Winnipeg Jets vs Minnesota Wild 12/27/22 NHL Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Minnesota Wild and the Winnipeg Jets meet in NHL action from the Canada Life Centre on Tuesday night.

The Minnesota Wild will look to rebound from a 5-2 loss to San Jose last time out. Kirill Kaprizov has a team-high 43 points with a team-high 19 goals and 24 assists while Mats Zuccarello has 37 points with 15 goals and 22 assists. Matt Boldy has 26 points with 12  goals and 14 assists and Joel Eriksson Ek has 27 points with 12 goals and 15 assists. Calen Addison also has 14 assists this season. Marc-Andre Fleury is 12-7-1 with a 2.85 GAA and an .901 save percentage while Filip Gustavsson is 7-5-1 with a 2.44 GAA and a .916 save percentage this season.

The Winnipeg Jets will be looking to bounce back from a 4-1 loss to Washington in their last game. Josh Morrissey leads Winnipeg with 33 assists as part of his team-high 39 points while Pierre-Luc Dubois has 37 points split between 15 goals and 22 assists. Kyle Connor has 38 points with 15 goals and 23 assists while Blake Wheeler has 26 points with 9 goals and 17 assists. Mark Scheifele also has a team-high 20 goals as well this season. Connor Hellebuyck has gone 16-8-1 with a 2.36 GAA and a .928 save percentage while David Rittich is 5-4 with a 2.61 GAA and an .906 save percentage between the pipes for Winnipeg this season.

Minnesota is 6-1 in their last 7 games overall and 4-0 in their last 4 division games while the under is 6-1 in their last 7 games overall. Winnipeg is 0-4 in their last 4 games against a team with a winning record and 9-2 in their last 11 Tuesday games while the under is 6-0 in their last 6 games overall.

I get the case to be made for either side here, but I love the under in this game. These are two teams with some solid goaltending and I think we’re going to see a prime showing of that here, mixed in with some solid defense as well. This to me just looks like a first to 3 wins kind of game, so give me the under here.