Seattle Kraken vs Minnesota Wild Prediction, 10/12/2024 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Seattle Kraken vs Minnesota Wild

Date: Saturday, October 12, 2024

Location: Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, MN

TV: Bally Sports North

The Minnesota Wild (39-34-9 last season) are hosting the Seattle Kraken (34-35-13 last year) at Xcel Energy Center on Saturday.

The Seattle Kraken will look to clean up some issues after taking a 3-2 loss to the Blues in their last outing. Seattle accounted for 13 penalty minutes for this contest. The Kraken had a below average offensive outing in the defeat. Additionally, they had 1 chance with the advantage but weren't able to score. In the game, they scored on 2 of the 32 shots they put on goal.

Seattle Kraken opposition had 222 power play opportunities (29th in hockey) and racked up 47 goals in those chances. The Kraken had 2,391 shots attempted against them and had a save percentage of .903. Seattle attempted 2,347 shots and were the owners of a shooting percentage of 9.1%. At even strength, the Kraken conceded 185 goals while having 164. Seattle had 242 power play chances and scored 50 goals out of those advantages, giving them a percentage of 20.66%. For the prior campaign, they earned 81 points and their points percentage was .494. Concerning their scoring capabilities, the Seattle Kraken accumulated 214 goals (29th in pro hockey) during the previous year and allowed 232.

The man protecting the goal in this game is Philipp Grubauer. For his professional hockey career, Grubauer has compiled 167 quality starts and his rate for quality starts is .537. His save percentage sits at .911 in his 18,892 minutes guarding the cage. Grubauer has had 9,095 shot attempts against him and he has 8,281 saves. Opponents have been able to score 814 goals versus Grubauer in his pro hockey career and his average for goals against per game is 2.59. He has amassed a mark of 158-122-32 and got the start in 311 games. Grubauer has been involved in 344 games over the course of his professional hockey career.

In their last outing, Minnesota played the Kraken in a game where the Wild ended up losing by a final score of 4-3. They had 4 power play attempts in this outing and recorded 2 out of those opportunities. The Wild had 3 goals out of the 24 shots on goal they were seeking.

Last year, the Minnesota Wild accounted for 248 goals, 87 points, in addition to a points percentage of .530. They permitted 260 goals to be scored by way of 193 goals at even strength and 67 goals while they had less men on the ice. The Wild finished with 186 goals at even strength and 62 goals (8th in hockey) while having more men on the ice. They recorded 273 opportunities on the power play and they have earned a power play rate of 22.71%. Minnesota has tried 2,471 shots (18th in the league) and earned a shooting percentage of 10.04%, while allowing the other team 2,437 shots. They accumulated a penalty kill percentage of 74.52% on their opponent's 263 power play opportunities, and their save percentage came in at 89.3%.

Across the ice you are going to see Filip Gustavsson in goal. The opposition is averaging 2.73 goals per game and he has conceded 289 goals overall. Gustavsson's percentage of quality starts is 56.3% and he has 58 quality starts in his hockey career. He got the starting nod in 103 games and his ice time sits at 6,358 minutes. Gustavsson has a career record of 52-40-14 and has been in net for 111 games. He has gathered 2,995 saves out of the 3,284 shots tried, giving him a save percentage of .912.

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

Guy's Pick: Take Seattle

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