The Wild’s red hot offense looks to stay hot against Coyotes in likely high-scoring contest
Tonight's matchup between the Minnesota Wild and the Arizona Coyotes promises to be an intriguing encounter, with both teams having almost identical records and looking for a key win to put themselves back in the playoff race. The Wild have picked up a lot of momentum since mid-January with seven wins in their last ten games and have started to turn around their offense into one of the league’s best during that span with a 3.80 goals per game average that tops the Oilers, Stars and Bruins.
The Coyotes have been on a much different path with six straight losses but this could be due to just one home game during that span as they’ve been better at home with wins in three of their last five games at Mullet Arena. It should help getting to play against Minnesota, who the Coyotes have beaten in three straight matchups.
While the Wild enter this matchup as the favorites, hockey is known for its unpredictability, and anything can happen on any given night. The Coyotes will be motivated to pull off an upset and have a history of doing so. It should make for an exciting matchup to end of the Wednesday slate of hockey. If you want to get in on the late night action, here are some of our best bets for tonight’s matchup in the desert.
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Pick: Over 6.5 goals (+110)
Both confirmed goalies have been on fire in Minnesota’s Marc-Andre Fleury and Arizona’s Connor Ingram, who both have goals against averages under 2.91 and save percentages above .900 on the season. They both have looked great this season but this matchup routinely sees high-scoring numbers with seven or more goals in five of their last eight matchups.
Not to mention, the Wild have been on a scoring frenzy as of late and the Coyotes have much better scoring numbers at home with a goals per game average of 3.16 compared to their road average of 2.73 on the season. They should get a boost from the hometown crowd and these two should battle to an unforeseen over in total goals that not many will predict.