Minnesota Wild vs Toronto Maple Leafs Prediction, Pick and Preview, February 24 (2/24): NHL

Minnesota Wild vs Toronto Maple Leafs Prediction, Pick and Preview, February 24 (2/24): NHL

Credit: photo by Brace Hemmelgarn-USA TODAY Sports

 
Odds
Time 7:00 p.m. EST
Wild money line +135
Wild spread +1.5 (-170)
Maple Leafs money line -160
Maple Leafs spread -1.5 (+145)
Over / under 6.5

 

2021-2022 season stats
  Minnesota Wild Toronto Maple Leafs
Record 31-14-3 32-14-4
Road / home record 15-10-2 18-5-1
Streak L1 L3
Goals per game 3.79 3.54
Goals allowed per game 3.00 2.80
Shots per game 32.5 34.9
Shots allowed per game 32.7 30.6
PP % 20.81% 30.43%
PK % 20.99% 15.71%
Over / under record 30-17-1 27-21-2

 

Preview

The Minnesota Wild continue on the road and will visit the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday Night. These teams have met once this season and the Wild got the narrow victory, 4-3 in overtime.

MINNESOTA WILD

Minnesota will look to avoid second straight loss on the road after losing 3-4 against the Senators. The Wild are 15-10-2 on the road and are second in the Central division recording 10.3 points per game, averaging 3.8 goals and 6.5 assists.

Kaprizov leads the Wild with 23 goals and has 62 points. Mats Zuccarello has nine assists over the last 10 games for Minnesota.

In their last 10 games, Minnesota are 6-4-0, averaging 3.7 goals, 6.2 assists, four penalties and 9.2 penalty minutes while allowing 2.8 goals per game with a .916 save percentage.

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS

The Maple Leafs have lost 3 games in a row and will look to bounce back at home where they are 18-5-1 this season.

Alexander Kerfoot leads the Maple Leafs with a plus-13 in 50 games this season. Matthews has 17 points over the last 10 games for Toronto.

In their last 10 games Toronto are 5-4-1, averaging 3.9 goals, 6.6 assists, 3.7 penalties and 7.7 penalty minutes while giving up 3.3 goals per game with an .890 save percentage.

BETTING TRENDS

Minnesota are 12-5 SU in their last 17 games.

The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota's last 5 games.

Toronto are 7-1 SU in their last 8 games at home.

Toronto are 2-5 SU in their last 7 games.

The total has gone OVER in 9 of Toronto's last 12 games.

Prediction

Both teams have struggled lately and I think this will be a very close game as it was the last head to head played in Minnesota. The Wild has a little superior offense than Toronto so I'm backing Minnesota to steal the win on the road.

PICK: Wild ML (+135)

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