The Nashville Predators and the Boston Bruins meet in in NHL action from the TD Garden on Saturday afternoon.

The Nashville Predators will look to bounce back from a 4-1 loss to Nashville last time out. Roman Josi leads the Predators with 38 points, including 12 goals and 26 helpers while Mikael Granlund has 33 points with a team-high 28 assists. Matt Duchene also has 34 points with 17 goals and Ryan Johansen has 30 points with 20 assists. Filip Forsberg’s also added a team-high 18 goals and Alexandre Carrier has a team-high +8 plus/minus rating. Juuse Saros has seen the bulk of the action in goal for Nashville, going 20-10-1 with a 2.30 GAA and a .927 save percentage this season.

The Boston Bruins will look to build on their 3-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers last time out. Brad Marchand leads the Bruins in scoring with 40 points including team-highs of 19 goals and 21 assists while David Pastrnak’s posted 30 points with 16 goals and 14 assists and Patrice Bergeron has 28 points with 11 goals and 17 assists as well. Taylor Hall and Charlie McAvoy have a combined 33 assists with McAvoy posting a team-high +10 plus/minus rating as well this season. Linus Ullmark’s posted an 12-5 mark with a 2.48 GAA and a .919 save percentage between the pipes for the Bruins while Jeremy Swayman is 8-6-2 with a 2.26 GAA and a .918 save percentage this season.

Nashville is 5-1 in their last 6 games overall and 5-1 in their last 6 games against a team with a winning record while the over is 5-0 in their last 5 Saturday games. Boston is 4-0 in their last 4 games overall and 8-1 in their last 9 games against the Central division while the under is 7-1 in their last 8 games against the Western Conference.

I get the case to be made either way for this game but I think the stronger play for me in this one is the over. Both teams are playing in high-scoring games as of late, whether it’s off of their sticks or their opponents, but either way, 5.5 goals just seems light for these two teams so give me the over here.