New Jersey Devils vs. Minnesota Wild odds, tips and betting trends
The New Jersey Devils (5-2-1) bring the NHL’s No. 2 scoring offense (33 total goals) into a road matchup against the Minnesota Wild (3-4-2), who have the league’s 32nd-ranked scoring defense (37 total goals against). The game begins at 8:00 PM ET on Thursday on ESPN+, BSN, BSWI, and MSGSN2.
New Jersey claimed a 4-3 home victory against the Minnesota Wild its last time out on October 29.
Minnesota lost 4-3 on the road against the New Jersey Devils in its most recent game on October 29.
Prepare for this matchup with what you need to know before Thursday’s hockey action.
- Favorite: Devils (-126)
- Underdog: Wild (+104)
- Over/under: 6.5
- Through eight games as the moneyline favorite this season, New Jersey has won five of those matchups.
- In seven games with moneyline oddds shorter than -126, the Devils have four wins.
- Looking at the moneyline odds, New Jersey has a 55.8% chance of winning this contest.
- New Jersey and its opponent have combined for over 6.5 goals in all eight games this season.
- They have scored 33 goals over that time.
- On the defensive end, the Devils have given up 28 goals (3.5 per game) in those 10 outings.
- The Wild have been an underdog in three games this season, and did not pull off the upset in any of them.
- Minnesota has yet to win as the underdog with odds of +104 or longer on the moneyline this season in three such games.
- The win probability for the Wild, implied from the moneyline, is 49.0%.
- In 77.8% of Minnesota’s previous games this season (7/9), the teams combined to score over Thursday’s over/under of 6.5 goals.
- They have scored 32 goals during that span.
- Over on the defensive side, the Wild have given up 3.9 goals per game (35 total) over those 10 outings.
- Game Day: Thursday, November 2, 2023
- Game Time: 8:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: Bally Sports
- Live Stream: Fubo (Watch for free)
