Free NHL Hockey Prediction: Wild vs Lightning NHL Odds
Looking for Minnesota Wild vs. Tampa Bay Lightning free hockey plays & NHL Odds? NHL betting sees the Wild taking on the Lightning on Thursday March 7th at the Armalie Arena in Tampa. Cappers Picks provides complimentary expert handicapping picks on all NHL Hockey games all season long so stay tuned for more FREE daily NHL hockey predictions like this Wild Lightning matchup.
(32-27-8) Minnesota Wild vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (51-12-4)
Date: Thursday, March 7th
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: Armalie Arena, Tampa, Florida
NHL Hockey Moneyline Odds: Lightning -220
NHL Hockey Puck Line Odds: Lightning -1.5
NHL Betting Total: 6
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Thursday night, March 7th brings you an NHL matchup featuring a team in the hunt for the playoffs and the best team in the league, as the Minnesota Wild fly south to take on the Tampa Bay Lightning, live from the Armalie Areana. Minnesota has won the past two meetings between these two, including a 5-4 OT win back in October.
Minnesota Wild
Minnesota have won three out of their last five games, but suffered two straight losses to the Nashville Predators in their last two games. A win here is very important, as they are barely hanging on to that second Wild Card spot in the West. They currently lead Colorado by two points.
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LW Zach Parise is Minnesota’s overall points leader with 24 goals and 31 assists on the year. Projected starting goalie Devan Dubnyk comes into Thursday with a 26-21-6 record, with a 2.60 GAA and a .911 save percentage.
Injury Report: Centers Victor Rask and Mikko Koivu, as well as D Matt Dumba are all listed as “out” for Thursday night.
Tampa Bay Lightning
The Lightning come into this game winners of four out of their last five games, as their lone loss came to the Boston Bruins, 4-1. This team just continues to steam roll through the rest of the league, and now hold a 17 point lead over the second place Bruins in the Atlantic Division.
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C Brayden Point is Tampa’s leading goal scorer with 37 on the year, while their overall points leader is RW Nikita Kucherov, who has 31 goals and 77 assists. Projected starting goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy comes into this game with a 31-7-4 record, with a 2.24 GAA and a .931 save percentage.
Injury Report: The Lightning have no injuries to report for this game
NHL Betting Trends:
- Minnesota is 21-13 ATS on the road this year
- Minnesota is 14-16-4 O/U on the road this year
- Minnesota is 11-9-2 as the DOG this year
- Tampa Bay is 20-15 ATS at home this year
- Tampa Bay is 16-16-3 O/U at home this year
- Tampa Bay is 50-10-4 as the FAV this year
Free Minnesota Wild vs. Tampa Bay Lightning NHL Prediction:
This is almost a must win game for the Wild, as they try to keep their footing in the crazy Wild Card hunt in the Western Conference this year, but, a win will be very hard to come by in this game.
Take Tampa Bay to win on home ice Thursday night. They have only lost 7 times at home this whole season.
4* Free NHL Betting Pick: Tampa Bay -1.5
NHL Free Score Prediction: Tampa Bay 5 – Minnesota 2
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