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2026-27 forecast · Sat, Jan 30, 10:00 PM ET
Juuse Saros · 0.894 SV%
The preseason ratings make Anaheim Ducks 55.4% to win at home: a modest lean, worth 5.3 points over a coin flip, which grades B. Over a full season those same ratings project ANA for 94 points and NSH for 93.
A preseason forecast from each team's regressed rating and home ice, the ratings behind the projected standings. The full model read, with the starting goalies, rest and form, publishes within seven days of the game and replaces this page’s numbers. How this is calculated
PuckCast's preseason forecast gives Anaheim Ducks a 55.4% chance to win on Sat, Jan 30. The matchup detail follows.
NSH controlled play at 5v5 last season, 47.8% of the expected goals to 44.2%.
In goal, neither team has named a starter. Last season Juuse Saros (NSH) saved -28.0 goals above expected to Lukas Dostal's -32.8, on save percentages of 0.894 and 0.888.
None of that is the model read. This is a rating-and-home-ice forecast; the full prediction, with confirmed goalies, rest and form, priced against the market, publishes inside the seven days before puck drop and replaces these numbers. Anaheim Ducks over Nashville Predators is where it starts, not where it ends.
No sportsbook has posted a price for this game yet. Prices usually appear roughly a week before puck drop.
No starter is named this far out. These are each side’s projected starters on the current roster, with last season’s numbers.
NSH
Juuse Saros
59 games, 2025-26
ANA
Lukas Dostal
56 games, 2025-26
| NSH | Metric | ANA |
|---|---|---|
| 47.8% | xGF% (5v5) | 44.2% |
| — | Shot share | — |
| — | Goals for / game | — |
| — | Goals against / game | — |
| — | Power play | — |
| — | Penalty kill | — |
| — | Faceoffs | — |
Nashville Predators
| Player | Pos | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Filip Forsberg | L | 32 | 36 | 67 |
 Steven Stamkos | C | 31 | 29 | 59 |
 Ryan O'Reilly | C | 17 | 32 | 49 |
 Roman Josi | D | 10 | 32 | 43 |
Anaheim Ducks
| Player | Pos | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cutter Gauthier | L | 34 | 29 | 63 |
| Team | Proj. points | Playoff odds |
|---|---|---|
| Nashville Predators | 93 | 47.6% |
| Anaheim Ducks | 94 | 53.3% |
Forecast method preseason-elo-v1; ratings as of 2026-08-19.
Final scores from the graded ledger. A loss in overtime also reads L.
Last three seasons: ANA 7, NSH 2
| Date | Game | Final | Our pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-16 | ANA @ NSH | ANA 5, NSH 4 | NSH missed |
| 2026-04-07 | NSH @ ANA | NSH 5, ANA 0 | ANA missed |
| 2025-10-21 | ANA @ NSH | ANA 5, NSH 2 | NSH missed |
| 2025-03-20 | ANA @ NSH | ANA 4, NSH 1 | NSH missed |
| 2025-03-14 | NSH @ ANA | NSH 1, ANA 2 | NSH missed |
| 2025-01-25 | NSH @ ANA | NSH 2, ANA 5 | NSH missed |
| 2024-02-25 | NSH @ ANA | NSH 4, ANA 2 | NSH hit |
| 2024-01-09 | ANA @ NSH | ANA 5, NSH 3 | NSH missed |
 Leo Carlsson | C | 25 | 34 | 60 |
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 Beckett Sennecke | R | 21 | 34 | 55 |
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 Troy Terry | R | 19 | 33 | 51 |
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