Wild at Canucks 8/2/20 - NHL Betting Odds & Picks
Minnesota Wild vs. Vancouver Canucks
NFL: 10:30 PM EST
Aug. 02, 2020
TV: NBCSN
Latest Odds : VAN -120 Total 5.5
The Minnesota team is one that did not really play that well in the regular season and actually made it into the playoffs by the skin of their teeth. However, the Wild are one team that is going to need to really start the game off quickly if they are to make it past the qualifying round here.
The Wild in the scoring department were led by Kevin Fiala who ended up getting 54 points on the season. Zach Parise scored a total of 25 goals for the Wild, but Ryan Suter ended up with 40 assist. The goalie who may start for the Wild is Alex Stalock who posted a 20-11-4 record and allowed only 2.67 goals a game while saving 91% of the shots.
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The Canucks are one team that had some upward movement and could have made the playoffs if they were able to. The Canucks, though, were one team that did have some decent players on the year and could really show up good with the way the Canucks start off here.
The Canucks were led by J.T. Miller on the offense with a total of 72 points. Miller ended up with 27 goals and 45 assist on the year. Jacob Markstrom is the potential starting goalie for the Canucks. During the regular season he posted a 23-16-4 record and a 2.75 goals against average while saving 91.8% of the shots.
Recent Betting Trends:
Wild are 7-1 in their last 8 road games.
Canucks are 7-1 in their last 8 after scoring 5 goals or more in their previous game.
Over is 4-1 in Wild last 5 vs. Pacific.
Over is 4-1 in Canucks last 5 games as a home favorite.
Free Betting Pick: Vancouver Canucks -120
In this game here the Canucks are coming in with the better offense, but also the better goalie as well. Look for the goal keeping to be the difference as the Wild have a good goalie that will help them in keeping the game close as well. The difference is the Canucks have the better offense and that leads to them bringing in the win. Final Score, Vancouver Canucks win 3-2.