Minnesota Wild vs Anaheim Ducks Prediction, 11/8/2024 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Minnesota Wild vs Anaheim Ducks

Date: Friday, November 8, 2024

Location: Honda Center in Anaheim, CA

TV: Victory+

Odds/Point Spread: Wild (-130) Ducks (+110)

The Minnesota Wild (8-2-2) are hitting the road to Honda Center on Friday where they will attempt to beat the Anaheim Ducks (4-6-2). The moneyline on this contest has Minnesota at -130 while Anaheim is sitting at +110. The over/under has been set at 6.

The Minnesota Wild were on the wrong end of the scoreboard with a 5-1 defeat to the Kings in their last outing. Minnesota amassed 4 penalty minutes for this matchup. Furthermore, they had 4 power play attempts but didn't net one. The Wild had an offensive game that was below their expectations in this loss. In the outing, they finished 1 of the 24 shots they put on goal.

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When at even strength, the Wild let the opposition score 23 goals while having 34 as an offensive unit. Minnesota Wild opponents have earned 24 power play tries (32nd in professional hockey) and have come away with 9 goals in those chances. Regarding their goal scoring prowess, the Minnesota Wild have notched 42 goals (13th in hockey) on the season and have allowed 32. Minnesota has tried 337 shots and is the owner of a shooting percentage of 12.5%. For the current campaign, they have earned 18 points and their points percentage is .750. The Wild have had 343 shots attempted against them and have a save percentage of .907. Minnesota comes into the game with 40 power play chances and they have notched 8 goals during those chances, garnering them a rate of 20.00%.

Protecting the goal for this matchup will be Marc-Andre Fleury. For his professional hockey career, Fleury has accounted for 476 quality starts and his quality starts percentage sits at .549. He has a save percentage of .912 in his 59,286 mins guarding the cage. Fleury has had 29,240 shot attempts against him and has accrued 26,666 total saves. Opponents have scored 2,574 goals against Fleury in his career and his goals against average is 2.60. He has compiled a mark of 563-330-97 and he has started in 867 games. Fleury has been in net for 1,028 contests over the course of his hockey career.

Their last time out, Anaheim faced the Canucks in an outing where the Ducks took a loss by a final score of 5-1. The Ducks scored 1 goal out of the 22 shots on goal they attempted. They had 4 chances on the power play in this outing and recorded 1 out of those opportunities.

Anaheim has taken 326 shots (27th in the league) and has earned a shot percentage of 7.67%, while allowing the opposition 423 shots. They have a penalty kill rate of 73.53% on their oppositions 34 tries on the power play, and their save percentage is 91.5%. They have a total of 40 power play opportunities and they have a power play rate of 15.00%. The Ducks have 19 goals at even strength and 6 goals (27th in professional hockey) while on the power play. They have permitted 36 goals to be scored by way of 27 goals at even strength and 9 goals while they were shorthanded. For the season, the Anaheim Ducks have 25 goals, 10 points, and a points percentage of .417.

Across the ice you will find Lukas Dostal patrolling the crease. He has recorded 2,221 saves out of 2,452 shots tried, which gives him a percentage of .906. Dostal has amassed a career mark of 23-39-8 and has participated in 77 games. He has started in 68 contests and has played 3,611 minutes. Dostal's percentage of quality starts comes in at 55.9% and he has made 38 quality starts in his career. Teams are averaging 3.84 goals per game and he has surrendered 231 goals altogether.

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

Josh's Pick: Take Minnesota (-130)

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