New York Rangers vs Minnesota Wild Prediction, 10/13/2022 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: New York Rangers vs Minnesota Wild

Date: Thursday, October 13, 2022

Location: Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, MN

TV: Bally Sports North

Odds/Point Spread: Rangers (+145) Wild (-165)

The Minnesota Wild will try to defeat the New York Rangers at Xcel Energy Center on Thursday. The moneyline on this contest has New York at +145 while Minnesota opens at -165. The over/under is set at 6.

The New York Rangers were on the wrong end of the scoreboard with a 2-1 defeat against the Lightning in the last game they played last year. New York earned 4 mins in the box in this outing. Additionally, they had 2 power play tries and were able to score 1 goal. The Rangers had a rough night on the offensive side of the ice in this defeat. For the game, they finished 1 out of the 21 shots they attempted.

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New York Rangers opposition had 226 power play tries (19th in hockey) and earned 40 goals in those chances. The Rangers had 2,528 shots attempted against them and were the owners of a save percentage of .919. New York tried 2,392 shots and held a shot percentage of 10.5%. When at even strength, the Rangers conceded 164 goals while earning 195. New York had 218 power play chances and notched 55 goals out of those attempts, giving them a rate of 25.23%. For the previous season, they recorded 110 points and their points percentage was at .671. In terms of their goal scoring prowess, the New York Rangers accounted for 250 goals (16th in the NHL) over the course of last year and allowed 204.

The player in the crease for this game is Igor Shesterkin. The opposition has scored 218 goals versus Shesterkin in his pro hockey career and his goals against rate is 2.31. Shesterkin has participated in 100 contests throughout his NHL career. He has a save percentage of .928 for his 5,662 minutes on the ice. He has an overall mark of 62-29-7 and got the start in 95 games. Over the course of his time in hockey, Shesterkin has tallied 67 quality starts and his quality starts percentage is .705. Shesterkin has seen 3,033 shot attempts against him and he has 2,815 saves.

In their last contest of last season, Minnesota faced the Blues in a matchup where the Wild took a loss by a tally of 5-1. They had 5 power play chances in this outing but were not able to net one. The Wild netted 1 goal of the 26 shots on goal they took.

Minnesota put up 2,666 shots (11th in the league) and accumulated a shot percentage of 11.44%, while allowing the other team 2,577 shots. They accumulated a penalty kill rate of 76.14% on the other team's 264 tries on the power play, and their save percentage was 90.3%. They earned 258 power play chances and they have accumulated a power play rate of 20.54%. The Wild finished with 252 goals at even strength and 53 goals (12th in professional hockey) while having more men on the ice. They permitted 249 goals to be scored by way of 186 goals at even strength and 63 goals while they had less men on the ice. Last season, the Minnesota Wild finished the season with 305 goals, 113 points, in addition to a points percentage of .689.

On the other side of the ice you are likely to see Marc-Andre Fleury defending the net. Fleury is sitting with a career record of 520-299-87 and has participated in 939 games. Fleury's percentage of quality starts comes out to 55.0% and he has qualified for 431 quality starting assignments in his NHL career. He has accrued 24,400 saves out of 26,728 shots taken, giving him a percentage of .913. The opposition is averaging 2.57 goals/game and he has allowed 2,328 goals overall. He has been a starter 783 games and his ice time sits at 54,389 mins.

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

Guy's Pick: Take New York (+145)

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