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(5-5-1) Minnesota Wild vs. Anaheim Ducks (4-8-1)
Date: Wednesday November 9th
Time: 10:00 PM ET
Venue: Honda Center, Anaheim
NHL Hockey Moneyline Odds: Wild -188 Ducks +140 (Bet Now!)
NHL Hockey Puck Line Odds: Wild -1.5 +125 Ducks +1.5 -175
NHL Betting Total: O/U 6.0
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Regarding Minnesota, they’ve underperformed considering their talented young core, and acquisition of legend goalie Marc-Andre Fleury.
On the flip, The Ducks are keeping games close when trailing, and pulling off upsets unexpectedly.
For example, they’ve won 3 out of their 5 games, with all 3 wins coming in overtime/shootout.
Minnesota Wild
Luckily for Wild fans, Fleury is expected to start, as their backup has yet to win a game. To add to this, they’ve been dominating on no rest, boasting a 6-0 record dating back to last year.
Offensively, Minnesota’s getting off 33.1 shots on any given night, resulting in an underwhelming 3.1 goals; which in return rank 10th and 17th.
However, The Wild currently possess the 8th ranked powerplay across the entire league, by capitalizing 26.3% of their chances.
In the defensive zone, they’re allowing only 31.0 shots, but letting in 3.6 goals per outing; resulting in rankings of 11th and 25th, dreadfully.
Lamentably, Minnesota’s penalty killing unit is also ranked poorly at 24th, as they’re permitting opposing squads to score on 26.5% of their opportunities.
Like aforementioned, Marc-Andre Fleury is expected to make the start in net for Minnesota. He’s currently boasting a record of 5-2-1 combined with a 3.41 GAA and an SV% 0.888.
Anaheim Ducks
The Anaheim Ducks will have to pull out all the stops to defer this talented young offense of The Wild. Luckily for them, Minnesota’s struggled in their last few outings, which may open up the door for an upset by Anaheim.
On the offensive side, Anaheim’s ranked terribly at 22nd for goals, and even worse on shot averages, with a 26th rank. To garner these rankings, they’ve averaged just 2.8 goals, on 29.2 shots per game.
Additionally, their powerplay unit ranked second to last(31st), as they’re only scoring on 11.4% of their powerplays.
Defensively speaking, The Ducks are allowing 4.6 goals, on 40.5 shots against per game: both stats ranking dead last(32nd) in the NHL.
Only one ranking spot higher, is Anaheim’s horrendous 31st ranked penalty killing unit, by dragging a dismissal 63.3 PK%.
Regarding the home teams expected goalie, John Gibson is forecasted to make the start on Wednesday night.
Gibson’s posting a worrisome 4.52 GAA, combined with a decent 0.887 SV%, resulting in a record of 2-7-1 in his starts so far.
To be fair, Anaheim’s defense and powerplay are bottom of the barrel, not giving the proven goaltender, John Gibson, the proper help to succeed.
NHL Betting Trends:
- Minnesota is 6-0 SU in their last 6 games playing on no rest.
- The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Minnesota’s last 6 games overall.
- Anaheim is 1-7 SU in their last 8 Wednesday games.
- The total has gone OVER in Anaheim’s last 5 games overall.
- The favorite is 11-1 SU in their last 12 meetings.
Free Minnesota Wild vs. Anaheim Ducks NHL Prediction
While the road squad’s struggled as of late, they’ve proven to decimate opponents when playing in back-to-back situations. Furthermore, The Ducks have only won one out of their last eight Wednesday games in total.
4* Free NHL Betting Pick: Wild -1.5 (+125)
All things considered; we’ve decided to side with The Wild to overwhelm the worst defense in the league by over -1.5 goals for plus money.
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