Minnesota Wild vs Pittsburgh Penguins 12/18/2023 - NHL Betting Picks & Odds
Minnesota Wild vs. Pittsburgh Penguins
NHL: 7:00 PM EST
Dec. 18, 2023
TV: n/a
Latest Odds : PiT -125 ; O/U 6.5
This Monday night. December 18th, 2023 at 7:00 PM EDT the NHL is back with more exciting hockey action. The Minnesota Wild are in B
Pittsburgh PA to face the Pittsburgh Penguins in the PPG Paints Arena. Stay tuned we've got you covered on all the best betting angles here at Picks and Parlays your leader in free NHL betting picks!
The Minnesota Wild are 12-12-4, 2-3-1, on the road, sitting in 7th place in the Central Division. Offensively the Wild are averaging 2.98 goals, and 30.6 shots. The Wild are 16.2% on power play opportunities and 45.6% on faceoffs.
Defensively the Wild allow 3.18 goals and 30.4 shot attempts with a 73% penalty kill. Expected goalie for the Wild is Marc-Andre Fleury(4-5-2) with a .871 save percentage.
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The Pittsburgh Penguins are 8-7-0, 5-2-0 on the road sitting in 6th place in the Metropolitan division. Offensively, the Penguins are averaging 3.57 goals and 34.4 shot attempts going 16.2 percent on power play opportunities and 55.1% on face-offs.
Defensively, the Penguins allow 2.86 goals and 29.6 shots on goal, with an 85.5% penalty kill. Expected in net for the Penguins Tristan Jarry 6-6-0 with a .910 save percentage.
Recent Betting Trends:
•The Wild are 7-3 SU in their last 10 games. •The under is 7-3 in the Wild's last 10 games.
•The Penguins are 4-3-3 SU in their last 10 games. •The under is 7-3 in the Penguins last 10 games.
Free Betting Pick: Under 6.5
We don't see this game reaching 6 points. The Wild are playing slow paced hockey, winning games while averaging under 3 goals per game, in doing do their defense is keeping them in these games with stiff play. The Penguins also have a defense that allows less than 3 goals per game. Our best bet is the Under 6.5. Finals score prediction the Pittsburgh Penguins win the Minnesota Wild covers the spread and the total stays under 2-1.