The set-up: Nashville is 2-0 to open the year. The Predators beat the Rangers 3-2 in The Big Apple and then the Islanders 4-3 on Long Island. Nashville returns home for the first time this year and i look for it to ride the wave of emotion to a third straight win. The Flames on the other hand lost 5-2 in Vancouver, before then beating the Canucks 7-4 at home two nights later.

The reasoning: Of course, the achilles heel of the Flames over the last decade has been their consistency away from friendly confines. Take it for what you will as well, but Nashville is 7-2 in its last nine home games as a favorite in the -175 to -250 range. I like Pekka Rinne and the Predators to deliver the goods on Tuesday night. Lay the price.