Minnesota Wild vs Washington Capitals Prediction, Pick and Preview, April 3 (4/3): NHL

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Odds

Time	7:00 p.m. EST
Wild money line	+115
Wild spread	+1.5 (-220)
Capitals money line	-135
Capitals spread	-1.5 (+180)
Over / under	6

 

2021-2022 season stats

	Minnesota Wild	Washington Capitals
Record	42-20-5	37-21-10
Road / home record	18-13-3	16-14-5
Streak	W1	L1
Goals per game	3.61	3.24
Goals allowed per game	3.05	2.87
Shots per game	32.6	31.3
Shots allowed per game	32.0	29.3
PP %	20.9%	19.5%
PK %	23.50%	19.25%
Over / under record	38-27-2	40-27-1

Preview

The Minnesota Wild travel to Washington to take on the Capitals on Sunday. This is the second and last time these teams face off on the regular season, the Wild won the last game 3-2 at home.

MINNESOTA WILD

The Wild have won 4 of their last 5 games and are 18-16 on the road this season with a 42-20-5 record overall ranking 2nd in the Central Division. Minnesota is second in the Western Conference recording 9.8 points per game, averaging 3.6 goals and 6.1 assists.

Zuccarello leads the Wild with 49 total assists and has 69 points. Kaprizov has 12 points over the last 10 games for Minnesota

In their last 10 games the Wild are 8-2, averaging 3.1 goals, 5.2 assists, 3.9 penalties and 9.5 penalty minutes while giving up 1.9 goals per game with a .938 save percentage.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS

The Capitals have lost 3 of their last 5 games and are 16-19 at home with a 37-21-10 record overall ranking 4th in the Metropolitan division. Washington has scored 220 goals and ranks sixth in the Eastern Conference averaging 3.2 goals per game. Alex Ovechkin leads the team with 42.

Ovechkin leads the Capitals with 42 goals, adding 36 assists and totaling 78 points. Evgeny Kuznetsov has six goals and six assists over the last 10 games for Washington.

In their last 10 games the Capitals are 6-4, averaging 3.2 goals, 4.6 assists, 4.3 penalties and 9.2 penalty minutes while giving up 3.4 goals per game with an .890 save percentage.

BETTING TRENDS

Minnesota are 8-1 SU in their last 9 games.

The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Minnesota's last 8 games.

Washington are 2-3 SU in their last 5 games at home.

The total has gone OVER in 11 of Washington's last 12 games.

Prediction

I don't know why everybody is going with the Caps for this game, they win onyl the 45% of the time at home and have lost 3 of their last 5 home games, allowing 3.4 goals in the last 10 games. The Wild are on fire lately winning 8 of their last 9 games and playing well defensively allowing just 1.9 goals in their last 10 games. Give me the Wild as underdogs.

PICK: Wild ML (+115)

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