NHL Hockey Odds: Anaheim at Nashville

If the ninth-place Anaheim Ducks can win tonight in Nashville, they’ll earn their fourth straight victory and leapfrog the Nashville Predators in the West’s wild battle for the final two postseason slots. (AP Images)"]

Starting with its visit to Nashville, three of Anaheim’s next five games will come against the two teams directly ahead of them in the standings. The Ducks must be careful, though, as St. Louis and Dallas are just two points behind them.

The Ducks are 7-for-12 with the man advantage over their last three games after going 1-for-28 in the previous eight.

Nashville, which has picked up five of a possible six points against the Ducks so far, should have rookie Pekka Rinne between the pipes. Rinne, who is 13-3-3 with a 2.12 goals-against average since the beginning of February, is 1-0-1 with a 2.99 GAA in two starts against Anaheim.

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