San Jose at Nashville

The home team is 3-0 in this series with long flights for the visitors. Nashville has excellent balance across the board, #12 in goals scored, #10 on the power play and #14 in goals allowed. The Predators won the last game, 4-1, as James Neal and Filip Forsberg each scored on the power play and goalie Pekka Rinne made 26 saves. Nashville went two-for-five on the power play while killing off all four San Jose chances. Predators coach Peter Laviolette switched up his lineup saying he wanted more speed. Pontus Aberg made his NHL debut in place of Mike Ribeiro. Laviolette also put Craig Smith, Forsberg and Ryan Johansen together on the top line and moved Neal with Mike Fisher and Colin Wilson. Nashville is 25-13-5 at home and the home team has outscored the opponents 12-5 in these three games. That's nothing new as the home team is 39-18 in the last 57 meetings, with the Sharks losing seven of the last eight in this building. Take Nashville.