Minnesota Wild vs San Jose Sharks 11/13/22 NHL Picks, Predictions, Odds

The San Jose Sharks and the Minnesota Wild meet in NHL action from the Xcel Energy Center on Sunday.

The San Jose Sharks will look to build on a 5-4 win over the Dallas Stars last time out. Erik Karlsson has a team-high 21 points with a team-high 10 goals and 11 assists while Timo Meier and Tomas Hertl each have 14 points with Meier split between 7 goals and 7 assists while Hertl has 4 goals and 10 assists this season. Logan Couture also has 11 points with 6 goals and 5 assists this season. James Reimer has gone 3-5-2 with a 2.99 GAA and a .906 save percentage while Kaapo Kahkonen is 1-4-1 with a 3.70 GAA and an .878 save percentage in goal for the Sharks this season.

The Minnesota Wild will hope to build on back-to-back wins after a 1-0 win over Seattle in their last game. Kirill Kaprizov has a team-high 16 points with a team-high 10 goals and 6 assists while Mats Zuccarello has 14 points with 6 goals and a team-high 8 assists. Matt Boldy has 11 points with 6 goals and 5 assists and Joel Eriksson Ek has 10 points with 4 goals and 6 assists. Calen Addison also has 8 assists this season. Marc-Andre Fleury is 6-3-1 with a 2.87 GAA and a .905 save percentage while Filip Gustavsson is 1-3 with a 3.10 GAA and a .904 save percentage this season.

San Jose is 17-37 in their last 54 road games and 3-13 in their last 16 games following a win while the over is 7-0-1 in their last 8 games overall. Minnesota is 54-22 in their last 76 home games and 11-3 in their last 14 games against the Pacific division while the under is 5-0 in their last 5 games overall.

I get the case to be made for either side here, but I’m going to lean towards San Jose +1.5. The Sharks have played in a ton of one goal games lightly, and while that run can’t last forever, we’re getting a great price with a Sharks team that continues to battle left and right no matter how bad they’re struggling in the win loss column. Give me the Sharks +1.5 here.