Pittsburgh vs Minnesota Betting Odds
When: March 31, 2022, at 8:00 p.m. EST
Venue: Xcel Energy Center – Saint Paul, MN
Pittsburgh vs Minnesota Betting Preview
An intra-conference battle is set for Thursday night when the Pittsburgh Penguins (40-18-10, 21-8-5 away) visit the Minnesota Wild (41-20-4, 24-7-1 home). Pittsburgh is currently third in the Metropolitan and are five points back of first and six points ahead of the Wild Card. Minnesota is second in the Central and are six points clear of the Wild Card spots. This game will air live on ESPN+.
The Penguins have a balanced attack led by Sidney Crosby and his 70 points, Jake Guentzel’s 31 goals and Kris Letang’s 51 assists. Pittsburgh is scoring 3.31 goals per game and allow just 2.58.
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Kirill Kaprizov is having a big season and leads the Wild with 82 points and 37 goals, 10 of which have come on the power play. Mats Zuccarello is the top setup man with 48 assists on the season. Minnesota scores 3.63 goals per game and allow 3.09.
Pittsburgh vs Minnesota Betting Trends
Penguins
- Pittsburgh is 5-1 SU in their last 6 games against Minnesota.
- The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Pittsburgh’s last 11 games on the road.
- The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Pittsburgh’s last 7 games when playing on the road against Minnesota.
- Pittsburgh is 13-5 SU in their last 18 games against an opponent in the Western Conference conference.
- Pittsburgh is 4-1 SU in their last 5 games against an opponent in the Central Division division.
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Wild
- The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Minnesota’s last 6 games.
- Minnesota is 7-0 SU in their last 7 games.
- The total has gone OVER in 8 of Minnesota’s last 12 games against Pittsburgh.
- The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Minnesota’s last 6 games at home.
- The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Minnesota’s last 7 games when playing at home against Pittsburgh.
- Minnesota is 5-0 SU in their last 5 games this season.
- Minnesota is 5-1 SU in their last 6 games against an opponent in the Eastern Conference conference
Pittsburgh vs Minnesota Pick & Prediction
Last time out, Pittsburgh hosted the Rangers and suffered a tight 3-2 loss. The Pens led 1-0 late in the second but allowed the Rangers to take control with three unanswered goals. Sidney Crosby and Brian Boyle each scored for Pittsburgh in this one. Tristan Jarry stopped 23 of the 26 shots he faced, and Pittsburgh allowed the Rangers to score on their only power play.
Minnesota hosted Philadelphia and earned an easy 4-1 win. The Wild scored the first four goals of the game, two each in the first two period, and were able to enjoy the final 20 minutes. Frederick Gaudreau was the second star of the game with his two assists on the night. Marc-Andre Fleury was the top star of the game with his 32 saves on 33 shots. Minnesota killed off three of the four Philadelphia power plays.