Wild vs. Lightning Prediction
The Minnesota Wild will play the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida
Wild Preview
The Minnesota Wild are 25-16-4 this season after they lost to the Florida Panthers by a score of 5-3 in their last game. Minnesota out shot Florida by a total of 32-27 and went 2-2 on the power play in the loss. The Minnesota Wild are averaging 3.11 goals per game, 2.84 goals against per game, 23.9% on the power play, and 79.1% on the penalty kill. Kirill Kaprizov has led the Wild with 26 goals, 30 assists, and 171 shots on goal this season. The projected starting goalie for Minnesota is Marc-Andre Fleury, who is 14-9-3 this season with a 2.94 goals against average and a .902 save percentage.
Lightning Preview
The Tampa Bay Lightning are 29-15-1 this season after they lost to the Calgary Flames by a score of 6-3 in their last game. Tampa Bay was out shot by a total of 41-24 and went 0-6 on the power play in the loss. The Tampa Bay Lightning are averaging 3.60 goals per game, 2.98 goals against per game, 27.1% on the power play, and 80.5% on the penalty kill. Nikita Kucherov has led the Lightning with 18 goals, 48 assists, and 159 shots on goal this season. The projected starting goalie for Tampa Bay is Andrei Vasilevskiy, who is 20-12-1 this season with a 2.55 goals against average and a .916 save percentage.
Trends
Minnesota is 15-7 in their last 22 games played on two days of rest. The over is 5-1-1 in Minnesota’s last 7 road games and the under is 5-1-1 in their last 7 Tuesday games. Tampa Bay is 7-2 in their last 9 games against the Central and 5-2 in their last 7 games. The over is 4-1-4 in Tampa Bay’s last 9 games. Minnesota is 7-1 in these two teams last 8 head to head meetings.
Pick
Both of these teams have had success so far this year and are sitting in third place in their respective standings. Tampa Bay has been very good on their home ice and they have a home record of 17-4-1 on the year. Both teams come into this game on a two game losing streak and both teams have allowed at least five goals in each of their last two games. I like the over here.
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