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Under 5.5-115VAN Canucks @ NAS Predators

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We head into Game 6, and the margin for error is getting slimmer and slimmer, and the intensity will be ratcheted up to an all-time high for this series. It’s the second straight elimination game, with Vancouver on its second out of three chances to send Nashville packing. Both of these teams are nearly a mirror image of each other, and it would be especially so if All-Star Thatcher Demko was patrolling the crease, opposite Juuse Saros. These teams have solid defense, good goaltending and a very, very careful offense, which doesn’t take a ton of shots on goal.

In fact, in Game 5 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, the Canucks accounted for 20 shots on goal, while the Predators tested Arturs Silovs, the third-string goaltender for the Canucks, with just 22 shots. Saros has faced a total of just 91 shots in this series, kicking aside 80 of those shots. That’s an average of just 16.0 saves per game in the series, posting a 2-3-0 record, 2.21 GAA and .879 SV%. Silovs stopped 20 of the 22 shots he faced in Game 5, with one of the goals coming via the power play. The Preds have taken a total of just 119 shots in this series, or 23.8 SOG per game. The scoring chances will be few and far between, and goals will once again be at a premium.

Under 5.5 (-115) at time of publishing. Playable to -130.

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