A pair of teams currently on winning streaks, the Minnesota Wild and the St. Louis Blues take the ice at the Enterprise Center. This Central Division matchup will get underway at 3 p.m. ET on Sunday, November 11, and it can be seen live on Fox Sports North.
Minnesota Wild at St. Louis Blues Odds
St. Louis (-120) is currently favored over Minnesota (+100) and the oddsmakers have put the Over/Under (O/U) at 6 goals. The line for betting that total stands at -125 for the over and +105 for the under.
Minnesota is 10-6 straight up (SU) and has earned moneyline bettors 3.3 units this year. Through 16 regular season contests, eight of its games have gone over the total, while seven have gone under and just one has pushed. As an away team in 2018-19, the Wild are 5-4 SU.
Minnesota has converted on 18.9 percent of its power play chances this season, a mark that’s right around league average. Its penalty kill is ranked sixth overall, and it’s successfully killed off 84.7 percent of its penalties.
For the team as a whole, Minnesota has been penalized 4.5 times per game this season, and 2.6 per game over its last five on the road. The team has had to kill penalties just 8.4 minutes per game over their last 10 outings.
Averaging 29.9 saves per game with a .932 save percentage, Devan Dubnyk (7-5-2) has been the top option in goal for Minnesota this season. If Minnesota chooses to rest him, however, head coach Bruce Boudreau may turn to Alex Stalock (3-1), who has a .905 save percentage and 2.73 goals against average this year.
Mikael Granlund and Zach Parise will both lead the way for the visiting Wild. Granlund has 17 points via nine goals and eight assists, and has recorded multiple points in three different games. Parise has six goals and nine assists to his name (and has notched at least one point in 10 games).
St. Louis is 6-8 straight up (SU) and has lost 3.8 units for moneyline bettors this year. Through 14 regular season outings, eight of its games have gone over the total, while five have gone under and just one has pushed. Thus far, the team is 5-5 SU as the home team.
St. Louis has converted on 29.1 percent of its power play opportunities this year, a figure that’s good enough for fifth-best in the league. On the other hand, its penalty kill is ranked 11th overall, and it’s successfully killed off 81.6 percent of all penalties.
St. Louis players have been penalized 4.1 times per game this season. Last year, that number was at 3.3, the third-best mark in the NHL. After serving an average of 7.7 penalty minutes per game a year ago, the team’s been forced to stave off opponent power plays for 8.6 minutes per outing this season.
Jake Allen (27.2 saves per game) has been the top choice in goal for St. Louis. Allen has four wins, seven losses, and three OT losses to his credit and has maintained a subpar .879 save percentage and 3.99 goals against average this season.
The home team offense will be led by Ryan O’Reilly (eight goals, 12 assists).
Minnesota Wild at St. Louis Blues Free Picks
Free NHL Pick: SU Winner – Blues, O/U – Over
Betting Trends
- For both of these clubs, the over has hit in three of their last five games.
- The Blues are 1-2 SU in games where they serve more penalty minutes than their opponent while the Wild are 6-2 SU when they spend more time in the box than the opposition.
- After posting a 3-3 record in games decided by a shootout last year, Minnesota is off to a 0-1 start in shootouts this season. St. Louis went 3-0 in shootouts last year and has yet to participate in one this time around.
- Minnesota has created 5.4 takeaways per game over its last five road games, a drop-off from its season average of 6.4 takeaways per game (ranked 25th in the NHL).
- Minnesota could have an advantage if it’s a tight one late. The team’s 5-3 in games decided by one goal, while St. Louis is 0-5 in such games.
