Minnesota Wild (1-3-1) vs. Montreal Canadiens (3-3)
October 25, 2022 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: Montreal Canadiens +165 / Minnesota Wild -192; Over/Under: +6.5
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The Minnesota Wild and the Montreal Canadiens meet in NHL action from the Bell Centre on Tuesday night.
The Minnesota Wild will look to rebound from a 4-3 OT loss to the Bruins in their last game. Mats Zuccarello has a team-high 10 points with 4 goals and a team-high 6 assists while Kirill Kaprizov has 8 points split between 4 goals and 4 assists of his own as well. Matt Boldy has 6 points with 3 goals and 3 assists and Calen Addison has 6 assists as well on the year. Filip Gustavsson has gone 0-2 with a 5.06 GAA and an .860 save percentage while Marc-Andre Fleury is 1-1-1 with a 5.25 GAA and an .847 save percentage this season.
The Montreal Canadiens will try to rebound from a 5-2 loss at the hands of the Dallas Stars in their last matchup. Nick Suzuki has a team-high 7 points with 3 goals and a team-high 4 assists while Cole Caufield has 5 points with a team-high 4 goals and Sean Monahan has 4 points split between 2 goals and 2 assists. Kirby Dach and Arber Xhekaj each have 3 points with a goal and 2 apples this season. Jake Allen is 2-2 with a 2.77 GAA and a .913 save percentage while Sam Montembault is 1-1 with a 2.48 GAA and a .912 save percentage between the pipes for Montreal this season.
Minnesota is 1-7 in their last 8 games overall and 20-9 in their last 29 games against the Eastern Conference while the over is 18-7-2 in their last 27 games against the Atlantic division. Montreal is 26-67 in their last 93 games overall and 8-20 in their last 28 games against a team with a winning percentage below .400 while the over is 9-2 in their last 11 games against the Western Conference.
I get the reasoning for backing either side in this game, but I think the better play here is to side with the over. Minnesota’s really showed no signs of improving defensively and it’s hard to back them until they do, but on the other side Montreal’s given up their fair share as well and I’m still not sold on Jake Allen as their starting goaltender. All in all, I think this game’s marked for 7 goals at the very least so give me the over here.
