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(13-9-2) Minnesota Wild vs. Calgary Flames (12-10-3)
Date: Wednesday, December 7th
Time: 8:00 PM ET
Venue: Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary AB
NHL Hockey Moneyline Odds: Wild +130 | Flames -150 (Bet Now!)
NHL Hockey Puck Line Odds: Wild +1.5 (-200) | Flames -1.5 (+170)
NHL Betting Total: O/U 6
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The Minnesota Wild are riding the momentum of a four game win streak as well as the extra rest of having the last two nights off as they prepare to face the Calgary Flames on Wednesday at the Scotiabank Saddledome. The Wild have only won two of their last seven trips to Calgary, and have dropped four of five in the series overall.
Calgary is building on something too, going 3-1 so far as they wrap up a five game home stand on Wednesday. The Flames are crawling back into the thick of things in the Pacific, but have seven of their next nine games on the road.
Minnesota Wild
Minnesota’s offense is clicking, as they are averaging 4.0 goals/game on their current win streak. That’s a positive for the offense, but also a concern for the defense as they’ve needed all those scores lately in a 5-4 victory over Anaheim and a 6-5 win over Dallas – both in shootouts.
It will be interesting to see if that scoring keeps up in the Wild vs Calgary matchup considering the Flames don’t give up a ton of opportunities (28.3 shots against, 4th in NHL).
Even if the Wild don’t take many shots on Wednesday, Kirill Kaprizov has made the most of his opportunities lately as his 12 points (6 goals, 6 assists) over his past six games is tied for second most in the NHL over the past two weeks.
Kaprizov will try to extend his goals scored streak to 7 games and has scored a point in his last 12 in a row. That alone gives Minnesota some value at +130, seeing if they can add to their +140 win over Dallas on Sunday.
Calgary Flames
Dan Vladar has a challenge in net on Wednesday facing the red hot Kaprizov and the Minnesota offense, but Calgary is only allowing 2.0 goals/game over their last four. Vladar had a 2.59 GAA in November, which was really only inflated by allowing 5 goals to the Kraken on the first of the month. He’s posted a 2.00 GAA in December so far.
On the other end of the ice the Flames offense will try to get to likely starter Marc-Andre Fleury. The veteran is a legend for sure, but his 3.04 GAA and .895 save percentage are the worst numbers he’s put up since his first two seasons.
Fleury just gave up 5 goals on 35 shots to the Stars on Sunday, so there will be some opportunities for the Calgary offense here. Nazem Kadri went 8 straight games without a point but has four over his last two so maybe a breakout is starting to happen for Calgary’s prized offseason addition.
NHL Betting Trends:
- Wild are 4-0 in their last 4 overall
- Wild are 13-5 in their last 18 games playing on 2 days rest
- Over is 6-0 in Wild last 6 overall
- Flames are 5-1 in their last 6 home games
- Under is 5-2 in Flames last 7 overall
- Wild are 2-5 in the last 7 meetings in Calgary
4* Free NHL Betting Pick Wild vs Calgary: Flames -150
Minnesota is winning in spite of their horrible defense lately, which is never really a sustainable strategy. The Flames are right on the precipice (-150) of where there’s still value on a moneyline play, and quite frankly Calgary just has the much better defense here regardless of how hot Kaprizov is.
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