San Jose Sharks vs Minnesota Wild 12/22/22 NHL Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Minnesota Wild and the San Jose Sharks meet in NHL action from the SAP Center on Thursday night.

The Minnesota Wild will try to build on another win streak after a 4-1 win over Anaheim on Wednesday. Kirill Kaprizov has a team-high 42 points with a team-high 19 goals and 23 assists while Mats Zuccarello has 36 points with 14 goals and 22 assists. Matt Boldy has 25 points with 12  goals and 13 assists and Joel Eriksson Ek has 26 points with 11 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 7-4-1 with a 2.31 GAA and a .922 save percentage this season

The San Jose Sharks will look to rebound from a 7-3 loss to the Calgary Flames in their last game. Erik Karlsson has a team-high 42 points with 12 goals and a team-high 30 assists while Timo Meier has 32 points with 17 goals and 15 assists and Tomas Hertl has 32 points with 11 goals and 21 assists this season. Logan Couture also has 28 points with 14 goals and 14 assists this season. James Reimer has gone 6-9-3 with a 3.04 GAA and a .903 save percentage while Kaapo Kahkonen is 3-7-2 with a 3.83 GAA and an .872 save percentage in goal for the Sharks this season.

Minnesota is 9-0 in their last 9 games played on no rest and 16-6 in their last 22 games against the Pacific division while the under is 6-0 in their last 6 games overall. San Jose is 13-38 in their last 51 games overall and 13-39 in their last 52 games against a team with a winning record while the over is 12-3-1 in their last 16 home games.

I get the case to be made for a home underdog in spots, but for me, this is not one of them. The Minnesota Wild are on a roll right now and betting against the Wild on a back-to-back is something you just don’t do if you like money. I’m done betting on the Sharks because I just get burned every time I do. Give me the Wild for another W here.