Minnesota Wild vs Boston Bruins Prediction, 12/19/2023 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Minnesota Wild vs Boston Bruins

Date: Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Location: TD Garden in Boston, MA

TV: NESN

Odds/Point Spread: Wild (+150) Bruins (-182)

TD Garden is where the Boston Bruins (19-5-5) will attempt to beat the Minnesota Wild (12-12-4) on Tuesday. The moneyline on this contest has Minnesota at +150 and Boston is at -182. The total is set at 7.

The Minnesota Wild had a decent effort after finishing in a 1-1 tie against the Canucks their last time on the ice. Minnesota earned 10 minutes in the box in this contest. They also had 2 chances with the advantage but weren't able to net one. The Wild didn't have their best offensive outing in this game. In the outing, they tallied a score on 1 of the 31 shots they put on goal.

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When playing at even strength, the Wild have given up 62 goals while getting 67 themselves. Minnesota Wild opponents have 100 power play opportunities (11th in pro hockey) and have racked up 27 goals in those attempts. Pertaining to their goal scoring prowess, the Minnesota Wild have tallied 83 goals (26th in the league) over the course of the season and have allowed 89. Minnesota has tried 851 shots and holds a shooting percentage of 9.8%. For the season, they have accumulated 28 points and their points percentage is .500. The Wild have seen 852 shots attempted against them and have a save percentage of .896. Minnesota has accumulated 95 power play opportunities and they have scored 16 goals during those chances, giving them a rate of 16.84%.

The player in the crease for this game is Marc-Andre Fleury. Throughout his time in hockey, Fleury has tallied 461 quality starts and his quality starts percentage is .550. He has a save percentage of .912 during his 57,699 mins in the crease. Fleury has seen 28,412 shots against him and has amassed 25,922 total saves. Opponents have tallied 2,490 goals versus Fleury in his career and his goals against average per contest is 2.59. He has earned a mark of 548-320-93 and he started in 838 games. Fleury has participated in 996 games during his NHL career.

In their last contest, Boston opposed the Rangers in an outing where the Bruins took a loss by a score of 2-1. They had 4 chances on the power play in this game but weren't able to score a goal. The Bruins recorded 1 goal out of the 22 shots on goal they took.

Boston has put up 904 shots (19th in the league) and has a shooting percentage of 10.18%, while allowing the other team 937 shots. They have recorded a penalty kill rate of 88.29% on their opponents 111 power play opportunities, and their save percentage comes in at 92.2%. They have earned 91 power play opportunities and they have a power play rate of 24.18%. The Bruins have earned 70 goals at even strength and 22 goals (12th in pro hockey) while having more men on the ice. They have permitted 73 goals to be scored by of a combination of 60 goals at even strength and 13 goals while they had less men on the ice. This season, the Boston Bruins have earned a total of 92 goals, 43 points, as well as a points percentage of .741.

Across the ice you will find Linus Ullmark in net. Teams are averaging 2.52 goals/game and he has surrendered 536 goals altogether. Ullmark's rate of quality starts sits at 63.8% and he has qualified for 136 quality starts in his career. He got the starting nod in 213 games and has accumulated 12,771 mins. Ullmark is the owner of a lifetime mark of 126-67-17 and has played in 222 games. He has accounted for 6,070 stops out of the 6,606 shots tried, which gives him a percentage of .919.

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

Tony's Pick: Take Minnesota (+150)

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