Minnesota Wild (3-3-1) vs. Detroit Red Wings (3-2-2)
October 29, 2022 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: Detroit Red Wings +132 / Minnesota Wild -160; Over/Under: +6.5
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The Minnesota Wild and Detroit Red Wings meet Saturday in NHL action at the Little Caesars Arena. The Minnesota Wild look for a win after splitting their last 6 games. The Detroit Red Wings need a win after losing 4 of their last 5 games.
The Minnesota Wild are averaging 3.71 goals per game and are scoring on 31 percent of their power play opportunities. Mats Zuccarello leads Minnesota with 5 goals, Calen Addison has 7 assists and Kirill Kaprizov has 27 shots on goal. Defensively, the Minnesota Wild are allowing 4.29 goals per game and are killing 78.6 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Marc-Andre Fleury has given up 21 goals on 174 shots faced, and Filip Gustavsson has allowed 8 goals on 57 shots.
The Detroit Red Wings are averaging 3.29 goals per game and are scoring on 17.2 percent of their power play opportunities. Dominik Kubalik leads Detroit with 4 goals, Filip Hronek has 5 assists and Dylan Larkin has 21 shots on goal. Defensively, the Detroit Red Wings are allowing 3.29 goals per game and are killing 83.3 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Ville Husso has given up 11 goals on 131 shots faced, and Alex Nedeljkovic has allowed 12 goals on 109 shots.
The Wild are 8-3 in their last 11 vs. Eastern Conference and 3-7 in their last 10 overall. The Red Wings are 3-9 in their last 12 home games and 68-144 in their last 212 overall. The over is 5-2 in Wild last 7 overall. The over is 4-1-1 in Red Wings last 6 overall. The Wild are 5-0 in the last 5 meetings. The favorite is 5-0 in the last 5 meetings.
The Minnesota Wild are the better team here and should be favored, but they’ve been hit or miss this season up to this point and their defense leaves a lot to be desired. This recent stretch hasn’t been fun for the Detroit Red Wings, but they’ve been competitive through 7 games and their offense shows improvement from a year ago. The line is probably accurate, but I’ll grab the plus money with the Red Wings because of the Wild’s inconsistent ways and poor defense.
