in his career. The Predators, meanwhile, are netting the 4th lowest number of goals per game this season (2. 59), while conceding the 16th-highest amount defensively (3. 09). They are 28th in power play (16. 1%) and 15th in penalty kill (79. 2%).
That being said, Nashville will be skating without a breather, having already dropped five of its previous six outings played on the second night of a back-to-back set. New York is currently riding a three-game winning streak on own ice, having lost just once in its past seven domestic fixtures, while the Predators have managed to grind out just a single victory on their last four trips, going with 14 defeats in their previous 20 road fixtures. Prediction: New York Islanders (-155) Full-Game Total Pick A whopping 34 goals have been scored in the last four meetings between the Islanders and the Predators in New York (that’s 8.