Minnesota Wild vs Florida Panthers 1/21/2023 Picks Predictions Previews
The Minnesota Wild will take on the Florida Panthers at FLA Live Arena in Sunrise on Saturday, January 21st.
Minnesota is 25-15-4 overall, 12-7-3 on the road, and placed third in the Central Division with seven points behind Dallas in first place at 54.
The Wild enter this road match following a 2-5 road loss to the Carolina Hurricanes that snapped a three-game winning streak on Thursday.
LW Kirill Kaprizov started the game with a power-play goal on assists from RW Mats Zuccarello and Center Joel Eriksson EK while LW Matt Boldy scored his 13th goal of the season to end the contest at 2-5 in the loss.
Minnesota’s Left-wingman Kirill Kaprizov led the way for the Wild with 26 goals and 27 assists for 53 points and 170 shots attempted for the year.
RW Mats Zuccarello tied with Kaprizov as the Wild’s no.1 setter with 27 assists with a second team-high 18 goals this season.
The Wild accumulated 137 goals and 229 assists for a total of 366 points in attempting a total of 1,372 shots for the year.
Minnesota is 12-6 straight up in its last 18 contests and 1-4 SU in its last 5 matches played versus Florida.
The totals went OVER in 4 of the Wild’s last 6 road games and also went OVER in 4 of Minnesota’s last 5 outings when playing on the road against the Panthers.
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Minnesota Wild vs Florida Panthers Predictions 1/21/2023
The Florida Panthers are going back and looking for their second straight win after a successful road trip by hosting the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night.
Florida raised their overall standing to 22-20-5 on 49 total points and placed 4th in the Atlantic Division with an 11-6-3 home record on the year.
The Panthers won three of their last five contests played including their recent road victory against the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday.
Florida scored five unanswered goals with four coming from power play opportunities in the second period alone leading to their 6-2 victory last time out.
Centers Sam Reinhart and Sam Bennett scored one power-play goal each while LW Matthew Tkachuk nailed two goals on a power-play shot in leading the Panthers to the victory.
Florida’s Left-wingman Matthew Tkachuk is a workhorse after leading his team in goals with 24, in assists with 34, and in total points with 58 while adding 72 penalty minutes to his belt this season.
Tkachuk also attempted a team-high 165 shots in leading the offense for the Panthers. The Florida Panthers compiled 157 goals and 268 assists for a total of 425 points with 1,668 shots made.
The totals went OVER in 8 of Florida’s last 10 outings played versus Minnesota while the Panthers are 6-3 straight up in their last 9 matches played.
The totals went OVER in 4 of Florida’s last 5 contests when playing at home against the Wild and also went OVER in 12 of the Panthers’ last 18 games played versus a rival from the Western Conference.
Minnesota Wild vs. Florida Panthers. The NHL Pick for this contest is Minnesota -135.
Though Florida is playing at home, this will be bad as they will be missing their first two goalkeepers as Sergei Bobrovsky was injured in Thursday’s triumph while Spencer Knight is still on injured reserve status.
The Wild won three of their last five while the OVER has cashed in four of Minnesota’s last six road matches. The prediction: Minnesota Wild will win 5-3.
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Minnesota Wild vs Florida Panthers 1/21/2023 Picks Predictions Previews
NHL Starting Time: 6:00 PM ET
Location: FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, FL
Date: Saturday, January 21, 2023
TV: NHLPP/ESPN+, BSN
NHL Odds/Point Spread: Minnesota Wild -135
NHL Totals: 6.5