Minnesota Wild (25-15-4) vs. Florida Panthers (22-20-5)
January 21, 2023 6:00 pm EDT
The Line: Florida Panthers -125 / Minnesota Wild +105; Over/Under: +6.5
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The Minnesota Wild and the Florida Panthers meet in NHL action from the FLA Live Arena on Saturday. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.
Odds
The Florida Panthers are listed as -125 home favorites while the Minnesota Wild are +105 underdogs on the road with the total in this game set at 6.5 goals.
Injuries
The Minnesota Wild enter this game with a clean injury report while Florida has Eric Staal listed as out indefinitely with an upper body injury while Sergei Bobrovsky is questionable for this game with a lower body injury.
Matchup history
Florida has won the last three meetings between these two teams with a 6-2 win over the Wild back on February 18th, 2022.
Trends
Minnesota is 5-1 in their last 6 games against a team with a losing record and 5-1 in their last 6 Saturday games while the under is 5-1 in their last 6 games against a team with a losing record. Florida is 7-20 in their last 27 games following a win and 59-22 in their last 81 home games while the under is 2-0-2 in their last 4 Saturday games.
Pick
I’m backing Minnesota in this game. Florida has a strong record at home going back some time now, but a lot of those games came when Florida was dominating the NHL on their way to winning a Presidents Trophy last year for the league’s best record. This year, the Panthers have trouble beating the winning teams and I think that could happen here. Minnesota is a solid team from top to bottom and I just don’t envision the Panthers stepping in their way here. Give me Minnesota.
