Minnesota Wild vs Winnipeg Jets Prediction, 10/13/2024 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Minnesota Wild vs Winnipeg Jets

Date: Sunday, October 13, 2024

Location: Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, MB

TV: TSN3

The Winnipeg Jets (52-24-6 last season) are welcoming the Minnesota Wild (39-34-9 last year) at Canada Life Centre on Sunday.

The Minnesota Wild were on the losing side of the ice with a 4-3 loss against the Kraken in their last outing. The Wild had an average offensive output in this loss. For the outing, they converted 3 out of the 24 shots they tried. Additionally, they had 4 opportunities with more players on the ice and scored 2 goals. Minnesota accounted for 6 penalty minutes for this matchup.

Minnesota Wild opponents had 263 power play opportunities (7th in pro hockey) and came away with 67 goals in those attempts. The Wild had 2,437 shots taken against them and were the owners of a save percentage of .893. Minnesota took 2,471 shots and were the owners of a shooting percentage of 10.0%. When playing at even strength, the Wild surrendered 193 goals while notching 186. Minnesota had 273 power play chances and notched 62 goals out of those attempts, earning them a rate of 22.71%. For the previous season, they tallied 87 points and their points % was .530. With respect to scoring goals, the Minnesota Wild earned 248 goals (21st in the league) last season and surrendered 260.

The man in goal for this game is Filip Gustavsson. Opponents have been able to score 289 goals versus Gustavsson in his pro career and his goals against average is 2.73. Gustavsson has played in 111 games throughout his pro hockey career. He has a save percentage of .912 for his 6,358 minutes on the ice. He has accumulated a win-loss record of 52-40-14 and he has started in 103 games. For his career, Gustavsson has accumulated 58 quality starts and his quality starts percentage is .563. Gustavsson has seen 3,284 shots against him and he has 2,995 saves.

Their last time out, Winnipeg squared up with the Oilers in a game where the Jets took home the win by a final of 6-0. The Jets scored 6 goals of the 20 shots on goal they pursued. They had 3 opportunities on the power play in this matchup and tallied 2 out of those opportunities.

The Jets scored 214 goals at even strength and 45 goals (22nd in pro hockey) while having more men on the ice. Winnipeg took 2,488 shots (17th in the league) and accumulated a shooting percentage of 10.41%, while allowing the other team 2,429 shots. Last season, the Winnipeg Jets tallied 259 goals, 110 points, as well as a points percentage of .671. They granted a total of 198 goals to be scored by of a combination of 147 goals at even strength and 51 goals while they were shorthanded. They had a tally of 240 opportunities on the power play and they have earned a power play rate of 18.75%. They recorded a penalty kill percentage of 77.13% on their opposition's 223 power play tries, and their save percentage came in at 91.8%.

On the other side of the ice you are likely to see Connor Hellebuyck in the crease. His opposition is averaging 2.63 goals/game and he has yielded 1,281 goals altogether. Hellebuyck's rate of quality starts comes out to 58.5% and he has qualified for 290 quality starting assignments in his NHL career. He was named a starter in 496 games and has racked up 29,258 minutes. Hellebuyck is the owner of a career record of 275-173-41 and has been in goal for 505 contests. He has accrued 14,121 saves out of the 15,402 shots attempted, which gives him a percentage of .917.

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

Tony's Pick: Take Minnesota

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