Minnesota Wild vs. Arizona Coyotes Prediction, Preview, and Odds

The Minnesota Wild remained undefeated after the All-Star break, defeating the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday, 5-3. It was the third straight victory for Minnesota, who will be completing their two-game road trip on Wednesday. The Wild are 11-12-2 on the road and are 7-3-0 in their last 10 games.

This game was tied at two after the first period and remained that way through the second. However, goals by Matt Boldy, Marco Rossi, and the second goal of the game by Joel Eriksson Ek helped to give Minnesota the victory. Kirill Kaprizov had two assists in the contest and now has seven points over his last five games. The Wild are 18th in goals per game (3.00).

Filip Gustavsson (15-13-2, 3.19, .897) stopped 27 shots but has not been as brilliant this season as he was last year. Gustavsson has allowed three goals in five of his last seven games. Minnesota is 23rd in goals against average (3.27) and has been terrible shorthanded, 29th in penalty killing (74.3%).

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The Arizona Coyotes lost their sixth straight game when they fell to the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday, 5-3. The Coyotes are 2-6-2 in their last 10 and are now 15-10-0 at home.

Three times Arizona held one goal advantage in this contest, but Philadelphia battled back to tie the game each time and added two in the third to earn the victory. Clayton Keller had an assist for Arizona and continues to be the best player on the ice for the Coyotes, leading the club with 49 points, 15 more than the next closest player. Arizona is 21st in goals per game (2.94).

Karel Vejmelka (6-12-2, 3.36, .899) had a tough game between the pipes for the Coyotes, stopping 29 shots. Connor Ingram (17-12-2, 2.76, .912) will likely get the start in this contest. The Coyotes are now 18th in goals against average (3.14) and they have been struggling in penalty killing as well, 19th at 79.4%.

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Arizona has been giving up goals in bunches lately, allowing five or more goals in four of their last six games. They are simply not getting good goaltending right now. Minnesota is getting more production from lines other than their top group, and that is helping to make them more prolific. In the last eight games, they have scored 30 goals, including scoring five more on four occasions.

These teams have gone over in six of the last 10 meetings. The winning team has scored at least five goals in five of those games and they have gone over 5.5 in each of the last two meetings. Look for a 5-2 Minnesota victory.