The Minnesota Wild and Nashville Predators — the former coming off a loss, the latter a victory — will face each other on Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET, at Grand Casino Arena in Saint Paul. The sportsbooks have made the Wild solid favorites at -185 on the moneyline, and the Predators are at +154.
Minnesota suffered a 5-1 defeat at home its last time out on Dec. 21 against the Colorado Avalanche. The Wild got one point apiece out of three skaters, including Jonas Brodin (one assist) and Kirill Kaprizov (one assist).
Nashville won its most recent game 2-1 at home against the New York Rangers on Dec. 21. Ryan O’Reilly had two points (two assists) in that matchup for the Predators.
Ahead of watching this matchup, here’s our prediction for which team will bring home the win in Tuesday’s hockey action.
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Ahead of the upcoming contest between the Minnesota Wild and Nashville Predators, computer-derived moneyline, over/under, and score predictions are below, based on data from Dunkel Index.
Prediction:
Predators 4 – Wild 3
Pick OU:
Over 6.5
(Dunkel projecting 6.96 goals)
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Wild vs. Predators Moneylines
Take a look below at the latest moneylines for the Wild-Predators matchup.
Favorite: Wild (-185)Underdog: Predators (+154)Wild Betting InsightsIn the 19 times this season the Wild have been favored on the moneyline, they have finished 11-8 in those games.Minnesota is 1-2 (victorious in just 33.3% of its games) when playing with moneyline odds of -185 or shorter.The Wild have a 64.9% chance (based on the moneyline’s implied probability) to win this game.Minnesota’s games this season have gone over this matchup’s total of 6.5 goals 15 times.Predators Betting InsightsThe Predators have won six, or 26.1%, of the 23 games they have played as an underdog this season.This season Nashville has won two of its nine games, or 22.2%, when it’s the underdog by at least +154 on the moneyline.The Predators have a 39.4% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.Nashville has played 16 games this season with more than 6.5 goals.Wild Key StatsMinnesota’s 112 total goals (3.0 per game) make it the 13th-ranked scoring team in the NHL.The Wild have given up 95 total goals (2.6 per game), ranking fifth in NHL play for the fewest goals against.Its +17 goal differential is the fifth-best in the league.The 29 power-play goals the Wild have recorded this season (fourth-most in the NHL) have come on 123 power-play chances.Minnesota has the league’s ninth-best power-play conversion rate (23.58%).The Wild have capitalized with three shorthanded goals this season (11th among NHL teams).Minnesota kills 77.53% of opponent power plays, the 24th-ranked penalty-kill percentage in the league.Minnesota has the 27th-ranked faceoff win percentage in the NHL, at 46.8%.The Wild shoot 10.7% as a team (15th in the league).Predators Key StatsNashville has 98 goals this season (2.8 per game), 26th in the league.The Predators have given up 119 total goals this season (3.4 per game), 24th in the NHL.With a goal differential of -21, the team is 30th in the league.With 19 power-play goals (on 109 chances), the Predators are 20th in the NHL.Nashville scores on 17.43% of its power plays, No. 21 in the NHL.In terms of shorthanded goal, the Predators have one.The 82.14% penalty-kill percentage of Nashville is ninth in the NHL.At 52.3%, Nashville has the league’s sixth-best faceoff win percentage.The 10% shooting percentage of the Predators is 24th in the league.
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