Free NHL Hockey Prediction: Ducks vs. Wild NHL Odds
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(19-13-7) Anaheim Ducks vs. Minnesota Wild (21-10-2)
Date: Friday January 14th
Time: 8:00 PM ET
Venue: Xcel Energy Center, Minnesota
NHL Hockey Moneyline Odds: Ducks +150 Wild -222 (Bet Now!)
NHL Hockey Puck Line Odds: Ducks +1.5 -189 Wild -1.5 +125
NHL Betting Total: O/U 5.5
The travelling Ducks are desperate for an upset win over The Wild Friday night. Why? they’ve currently dropped 6 out of their last 8 matchups, after a promising start to their season.
Minnesota is ironically in the same boat, as they’ve also lost 6 of their last 8 but currently are on a two game winning streak.
Anaheim Ducks
Anaheim shocked the hockey world with their start to the 2021/22 season, however they’ve since came back to earth and cant seem to pull anything together. Will Friday be the night they rebound against a formidable conference foe?
Offensively speaking, The Ducks are averaging 2.9 goals on 30.3 shots per outing, which rank 17th and 18th, regrettably. However, they’re powerplay is one of the best in the league, ranking 5th by scoring on 26.7% of their chances.
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Defensively, Anaheim’s allowing a shockingly low 2.7 goals per match, which ranks 10th. Unfortunately, they’re allowing 32.6 shots on average, which ranks 24th and proves how important John Gibson is to Anaheim.
That being said, their starting goaltender Gibson is still on protocol and is slated to miss this matchup.
Minnesota Wild
The Wild at time of writing, are one of the greatest home teams in the NHL. As they boast a 11-3-1 record in Excel Energy Center, and even more impressive, the three regular losses came in their last eight games.
Offensively, Minnesota’s scoring a whopping 3.6 goals, on an average of 32.5 shots per outing; which rank 3rd and 13th. Woefully, their powerplay is suffering tremendously as they’re ranked 24th, by shutting down oppositions just 17.3% of the time.
Defensively speaking, The Wild are allowing 3.0 goals on 32.1 shots per game, unfortunately ranking 19th and 20th. Moreover, Minnesota’s penalty killing unit is ranked just 17th, with a 79.8 PK%.
Important to note, this squad is missing a copious amount of players due to injury, but a few are slated to return.
NHL Betting Trends:
- Anaheim is 2-6 SU in their last 8 games.
- The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Anaheim’s last 13 games.
- Minnesota is 2-5 SU in their last 7 games.
- The total has gone OVER in 12 out of Minnesota’s last 18 games.
- The favorite is 10-1 SU in their last 11 meetings.
Free Anaheim Ducks vs. Minnesota Wild NHL Prediction
While both teams are on current rollercoasters, Anaheim has dominated The Wild in recent memory. However, current trends are far more important and with John Gibson out, its very hard to side with Anaheim.
Moreover, the favorite is 10-1 in these teams last 11 matchups, and the same should happen here.
4* Free NHL Betting Pick: OVER 5.5
That being said, no value exists within the moneyline if you’re backing Minnesota. Luckily, The Wild own the third ranked scoring offense in the NHL, and are going against a backup goaltender.
All things considered, we’re going to side with the over 5.5 on Friday night.
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