Minnesota Wild vs New Jersey Devils 3-21-23

Minnesota Wild vs New Jersey Devils 3/21/2023 Picks Predictions Previews

Minnesota Wild vs New Jersey Devils 3/21/2023 Picks Predictions Previews

 

The Minnesota Wild will invade Prudential Center in Newark to collide with the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday evening.

 

Minnesota is 40-22-8 overall, 18-11-5 on the road, and placed second in the Central Division with just a point behind Dallas in first place at 88 with a total of 210 goals scored and gave up 191 for a goal difference of +19 for the year.

 

The Wild comes into this match-up with three wins in the last five matches played following a 5-3 home win versus the Washington Capitals on Sunday.

 

Left-winger Matt Boldy led Minnesota’s offense with 3 goals scored while LW Marcus Johansson was the top setter with 2 assists in the victory.    

 

The Wild’s offense averages 2.90 goals on 35.3 attempted shots per match with a 16.7% success rate on power play opportunities while winning 51.9% of their faceoffs.

 

On defense, Minnesota gave up an average of 2.67 goals on 29.7 shot attempts per contest with a penalty kill of 83.3%.

 

The Minnesota Wild will be sending GK Filip Gustavson to the pipes to protect the net from the attackers with a 17-9 record and a .894 save percentage for the season.  

   

The totals went OVER in 6 of Minnesota’s last 6 outings while the Wild is 12-4 straight up in their last 16 matches played.

 

The Minnesota Wild is 6-1 SU in their last 7 contests played versus New Jersey and 5-1 straight up in their last 6 road games.  

 

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Minnesota Wild vs New Jersey Devils Predictions 3/21/2023

 

The New Jersey Devils travel back home after a victorious road tour to host the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday evening.

 

New Jersey placed second in the Metropolitan Division with a 45-18-7 overall and 19-13-3 home record after playing for 70 games on the year.

 

The Devils are just a point behind the Hurricanes in first place at 97 while gaining a total of 246 goals and losing 191 for a goal difference of +55 for the season.

 

New Jersey ended a 3-game losing run with a victory against the Lightning to a score of 5-2 on Sunday.

 

Jesper Bratt earned the win for the Devils with three goals scored while Nico Hischier gave New Jersey a goal and one assist in the win.   

 

The New Jersey Devils’ offense recorded an average of 3.50 goals on 31.5 total shots made per game while converting 9.7% of their shots on power play opportunities and 46.0% on face-offs.

 

New Jersey’s defense was stellar in allowing an average of just 2.67 goals on 28 shots per outing with a penalty kill of 73.0%.

 

The probable starter for the New Jersey Devils is Goalkeeper Vitek Vanecek with a 0-0-1 record for the year and a save percentage of .897.   

 

The totals went UNDER in 5 of New Jersey’s last 7 outings and also went OVER in 5 of the Devils’ last 7 home matches played.

 

New Jersey is 1-4 straight up in its last 5 contests when playing at home versus Minnesota while the totals went OVER in 4 of the Devils’ last 5 games played against a rival from the Western Conference.  

 

Minnesota Wild vs. New Jersey Devils. The NHL Pick for this contest is New Jersey -175.

 

The Devils are a dominant team at home winning 19 games played on their home ice while the Wild is also doing fine on the road with an 18-11-5 record.

 

This will be a closed match but New Jersey is playing with a better offense and will take control of this contest with home-ice advantage. The prediction: New Jersey Devils will win 3-2.  

 

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Minnesota Wild vs New Jersey Devils 3/21/2023 Picks Predictions Previews

NHL Starting Time: 7:00 PM ET

 

Location: Prudential Center in Newark, NJ 

 

Date: Tuesday, March 21, 2023                     

                                                                 

TV: NHLPP/ESPN+, MSGS

 

NHL Odds/Point Spread: New Jersey Devils -175          

 

NHL Totals: 5.5   

 

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