Nashville Predators vs. San Jose Sharks Picks and Prediction for Sunday, November 15, 2026

The Predators are taking to the road on Sunday to face the San Jose Sharks for a 9 PM game at SAP Center. The Predators are coming into this game with a decent stretch of hockey recently, and the Sharks, though, they've been struggling. They've been downright horrible recently. To make matters worse, the Sharks are also playing on the road Saturday night in Utah, so they don't have much time to recover for their home ice defense in this game. When the two teams met in October, the Sharks ended up winning the game 3-2 in a shootout, but it did take a shootout for them to win, and the Sharks are gonna be coming home, and they're gonna be tired. Get in on all the NHL action with our free NHL picks.

Nashville Predators Have Been Winning With Defense

The Predators are coming into this game with a 7-1-2 mark in their last 10 games, so that's a very impressive mark and one of the league's tops this year for a 10-game stretch. That has led to the Predators actually going 11-4-5 overall on the year. Their last seven games, the Predators have won. They've been getting consistent results on both sides of the puck, and that explains why they've won so many games. What else helps out is the Predators are really good on the penalty kill and power play recently, and that could hurt the Sharks if they get into trouble in the penalty box.

The offense for the Predators is coming in converting to 3.05 goals per game on only 25.9 shots per game. Now, the power play for the Predators has been really impressive, converting 26.6% of its chances, and what else is really impressive is one of the top penalty kills in the NHL this year, sitting at 89.5%. Overall, the defense for the Predators has not been horrible, and they're facing only 29 shots a game and allowing only 2.63 goals per game to be scored.

Now, one pickup the Predators have been dealing with is Jonathan Marchessault, who has been listed as day-to-day on the injury report, but also William Trudeau is out for this game. Those absences do affect the depth, but even then, the Predators have continued to win. They've continued to win because mainly the goaltending is one of their main strengths coming into this game here and on the season, and has helped guide the Predators to so many wins.

San Jose Sharks Have Been Struggling Defensively

The Sharks are coming in with a stretch in their last 10 that they'd like to look past, as they're 2-7-1 in their last 10 games. However, that does not reflect the overall record of the Sharks, who are sitting on an 8-11-2 mark on the season so far. That just shows that the Sharks in the last 10 games have been allowing too many goals to be scored, with an offense not able to come back to bring the games close once they lose the lead.

The Sharks, for their part, are getting 28.1 shots per game, and that's 2.4 goals per game. However, the Sharks' power play is missing some of the chances, as they are only getting 19% of power plays to convert, and the penalty kill is decent, but it's not the best, as it's killing off only 76% of the power plays faced. When it comes to the defensive side of the puck, the Sharks are facing only 30.4 shots per game, but they are allowing the opponent to score at a clip of 3.4 goals per game.

The Sharks are coming into this game with some major injury concerns, as Logan Couture, Quentin Musty, Kyle Keyser, and Alexander Wennberg have all appeared on the injury report. Igor Chernyshov has also been dealing with an upper-body issue, and that could impact the way that the Sharks are able to play this game as well. The Sharks have received some decent performances to make up for those missing players, but as you can tell by the recent record, it has not been enough to overcome all the issues that the Sharks have had.

Nashville Predators vs. San Jose Sharks Picks and Prediction

Moneyline – Nashville Predators

The Predators should be able to take advantage of the Sharks' penalty kill in this game, as San Jose is only killing off 76% of opposing power plays, but also the Sharks are struggling defensively overall and have been allowing the opponents to come back into the games if they get behind and then allowing the opponent just to pull out the win.

Over/Under – Under 6.5 Goals

This is a game I do not see the offenses really being a major factor. The Predators are coming in with a decent offense and should be able to handle the scoring side, but the Predators are not gonna be challenged that much because the Sharks are not that good of a team. The offense for the Sharks has struggled, and they will continue to struggle in this game as the Predators are able to keep a smothering defense in place and keep the Sharks from finding the back of the net for more than probably a single goal in the game. That being said, I like the under in this game.