It will be Eastern Conference vs Western Conference when the Tampa Lightning (49 points) visit the Minnesota Wild (44 points) Wednesday night. Tampa Bay is comfortably third in the Atlantic division and now have their eyes on second place. Minnesota is third in the Central, but this division will be a battle the second half of the season. Below is my NHL betting pick for Lightning vs Wild.
Lightning vs Wild Betting Pick
ℹ️ The Pick: | Wild Moneyline (-115) |
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This game will be played at Xcel Energy Center at 9:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, January 4, 2023.
Why Bet the Wild:
✅ Minnesota is 8-2 in their last 10 games.
✅ The Wild are 7-1 in their last 8 home games.
✅ Tampa Bay is 0-9 in their last nine road games against Minnesota.
NHL
Tampa Bay Lightning
Minnesota Wild
Team Records
TB | Team Records | MIN |
---|---|---|
45-29-8 | Overall | 39-34-9 |
3-1 | Shootout | 3-3 |
5-7 | Overtime | 4-7 |
25-11-5 | Home | 20-16-5 |
20-18-3 | Road | 19-18-4 |
26-19-5 | EAS | 15-11-6 |
19-10-3 | WES | 24-23-3 |
12-9-5 | ATL | 8-5-3 |
14-10-0 | MET | 7-6-3 |
8-7-1 | CEN | 9-14-3 |
11-3-2 | PAC | 15-9-0 |
11-3-8 | ≤1 | 12-11-9 |
21-13-0 | ≥3 | 16-17-0 |
4-2-3 | Oct | 3-4-2 |
6-7-2 | Nov | 4-6-2 |
8-6-0 | Dec | 9-5-0 |
9-3-0 | Jan | 5-8-1 |
5-6-1 | Feb | 7-3-1 |
9-1-1 | Mar | 7-3-3 |
4-4-1 | Apr | 4-5-0 |
Team Stats
TB | Team Stats | MIN |
---|---|---|
288 | Goals For | 248 |
267 | Goals Agst | 260 |
3.02 | PP For GM | 3.33 |
.87 | PP Goals GM | .76 |
28.63 | PP% | 22.71 |
2.85 | PP Agst GM | 3.21 |
.48 | PP Agst Goals GM | .82 |
83.33 | PK% | 74.52 |
11.0 | PIM GM | 11.4 |
11.0 | oPIM GM | 11.3 |
Goalies
B. Elliott | F. Gustavsson | |
---|---|---|
22 | GP | 45 |
22 | GS | 43 |
12-8-2 | W-L-T/O | 20-18-4 |
75 | Goals Allowed | 129 |
3.40 | GAA | 3.06 |
689 | Shots Against | 1283 |
.891 | SV% | .899 |
2 | SO | 3 |
9 | Quality Starts | 18 |
.409 | QS% | .419 |
5 | Bad Starts | 9 |
114 | Goals All.% | 104 |
-9.03 | Goals Sv Above Avg | -4.98 |
Recent Starts
Date | Opp | W/L | GA | SA | SV | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4/28/22 CBJ | Merzlikins ML N/A | L2-5 TOTAL N/A | 4 | 34 | 30 | .882 |
4/23/22 NAS | Rittich ML N/A | W6-2 TOTAL N/A | 2 | 21 | 19 | .905 |
4/16/22 WPG | Comrie ML N/A | W7-4 TOTAL N/A | 4 | 18 | 14 | .778 |
4/14/22 ANA | Stolarz ML N/A | W4-3 TOTAL N/A | 3 | 13 | 10 | .769 |
4/10/22 BUF | Anderson ML N/A | W5-0 TOTAL N/A | 0 | 28 | 28 | 1.000 |
Date | Opp | W/L | GA | SA | SV | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4/28/22 FLA | Knight ML N/A | L0-4 TOTAL N/A | 4 | 30 | 26 | .867 |
4/22/22 CBJ | Merzlikins ML N/A | W2-1 TOTAL N/A | 1 | 34 | 33 | .971 |
4/19/22 VAN | Demko ML N/A | W4-3 TOTAL N/A | 3 | 37 | 34 | .919 |
3/19/22 MON | Allen ML N/A | L1-5 TOTAL N/A | 5 | 27 | 22 | .815 |
3/14/22 ARI | Wedgewood ML N/A | L3-5 TOTAL N/A | 4 | 14 | 10 | .714 |
Betting Trends
TB | Betting Trends | MIN |
---|---|---|
OVERALL | OVERALL | |
3-0-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 2-1-0 |
2-1-0 | ATS W/L/P | 2-1-0 |
3.67 | Avg Score | 3.33 |
1.67 | Avg Opp Score | 2.33 |
AWAY | HOME | |
1-2-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 2-1-0 |
1-2-0 | ATS W/L/P | 2-1-0 |
3 | Avg Score | 3 |
4 | Avg Opp Score | 2.33 |
TB | Betting Trends | MIN |
---|---|---|
OVERALL | OVERALL | |
4-1-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 3-2-0 |
3-2-0 | ATS W/L/P | 3-2-0 |
3.8 | Avg Score | 3.2 |
2.6 | Avg Opp Score | 2.6 |
AWAY | HOME | |
3-2-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 4-1-0 |
3-2-0 | ATS W/L/P | 3-2-0 |
3.6 | Avg Score | 3 |
2.8 | Avg Opp Score | 1.8 |
TB | Betting Trends | MIN |
---|---|---|
OVERALL | OVERALL | |
8-2-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 8-2-0 |
7-3-0 | ATS W/L/P | 7-3-0 |
3.9 | Avg Score | 3.3 |
2.2 | Avg Opp Score | 1.8 |
AWAY | HOME | |
6-4-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 8-2-0 |
3-7-0 | ATS W/L/P | 5-5-0 |
3.3 | Avg Score | 3.8 |
3.2 | Avg Opp Score | 2.4 |
Head to Head
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Tampa Bay Lightning
Last time out, Tampa Bay visited the Chicago Blackhawks and used a big third period to get a 4-1 win. Chicago got on the board early in the first period, but midway through Tampa tied it up at one. The score remained tied at one until midway through the third period when the Lightning decided to go off. Tampa scored three goals in the final 13 minutes to secure the road win.
Pat Maroon, Alex Killorn, Brandon Hagel, and Nicholas Paul all scored on the night. Five Lightning players recorded at least one assist in the win.
Nikita Kucherov is having one of the better seasons in the NHL as he leads Tampa Bay with 40 assists and 53 points. Brayden Point has a team high 21 goals. The Lightning are scoring 3.58 goals per game and allow 2.83.
Minnesota Wild
Minnesota visited the St. Louis Blues and left with an impressive 5-2 win. The Blues got on the board first, but the Wild tied the game up prior to the first intermission. Minnesota started taking control in the second period when the outscored the Blues 2-1 and then put the game away with a 2-0 third period.
Ryan Hartman, two goals, Matt Dumba, Jared Spurgeon, and Jordan Greenway all scored in this one. Seven Wild players recorded an assist in the win.
Kirill Kaprizov is leading the way for the Wild this season as he leads the team with 20 goals, 25 assists, and 45 points. Minnesota is scoring 3.14 goals per game and allow 2.81.
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