The sixth-place team in the Western Conference, the Nashville Predators (37-25-3), visit the 12th-ranked Minnesota Wild (30-27-7) at Xcel Energy Center on Sunday at 3:30 PM ET.
Minnesota suffered a 2-1 overtime loss on the road its last time out on March 8 against the Colorado Avalanche.
In its last Game on March 9, Nashville claimed a 2-1 road victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Ahead of this showdown, here’s what you need to prepare for Sunday’s action.
Minnesota Wild vs. Nashville Predators Odds and Betting Lines
- Favorite: Wild (-141)
- Underdog: Predators (+119)
- Over/under: 6
Wild Stats and Trends
- Through 28 games as the moneyline favorite this season, Minnesota has won 18 times.
- In 13 games with shorter than -141 moneyline odds this season, the Wild have been victorious in 10.
- Minnesota has a 58.5% chance of winning this game, based on the moneyline odds.
- Minnesota’s games this season have gone over 6 goals 36 of 64 times.
- Over the last 10 games, the Wild are 5-4-1 (70.0% of possible points).
- They are scoring at a 3.6 goals-per-game average (36 total) over that stretch.
- On the defensive side, the Wild have given up 34 goals (3.4 per game) over those 10 matchups.
Predators Stats and Trends
- The Predators have secured an upset victory in 16, or 48.5%, of the 33 games they have played as an underdog this season.
- Nashville has gone 9-7 when sportsbooks have listed them as underdogs of +119 or longer on the moneyline.
- The win probability for the Predators, implied from the moneyline, is 45.7%.
- So far this season, 60.0% of Nashville’s games (39/65) have had more goals than Sunday’s over/under of 6.
- Over the past 10 games, the Predators have gone 9-0-1 (90.0% of possible points).
- They have totaled 41 goals during that stretch.
- Over on the defensive end, the Predators have given up 1.8 goals per game (18 total) in those 10 outings.