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Minnesota - Seattle: NHL match betting tip
On March 20, Seattle will arrive in Minneapolis immediately after the match against Chicago. The Kraken are at the end of the chasing group of conference leaders, and Minnesota has dropped to seventh place in the West and may well be left without the final part of the season. In the current regular season, the teams met each other twice and exchanged away wins, while the Wild earned three points. Will they be able to beat their opponent at home on the second attempt? Look for the answer in our betting tip for the meeting
Command Analysis
Minnesota Wild
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Minnesota was one of the contenders for the first place in the conference table, but after Kirill Kaprizov's injury, it is gradually losing ground and is now only in seventh place in the West. The Wild have earned 81 points in 68 starts and may still miss the playoffs if they continue to show poor results. The Savages have won only four meetings since February 26 and are playing their current series of matches rather poorly. John Hines' team lost to the Rangers (2:3, OT) and St. Louis (1:5), but in the last game they were stronger than Los Angeles (3:1).
In the absence of an attack leader, the hosts have big problems in terms of creation. In this regular season, Minnesota scores only 2.75 goals per match, while Jared Spurgeon's squad has even weaker scores at home. In the last six matches, the Wild scored only nine accurate shots, while American Matthew Baldy took the lead with 56 points (21+35) in the goal+pass system.
Disqualifications and injuries
Kirill Kaprizov, Marcus Foligno, Joel Eriksen and Jonas Brodin will not play against the Kraken.
Interesting betting trends
- Minnesota throws 27 times per game on average
- Canadians earn 7.62 penalty minutes per match
Seattle Kraken
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It will be very difficult for Seattle to get into the playoffs, and now the Washington State team is only in 13th place in the conference, closing the group of teams that still have a real chance of reaching the finals of the tournament. The Kraken lack stability in both defense and attack, and after the February break, Dan Beilsma's team won only four matches. The Monsters played pretty well on their ice before heading to Minneapolis. They managed to beat Montreal (5:4, OT) and Utah (4:2), and before the meeting against Chicago (6:2), Jordan Eberle's squad forced a fight on the conference leader (2:3, OT).
The visitors are very weak in defense and concede 3.56 away goals per match. Seattle lacks reliable goalkeepers and the current duo is not coping with their duties. Philipp Grubauer has not been on the ice for a long time. Joe Duckord has blocked only 90.87% of his shots this season and made just one shutout in 46 regular season games.
Disqualifications and injuries
All the guest leaders will arrive in Minneapolis this Thursday.
Interesting betting trends
- Seattle blocks 15 shots per match
- The Kraken only makes 27 shots on average per match.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total less than 1.5 pucks
In the last six games against Minnesota, no more than one goal was scored in the first period.
1.90Bet 2nd period: Seattle will score
Seattle scored in the second period against Minnesota in the last three games.
1.60Tip and bets
Minnesota is considered a clear favorite of the upcoming meeting, but, in our opinion, not everything is so ambiguous in this pair. After Kirill Kaprizov's injury, the hosts have little success in attack, although the Wild has a good defensive line. Seattle concedes a lot, but scoring is much more difficult than defending. The Kraken had a pretty good game on their court before the start of the away series and can still cling to getting into the playoffs. We think that they will still be able to take at least one credit score. We're betting on a double chance for the guests.
Our betting tip is that Seattle will not lose in 1.92
Betting on an individual total
Seattle is terrible in its own half of the court, but the visitors are quite capable of withstanding the pressure of Minnesota, which scores only 2.48 goals per game on its ice. The offense was slowed down in terms of implementing the moments after the injury of the offensive leader and quite rarely smash their rivals. We don't think that the savages are capable of scoring more than two or three goals.
Prediction - Minnesota's individual total is less than three goals in 1.92
Bet on the total
There were quite a lot of goals between the teams in the last two games, but this style of play is clearly in the hands of the hosts. They play better in their own zone than the opponent and make fewer mistakes, so Jordan Eberle's squad should think about the safety of their possessions. We believe that this time the teams will be more reliable and will not score more than five goals between them.
Betting Tip - total less than 5.5 goals in 1.95
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