Red Wings vs Wild Game Preview: Minnesota Looking for Home Victory
Red Wings Looking for Road Victory in Wild Country
Wednesday Night’s brief slate of action in the National Hockey League is spearheaded by a cross-conference match between the Detroit Red Wings and the Minnesota Wild. Let’s analyze the betting options for this contests with the Red Wings vs Wild Game Preview for Wednesday night.
Game Information
Detroit Red Wings (13-9-6, 32 points) at Minnesota Wild (15-11-2, 32 points)
Date & Time & Streaming:
Location: Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Streaming: Live Sports Stream
Weird, Wild Stuff for Minnesota
The Minnesota Wild look to win their seventh home game in the last eight tries at Xcel Energy Center tonight against former conference foes, the Detroit Red Wings. On paper, their 8-3 run in the last eleven games looks spectacular, but a deeper dive shows that the misfortune this club suffered to start the year with close losses has now flipped into very lucky victories.
With one-goal decisions in their favor against struggling clubs like the Anaheim Ducks and Arizona Coyotes, but yet being able to take care of a decent Edmonton Oilers team in two of the last three meetings over that eleven-game span, shows the type of character Head Coach Dean Evason’s squad has.
Forward Kirill Kaprizov is one of the Top Ten NHL Stats Leaders in Goals with 17 on the season, to add to his total of 35 points. The 25-year old Russian speedster has earned at least one point in 15 of his last 16 contests played.
Red Wings Continue to Roll in Atlantic
The Detroit Red Wings continue to yo-yo between winning streaks and losing streaks, with the club currently on a three-game trend downward after losing a 1-0 battle at home versus the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday evening.
A lone tally from Hurricanes defenseman Brady Skjei was all that Carolina needed as goaltender Pyotr Kochetkov stopped all 27 Red Wing shots he faced to earn his seventh victory and third shutout of the season. Detroit now looks to take on a Minnesota Wild club on the road, where they have failed to win in six of their last seven tries at Xcel Energy Center in downtown Saint Paul.
It is projected that Alex Nedeljkovic gets the start between the pipes for this contest. The 26-year old Ohio native has struggled thus far, with a 2-4-2 record, a large 4.09 goals-against average, and a .880% save percentage in eight starts this season.
Red Wings vs Wild Betting Odds
Sportsbooks have the hosting Minnesota Wild odds to win as large favorites against the visiting Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday night priced in the range around -235 to -250.
This is the 20th game this season where Minnesota has been favored, with the Wild winning twelve of their first 19 games in that role. For Detroit, it’s their 20th game of the season as an underdog, with the Red Wings posting a 7-10-2 record when lined at plus money thus far.
Detroit has lost five of the last six meetings in Minnesota, while the Wild have won six of their last seven contests at Xcel Energy Center.
Over around the pick’em range between -115 to -125. Minnesota has been on a hot 8-2 run to the Over in their last 10 games.
Concluding our Red Wings vs Wild Game Preview: The total for this contest is set at 6 goals shaded slightly to the Over around the pick’em range between -115 to -125. Minnesota has been on a hot 8-2 run to the Over in their last 10 games. They have cashed Overs in ten of their last 15 games at Xcel Energy Center. As for Detroit, they have gone Under the total in five of their last six games and are an even 6-6-1 on the road in totals this season.
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