{"id":132674,"date":"2022-10-08T11:58:56","date_gmt":"2022-10-08T15:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=132674"},"modified":"2022-10-08T11:58:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-08T15:58:56","slug":"nhl-predictions-oct-8-predators-sharks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/10\/08\/nhl-predictions-oct-8-predators-sharks\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Predictions: October 8 Including Nashville Predators vs San Jose Sharks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome back to another day of NHL Predictions. Each day, Last Word on Hockey takes a look at the games that are happening and gives our predictions for each one, breaking down head-to-head and other factors that may play in. We also have a featured game of the day, which is considered must-watch TV. Today\u2019s featured game is the Nashville Predators<\/a> vs San Jose Sharks.<\/em><\/p>\n

NHL Predictions: Nashville Predators vs San Jose Sharks<\/h2>\n

Nashville Predators vs San Jose Sharks<\/h3>\n

Head-to-Head: Predators 1 \u2013 0 Sharks<\/h4>\n

Game one for the NHL regular season has taken place, and thus the 2022-2023 NHL season has officially begun. It went exactly as expected.<\/p>\n

As mentioned in the previous article, Nashville looks good this season, and everything seems to be clicking. The score was also close, as an empty net goal from Matt Duchene<\/a> put the score only one above the actual 3-1 prediction that was made. Although San Jose is in a complete rebuild, the main pieces like Timo Meier<\/a> and Logan Couture<\/a> seem to be playing well, and they are keeping the Sharks in the majority of their games, although the majority of them never end in the Sharks’ favour.<\/p>\n

That being said, there still isn’t a lot of confidence that San Jose will actually do something in this game.\u00a0 The Sharks only lasted about one and a half periods before the floodgates opened, so there is a growing chance that Nashville will get an early lead and put the Sharks down 0-2 to start the season.<\/p>\n

If this were a closer game skill-wise, there is a chance San Jose could squeak out a win. But Nashville has too much of an advantage for San Jose to put up a good fight. There is a small chance it may happen and they showed it yesterday, but it’s doubtful.<\/p>\n

Prediction: Nashville wins 2-0<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nEmbed from Getty Images<\/a>