Minnesota Wild vs Anaheim Ducks Prediction, 10/15/2021 NHL Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Minnesota Wild vs Anaheim Ducks

Date: Friday, October 15, 2021

Location: Honda Center in Anaheim, CA

TV: Fox Sports Prime Ticket

Odds/Point Spread: Wild (-160) Ducks (+144)

Anthony Stolarz and the Anaheim Ducks (17-30-9) host the Minnesota Wild (35-16-5) at Honda Center on Friday. The Ducks open this matchup at +144 while the Wild are priced at -160. The total is set at 5½.

The Wild were on the wrong end of the scoreboard with a 6-2 loss against the Golden Knights in their last outing. The Wild didn't have their best offensive outing in the defeat. In the game, they tallied a score on 2 of the 20 shots they tried. Additionally, they had 2 power play opportunities and scored 1 goal. Minnesota recorded 10 penalty mins for this matchup. The Corsi for the Wild came in at 40 and the Corsi against when this game finished was 65 meaning they had a Corsi percentage of 38.1%. Their Fenwick came in at 25 and the Fenwick against was 49, meaning they had a Fenwick percentage of 33.8%. They garnered 19 face-off wins when at even strength and were beaten on 36 opportunities to control the puck. When starting in the offensive zone they came in at 50.0% and their PDO rating was 86.5 for this matchup.

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The Wild had 1,705 shots taken against them and held a save percentage of .907. At even strength, the Wild conceded 128 goals while getting 151. Minnesota Wild opposition had 161 power play opportunities (18th in professional hockey) and came away with 31 goals in those chances. For last season, they tallied 75 points and their points % was .670. Minnesota attempted 1,585 shots and were the owners of a shooting percentage of 11.4%. In relation to their goal scoring prowess, the Minnesota Wild earned 180 goals (9th in professional hockey) over the course of the prior season and conceded 159. Minnesota compiled 165 power play chances and notched 29 goals out of those tries, giving them a rate of 17.58%.

The man in goal for this game is Cam Talbot. In his professional hockey career, Talbot has earned 175 quality starts and his percentage for quality starts is .526. His save percentage currently is .915 during his 19,855 minutes between the pipes. Talbot has seen 10,184 shots taken against him and has gathered 9,321 total saves. The opposition has been able to score 863 goals versus Talbot in his career and his average for goals against per game is 2.61. He has earned a record of 169-130-30 and he started in 333 games. Talbot has taken the ice for 347 games throughout his hockey career.

When they took the ice last, Anaheim faced the Jets in a game where the Ducks notched a win by a mark of 4-1. Anaheim earned a 33.3% Corsi rate. This Corsi percentage speaks to the kind of game that Anaheim played and they looked like the better team in this game. Their Fenwick percentage was 36.5% by tallying a Fenwick of 19 and the Jets ending the game with a 33 Fenwick. Their PDO at even strength was 112 and their oZS percentage was 35.0%. The Ducks recorded 4 goals of the 22 shots on goal they tried. They had 5 power play opportunities in this contest and tallied 2 out of those opportunities.

On the campaign, the Anaheim Ducks notched a total of 124 goals, 43 points, and a points percentage of .384. They granted a total of 177 goals to be scored by way of 144 goals at even strength and 33 goals while they had less men on the ice. The Ducks had 113 goals at even strength and 11 goals (31st in hockey) while having more men on the ice. They had a total of 123 chances on the power play and they have accumulated a power play rate of 8.94%. Anaheim attempted 1,500 shots (31st in professional hockey) and had a shot percentage of 8.27%, while allowing the other team 1,712 shots. They had a penalty kill rate of 79.88% on their opposition's 164 power play chances, and their save percentage came in at 89.7%.

Across the ice you are expected to see Anthony Stolarz in net. He has recorded 868 stops out of the 950 shots tried, which gives him a percentage of .914. Stolarz is sitting with a career mark of 10-10-4 and has participated in 34 games. He has made the start in 24 contests and has played for a total of 1,768 minutes. Stolarz's quality start rate comes out to 54.2% and he has accumulated 13 quality starts in his professional career. His opponents are averaging 2.78 goals/game and he has relinquished 82 goals in total.

Who will win tonight's NHL game against the spread?

Tony's Pick: Take Minnesota (-160)

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