Minnesota Wild vs St. Louis Blues Prediction, 4/8/2022 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Minnesota Wild vs St. Louis Blues

Date: Friday, April 8, 2022

Location: Enterprise Center in St. Louis, MO

TV: Bally Sports Midwest

Odds/Point Spread: Wild (+105) Blues (-125)

The St. Louis Blues (40-20-10) will go up against the Minnesota Wild (43-21-5) at Enterprise Center on Friday. The odds on this game have the Wild at +105 and the Blues open at -125. The over/under is 6.

The Minnesota Wild will need a bounce back game after taking a 6-2 defeat to the Predators in their last outing. Minnesota accumulated 32 mins in the box in this game. In addition, they had 6 attempts on the power play and were able to notch 1 goal. The Wild didn't have their best offensive outing in the loss. In the game, they converted 2 out of the 49 shots they tried.

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Minnesota Wild opponents have 222 power play tries (6th in the NHL) and have notched 54 goals in those attempts. The Wild have had 2,201 shots attempted against them and are the owners of a save percentage of .904. Minnesota has taken 2,252 shots and has a shooting percentage of 11.1%. While at even strength, the Wild have allowed 157 goals while earning 206 on the offensive side of the ice. Minnesota is sitting with 210 power play chances and they have scored 43 goals during those advantages, giving them a rate of 20.48%. For the year, they have tallied 91 points and their points percentage sits at .659. When talking about their scoring, the Minnesota Wild have accumulated 249 goals (5th in the league) for the season and have given up 211.

The man protecting the net in this game is Cam Talbot. Talbot has been in goal for 390 games over the course of his hockey career. He has earned a win-loss record of 197-142-32 and he was named the starter in 375 games. Opponents have racked up 979 goals versus Talbot in his career and his goals against average per contest is 2.63. Talbot has seen 11,503 shot attempts taken against him and he has 10,524 saves. His save percentage currently sits at .915 in his 22,357 mins played. Over the course of his career, Talbot is sitting with 200 quality starts and his quality starts percentage is .533.

In their last contest, St. Louis went up against the Kraken in an outing where the Blues got the win by a tally of 4-1. They had 6 power play chances in this contest and recorded 1 goal out of those opportunities. The Blues converted 4 goals out of the 36 shots on goal they pursued.

So far this year, the St. Louis Blues have a total of 252 goals, 90 points, in addition to a points percentage of .643. They have allowed 200 goals to be scored by way of 167 goals at even strength and 33 goals while they had less men on the ice. The Blues have racked up 199 goals at even strength and 53 goals (5th in the league) while having more men on the ice. They have a total of 203 power play chances and they have a power play percentage of 26.11%. St. Louis has attempted 2,142 shots (18th in the league) and has earned a shooting percentage of 11.76%, while allowing their opponents 2,200 shots. They have a penalty kill rate of 83.16% on their opponents 196 power play tries, and their save percentage comes in at 90.9%.

For the opposition you are expected to see Ville Husso in goal. Husso has amassed a career mark of 30-12-6 and has played in 51 contests. Husso's quality start rate is 57.4% and he has accumulated 27 quality starts in his hockey career. He has accounted for 1,358 saves out of the 1,485 shots attempted against him, which gives him a percentage of .914. Opponents are averaging 2.63 goals/game and he has yielded 127 goals altogether. He got the starting nod in 47 contests and has been on the ice for 2,896 mins.

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

Parlays Pundit's Pick: Take St. Louis (-125) and under 5.5 goals

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