Florida Panthers vs Minnesota Wild Prediction, Pick and Preview, February 18 (2/18): NHL

Florida Panthers vs Minnesota Wild Prediction, Pick and Preview, February 18 (2/18): NHL

Credit: photo by Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports

 
Odds
Time 8:05 p.m. EST
Panthers money line -120
Panthers spread -1.5 (+190)
Wild money line +100
Wild spread +1.5 (-230)
Over / under 6.5

 

2021-2022 season stats
  Florida Panthers Minnesota Wild
Record 33-10-5 30-12-3
Road / home record 10-7-5 16-3-1
Streak W1 L1
Goals per game 4.06 3.78
Goals allowed per game 2.88 2.91
Shots per game 36.50 32.70
Shots allowed per game 31.8 32.60
PP % 20.53% 20.29%
PK % 20.67% 20.26%
Over / under record 29-19 27-17-1

 

Preview

The Minnesota Wild will host the Florida Panthers on Friday night. These teams have met once this season and the Panthers took the win at home 5-4.

FLORIDA PANTHERS

After 2 weeks of rest the Panthers returned to play and beat the Hurricanes on the road. Frank Vatrano scored a team-high two goals for the Panthers in the victory.

Florida have won 5 of their last 6 games and are having a great season as they have one of the best offenses in the league averaging 4.06 goals per game. Huberdeau leads the Panthers with 64 points, scoring 17 goals and collecting 47 assists. Sam Bennett has seven goals and two assists over the last 10 games for Florida.

The Florida Panthers are allowing 2.8 goals per game and are killing 80.1 percent of their opponent’s power plays. 

The only bad stat for the Panthers is that they're 1-7 in their last 8 games on the road vs Wild. 

MINNESOTA WILD

The Wild have won heir last 6 games at home and the offense is scoring 3.78 goals per game. Kaprizov has 57 total points for the Wild, 22 goals and 35 assists. Mats Zuccarello has three goals and 13 assists over the last 10 games for Minnesota.

Minnesota are 8-1-1 in their last 10 games and are averaging 4.2 goals, 7.4 assists, 5.4 penalties and 14.8 penalty minutes while giving up 2.1 goals per game with a .937 save percentage.

BETTING TRENDS

Florida are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games.

The total has gone OVER in 4 of Florida's last 5 games on the road.

Minnesota are 6-0 SU in their last 6 games at home.

O/U is 16-4 at home for Minnesota.

Prediction

These are two of the best offenses in the league and have two of the top scorers, Kaprizov ranks eighth in the NHL with 57 points and Huberdeau ranks third in the league with 64 points. The over has cashed in 7 of the last 9 head to head games and is cashing the 80% of the time when the Wild play at home. Over is the play.

PICK: Over 6.5 (-105)

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