Calgary Flames vs. Nashville Predators Picks and Prediction for Saturday, November 1, 2025
Use Code WWWC It’s a matchup of Western Conference teams off to slow starts on the ice in the Music City when the Calgary Flames take on the Nashville Predators Saturday afternoon, and we have the inside scoop with our Flames vs. Predators prediction. Calgary fell 4-3 in a shootout on the road to Ottawa in their previous contest on Thursday night. Nashville was dumped 4-1 on the road to Philadelphia in their previous contest on Thursday night. In the last 10 meetings between the teams, each team has five victories, but the Predators picked up a 4-1 road win in the most recent meeting on January 4. Read more about this Flames vs. Predators prediction! Our NHL Predictions are sure to provide a great payout. Check them out!
Calgary Struggling In Season’s First Month
Calgary has struggled out of the gate this season as they were downed in a shootout by Ottawa Thursday night on the road. The Flames dropped to 2-8-2 on the year and stand last in the Pacific Division, nine points behind Vegas for the top spot. Calgary is 32nd in the league in goals per game as they put up an average of 2.17 goals per contest. The Flames are 25th in the league in goals against by allowing 3.50 goals a night this season. Calgary is 28th in the league in power play success as they convert 14.6% of their chances with the man advantage on the year. The Flames are 18th in the league in penalty killing as they successfully navigate through 77.1% of their shorthanded situations.
Against Ottawa, Calgary managed to earn a point but couldn’t pick up the second as they fell in a shootout on the road Thursday night. The Flames were outshot 13-11 in the opening period of play, but skated off with a 2-1 lead after the opening 20 minutes of play. Yegor Sharangovich opened the scoring with his second goal of the year at 5:51 with a power play marker off assists from Joel Farabee and MacKenzie Weegar. After the Senators tied it, Matt Coronato gave the Flames a 2-1 advantage with his third of the year, on the power play, at 15:53 with assists going to Morgan Frost and Rasmus Andersson. In the second period, Calgary was outshot 10-9 with neither team scoring, leaving them up 2-1 at the second intermission. The third period saw the shots even at eight, but the Flames were outscored 2-1 to send the game to overtime. After the Senators tied the game, Nazem Kadri gave the Flames a 3-2 advantage with his third goal of the year at 8:16 off assists from Jonathan Huberdeau. They gave up the tying goal late in the period. In overtime, the Flames were outshot 7-1 with neither side scoring, sending things to the shootout. During the shootout, Calgary came up empty on their two shootout attempts while Ottawa scored on both, sending them to defeat. Devin Cooley made 35 saves for the Flames, who were outshot 38-29, in the loss. Cooley (0-1-1, 2.52 GAA, .923 save percentage) is the likely starter between the pipes here.
Center Martin Pospisil (undisclosed) and defenseman Zayne Parekh (illness) are both day-to-day.
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Predators Looking to Get On Track at Home
Nashville dropped their third straight game as they were shut down on the road by Philadelphia in their previous contest on Thursday night. The Predators entered Friday night 4-6-2 on the season and stood sixth in the Central Division, six points behind the Jets, Avalanche, and Mammoth for the top spot. Nashville is tied for 30th in the league in goals per game as they put up an average of 2.33 goals per contest this season. The Predators are 23rd in goals against by allowing an average of 3.42 goals per game on the year. Nashville is 31st in the league in power play success as they cash in on 11.1% of their chances with the man advantage. The Predators are 6th in penalty killing as they successfully navigate through 87.8% of their shorthanded situations this season.
Against Philadelphia, Nashville struggled offensively, and it ended up sending them to defeat on the road. The Predators owned a 10-3 advantage in shots in the opening period of play and skated off with the game scoreless after 20 minutes of play. In the second period, Nashville held a 14-8 advantage in shots but was outscored 2-1 to trail by that margin at the second intermission. After giving up a pair of goals to trail 2-0, Matthew Wood got the Predators on the board with his first goal of the season at 18:03 off assists from Michael Bunting and Erik Haula. The third period saw Nashville own a 9-7 advantage in shots and outscored 2-0 to wind up with the loss. Juuse Saros made 14 saves for Nashville, who owned a 33-18 advantage in shots, in the loss. Saros (4-4-2, 2.86 GAA, .899 save percentage) is expected to be between the pipes here for the Predators.
Roman Josi (upper body) is week-to-week.
Flames vs. Predators Pick
Flames vs. Predators Moneyline Pick
- Predators -130 (4 units)
Calgary has been awful this season and is just 1-8-2 in their last 11 after opening the season with a win over Edmonton. The Flames are weak offensively and below average in their own end of the ice. Calgary is a putrid 1-5-1 as the visiting team this season. Nashville has had their share of struggles and clearly misses Josi on the back end. The Predators are 3-3-1 on home ice this year, and Saros is an experienced netminder with the capability of stifling opposing teams. Look for Nashville, even with their own mediocre offensive firepower, does enough to skate away with a victory.
Flames vs. Predators Over/Under Pick
- Under 6 (-118) (4 units)
Calgary, despite their offensive woes, has seen the over post a 7-3-2 mark in its 12 games on the year. The Flames have an average total of 5.67 goals per game, and that number bumps up to 6.29 goals per game in their seven road tilts. Of course, the Flames average just 2.14 goals per game on the road this season. Nashville has seen the under post an 8-4 mark in their 12 games on the year. The Predators have seen an average total of 5.75 goals per game this season, and that number ships to 5.43 goals per game on the road. Nashville has averaged just 2.29 goals per game on home ice. Look for this game to wind up falling short of the total.
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