Montreal Canadiens (5-4) vs. Minnesota Wild (4-4-1)
November 1, 2022 8:00 pm EDT
The Line: Minnesota Wild -278 / Montreal Canadiens +215; Over/Under: +6.5
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The Montreal Canadiens and the Minnesota Wild meet in NHL action from the Xcel Energy Center on Tuesday night.
The Montreal Canadiens will look to build on back-to-back wins after a 7-4 win over St. Louis in their last game. Nick Suzuki has a team-high 10 points with 4 goals and a team-high 6 assists while Cole Caufield also has 10 points with a team-high 7 goals and Sean Monahan has 6 points split between 2 goals and 4 assists. Kirby Dach and Josh Anderson each have 5 points with Dach logging a goal and 4 apples while Anderson has 3 goals and a pair of assists this season. Jake Allen is 3-3 with a 2.85 GAA and a .909 save percentage while Sam Montembault is 2-1 with a 2.32 GAA and a .931 save percentage between the pipes for Montreal this season.
The Minnesota Wild will try to build on a 4-3 shootout win over Chicago in their last game. Mats Zuccarello has a team-high 12 points with 5 goals and a team-high 7 assists while Kirill Kaprizov has 10 points split between 5 goals and 5 assists of his own as well. Matt Boldy has 8 points with 5 goals and 3 assists and Calen Addison has 7 assists as well on the year. Joel Eriksson Ek also has 7 points with 4 goals and 3 assists. Filip Gustavsson has gone 0-2 with a 5.06 GAA and an .860 save percentage while Marc-Andre Fleury is 4-1-1 with a 3.69 GAA and an .880 save percentage while Filip Gustavsson is 0-3 with a 3.93 GAA and an .878 save percentage this season.
Montreal is 28-68 in their last 96 games overall and 15-36 in their last 51 road games while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games following a win. Minnesota is 53-21 in their last 74 home games and 22-10 in their last 32 games against the Eastern Conference while the over is 43-19-1 in their last 63 home games.
I get the case to b made either way in this game, but I think the stronger play is the over here. Montreal’s had issues with playing high-level defense on the road, while Minnesota’s had issues keeping pucks out of the back of their net in almost all of their games this season and this just feels like a game to me where we see 8 or 9 goals at the very least. Give me the over here.
