Friday, October 16, 2015

Staples Center

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The Minnesota Wild travel to Staples Center to play the Los Angeles Kings on Friday, October 16, 2015. The opening line for this game has the Wild at +150 and the Kings at -166. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

The Minnesota Wild have 4 total points this season. They have scored 8 goals while giving up 6 goals. They have had 5 power play opportunities and have scored 2 goals on those chances for a percentage of 40%. They have allowed 5 power play opportunities and given up 3 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 40%.

The Kings have a total of 0 points on the season. They have 0 power play goals on 13 opportunities thus far. They have allowed 15 power play opportunities and have given up 2 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 87%. As a team, they have a total of 2 goals scored while giving up 12 goals this year.

The Wild are 5-0 in their last 5 road games vs. a team with a home winning % of less than .400, 5-0 in their last 5 games playing on no days rest and 9-3 in their last 12 vs. Pacific. They are 19-7 in their last 26 road games, 38-15 in their last 53 vs. a team with a losing record and 5-2 in their last 7 Friday games.

The over is 5-0-3 in the Wild last 8 road games, 4-1-4 in their last 9 overall and 4-1-4 in their last 9 vs. the Western Conference. The under is 5-0-1 in their last 6 games playing on no days rest, 3-1-3 in their last 7 vs. the Pacific and 10-4-2 in their last 16 vs. a team with a losing record.

The Kings are 5-1 in their last 6 games playing on 2 days rest, 5-1 in their last 6 vs. a team with a winning % above .600 and 19-7 in their last 26 home games vs. a team with a road winning % of greater than .600. They are 1-6 in their last 7 overall, 1-6 in their last 7 vs. the Western Conference and 0-4 in their last 4 Friday games.

The over is 5-0-2 in Kings last 7 Friday games, 3-1-2 in their last 6 home games vs. a team with a road winning % of greater than .600 and 17-6-5 in their last 28 vs. a team with a winning % above .600. However, the under is 7-3-2 in their last 12 games playing on 2 days rest, 7-3-6 in their last 16 vs. the Western Conference and 9-3-3 in their last 15 home games.

Head to head, the under is 3-0-1 in the last 4 meetings in Los Angeles and 30-13-8 in the last 51 meetings.

Minnesota Wild Betting Trends

The Minnesota Wild are 2-0 straight up

The Minnesota Wild are 1-0-1 against the over/under

Los Angeles Kings Betting Trends

The Los Angeles Kings are 0-3 straight up

The Los Angeles Kings are 0-1-1 against the over/under

Minnesota Wild Injuries

10/14/15 RW Justin Fontaine Oblique is upgraded to probable Thursday vs. Arizona

10/14/15 C Tyler Graovac Groin is downgraded to expected to miss 2 weeks

Los Angeles Kings Injuries

10/15/15 D Matt Greene Upper Body "?" Friday vs. Minnesota

10/06/15 LW Dwight King Foot out 8-10 weeks

Tony's Pick: Take Los Angeles

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