The Vancouver Canucks and Nashville Predators meet Tuesday in NHL action at the Bridgestone Arena. The Vancouver Canucks look for a win after splitting their last eight games. The Nashville Predators look for a win after splitting their last 10 games.

The Vancouver Canucks are averaging 2.4 goals per game and are scoring on 19.7 percent of their power play opportunities. JT Miller leads Vancouver with 15 goals, Quinn Hughes has 31 assists and Conor Garland has 112 shots on goal. Defensively, the Vancouver Canucks are allowing 2.7 goals per game and are killing 69.5 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Thatcher Demko has given up 84 goals on 1,029 shots faced and Jaroslav Halak has allowed 19 goals on 224 shots.

The Nashville Predators are averaging 3.1 goals per game and are scoring on 25 percent of their power play opportunities. Filip Forsberg leads Nashville with 22 goals, Mikael Granlund has 31 assists and Roman Josi has 156 shots on goal. Defensively, the Nashville Predators are allowing 2.7 goals per game and are killing 81.9 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Juuse Saros has allowed 86 goals on 1,178 shots faced, and David Rittich has allowed 20 goals on 170 shots.

The Canucks are 15-37 in their last 52 games playing on 0 days rest and 1-4 in their last 5 overall. The Predators are 12-4 in their last 16 home games and 15-7 in their last 22 overall. The under is 5-1 in Canucks last 6 overall. The over is 10-3 in Predators last 13 games as a favorite. The Canucks are 4-1 in the last 5 meetings.

The Vancouver Canucks are way too hit or miss to trust in these spots, and being on the end of a back to back doesn’t help matters. The Nashville Predators play their best hockey at home and in the favorite role, and it doesn’t hurt to have the rest advantage here. The Canucks don’t win games on the end of back to backs. Give me the Predators and the PL for max betting value.