{"id":545908,"date":"2026-04-07T17:22:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T17:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/545908\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T17:22:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T17:22:24","slug":"why-anaheim-is-favored-to-win-tuesdays-nhl-matchup-4-7-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/545908\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Anaheim is favored to win Tuesday’s NHL matchup [4\/7\/2026]"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Anaheim Ducks will take on the Nashville Predators, in what is expected to be a close NHL game, at Honda Center on Tuesday, beginning at 10:00 PM ET.<\/p>\n

Based on updated simulation results, Dimers’ proven NHL model gives the Ducks a slight edge with a 54% win probability over the Predators.<\/p>\n

This article offers an expanded analysis of Tuesday’s Predators vs. Ducks<\/a> matchup, including projected goal scorers, best bets and player prop picks.<\/p>\n

Predators vs. Ducks prediction: Who will win and cover?<\/p>\n

Using powerful machine learning and statistical analysis, we have simulated the outcome of Tuesday’s NHL game between the Predators and Ducks, forming part of our NHL predictions<\/a> coverage.<\/p>\n

Our independent predictive model currently gives the Ducks a 54% chance of defeating the Predators.<\/p>\n

According to our model, the Predators (+1.5) have a 66% chance of covering the puck line, while the 6.5-goal over\/under has a 51% chance of staying under.<\/p>\n

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Predators vs. Ducks odds<\/p>\n

We have sourced the best NHL odds<\/a> in America for this game, which are listed here:<\/p>\n

Bet Type
\nPredators
\nDucks<\/p>\n

Puck Line
\n+1.5 (-194)
\n-1.5 (+170)<\/p>\n

Moneyline
\n+130
\n-142<\/p>\n

Total
\no6.5 (-104)
\nu6.5 (+100)<\/p>\n

All odds are correct at the time of publication and are subject to change.<\/p>\n

Predators vs. Ducks picks and best bet<\/p>\n

After matching our probabilities against the best available odds, we can reveal our picks for each of the major markets. Plus, find our best bet for the game below:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Anaheim Ducks will take on the Nashville Predators, in what is expected to be a close NHL…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":545909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5119],"tags":[5,2409,231,5281,4,2410],"class_list":{"0":"post-545908","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nashville-predators","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-nashville","10":"tag-nashville-predators","11":"tag-nashvillepredators","12":"tag-nhl","13":"tag-predators"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116364584431389997","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}