Minnesota Wild vs Winnipeg Jets 11/23/22 NHL Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Winnipeg Jets and Minnesota Wild meet Wednesday in NHL action at the Xcel Energy Center. The Winnipeg Jets have won 6 of their last 8 games. The Minnesota Wild have split their last 10 games.

The Winnipeg Jets are averaging 2.9 goals per game and are scoring on 19.3 percent of their power play opportunities. Mark Scheifele leads Winnipeg with 10 goals, Josh Morrissey has 15 assists and Kyle Connor has 63 shots on goal. Defensively, the Winnipeg Jets are allowing 2.4 goals per game and are killing 85.7 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Connor Hellebuyck has given up 27 goals on 418 shots faced, and David Rittich has allowed 11 goals on 100 shots.

The Minnesota Wild are averaging 2.7 goals per game and are scoring on 20.3 percent of their power play opportunities. Kirill Kaprizov leads Minnesota with 10 goals, Mats Zuccarello has 11 assists and Joel Eriksson Ek has 56 shots on goal. Defensively, the Minnesota Wild are allowing 2.9 goals per game and are killing 80.3 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Marc-Andre Fleury has given up 32 goals on 341 shots faced, and Filip Gustavsson has allowed 19 goals on 203 shots.

The Jets are 4-1 in their last 5 vs. Western Conference and 9-3 in their last 12 overall. The Wild are 7-1 in their last 8 Wednesday games and 55-24 in their last 79 home games. The under is 18-5-3 in Jets last 26 overall. The under is 8-1 in Wild last 9 overall. The Jets are 1-6 in the last 7 meetings in Minnesota. The home team is 20-7 in the last 27 meetings. The over is 5-2-1 in the last 8 meetings.

The Minnesota Wild are going to get the benefit of the doubt at home, and they’re the better team on paper, but eventually they have to step up and start winning in these spots for me to get behind them. No matter how you slice it, but the Winnipeg Jets are playing the better hockey, and we’re getting them for big plus money. I’ll take my chances with the Jets here.