Game Predictions Oct 31, 2006
Last night of my warm up for game predictions. Let’s hope for a good one!
Away Home Prediction
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Nashville Vancouver Nashville
Chicago NY Islanders Chicago
Ottawa Montreal Ottawa
San Jose Florida San Jose
Ottawa versus Montreal should be an excellent game to watch. The two teams are statistically very close, although Ottawa’s recent success suggests they’re actually by far the stronger team.
An even closer game statistically, believe it or not, is San Jose over Florida. Florida has been pretty solid at home, and San Jose has not been as good on the road as they could. However, Florida has been inconsistent, from their goaltending through their forwards, and that’s never a good thing for a hockey club. In particular, San Jose’s deep offence should prove to be far too much for whoever gets the call in net for the Panthers.
The easiest game to call should be Nashville over Vancouver. Vancouver has played pretty well, but the loss of Willie Mitchell hurts and they still need to find scoring depth. Nashville has really come on after a slow start, helped by Jason Arnott’s excellent play.