Nashville Predators vs Minnesota Wild 11/15/22 NHL Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Minnesota Wild  and Nashville Predators meet Tuesday in NHL action at the Bridgestone Arena. The Minnesota Wild have split their last 8 games. The Nashville Predators have also split their last 8 games.

The Minnesota Wild are averaging 2.73 goals per game and are scoring on 24 percent of their power play opportunities. Kirill Kaprizov leads Minnesota with 10 goals, Mats Zuccarello has 9 assists and Joel Eriksson Ek has 48 shots on goal. Defensively, the Minnesota Wild are allowing 2.93 goals per game and are killing 81.6 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Marc-Andre Fleury has given up 30 goals on 316 shots faced, and Filip Gustavsson has allowed 13 goals on 151 shots.

The Nashville Predators are averaging 2.6 goals per game and are scoring on 14.6 percent of their power play opportunities. Nino Niederreiter leads Nashville with 6 goals, Mikael Granlund has 11 assists and Roman Josi has 59 shots on goal. Defensively, the Nashville Predators are allowing 33.3 goals per game and are killing 81.8 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Juuse Saros has allowed 33 goals on 332 shots faced, and Kevin Lankinen has allowed 12 goals on 152 shots.

The Wild are 5-2 in their last 7 road games and 3-9 in their last 12 games playing on 1 days rest. The Predators are 3-8 in their last 11 home games and 7-17 in their last 24 overall. The under is 6-0 in Wild last 6 overall. The under is 5-2 in Predators last 7 home games. The Wild are 1-8 in the last 9 meetings in Nashville and 2-10 in the last 12 meetings. The home team is 13-5 in the last 18 meetings. The favorite is 10-2 in the last 12 meetings.

Two teams that have been hit or miss heading into this matchup, so it can go either way. The Minnesota Wild are the better team on paper, and they’ve had recent success on the road, but the Predators usually play their best hockey at home, and they’ve had the upper hand in past meetings against the Wild. I’ll take a stab with the plus money.