Minnesota Wild vs Nashville Predators 3/13/22 NHL Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Nashville Predators and Minnesota Wild meet Sunday in NHL action at the Xcel Energy Center. The Nashville Predators look for a win after splitting their last 10 games. The Minnesota Wild look for a win after splitting their last six games.

The Nashville Predators are averaging 3.1 goals per game and are scoring on 24.1 percent of their power play opportunities. Matt Duchene leads Nashville with 31 goals, Roman Josi has 47 assists and Filip Forsberg has 136 shots on goal. Defensively, the Nashville Predators are allowing 2.7 goals per game and are killing 80.2 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Juuse Saros has allowed 118 goals on 1,531 shots faced, and David Rittich has allowed 24 goals on 218 shots.

The Minnesota Wild are averaging 3.7 goals per game and are scoring on 20.2 percent of their power play opportunities. Kirill Kaprizov leads Minnesota with 30 goals, Mats Zuccarello has 41 assists and Kevin Fiala has 188 shots on goal. Defensively, the Minnesota Wild are allowing 3.2 goals per game and are killing 76.2 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Cam Talbot has allowed 104 goals on 1,108 shots faced, and Kaapo Kahkonen has allowed 62 goals on 711 shots.

The Predators are 1-5 in their last 6 games as an underdog and 5-2 in their last 7 overall. The Wild are 38-14 in their last 52 home games and 3-7 in their last 10 overall. The over is 16-5 in Predators last 21 road games. The over is 5-1 in Wild last 6 overall. The Predators are 8-1 in the last 9 meetings.

The Minnesota Wild are going to get the benefit of the doubt at home, and it’s only a matter of time before they get out of this funk. However, we’re getting the team in better form at plus money in the Nashville Predators, a team that’s also won eight of the last nine meetings against the Wild. Many of those recent victories weren’t all that close. I’ll take a stab with the road dog.