The Minnesota Wild look to bounce back from a loss with a victory on Tuesday when visiting the Montreal Canadiens. Minnesota is 1-3-1 with three points and the Wild are seventh in the Central Division. Minnesota was defeated by the Boston Bruins 4-3 on Saturday in overtime. Brandon Duhaime, Matt Boldy and Jared Spurgeon each scored one goal for Minnesota in the loss.
Mats Zuccarello is leading Minnesota in goals scored with four, in assists with six and in points with 10. In goal, Marc-Andre Fleury is 1-1-1 with a goals-against average of 5.20 and save percentage of .847. Minnesota scores an average of 3.80 goals per game and allows an average of 5.40 goals per game Minnesota's power play scores 36.4% of the time and its penalty-kill unit is successful 75.0% of the time.
Montreal looks to bounce back from a loss with a victory on Tuesday when hosting in Minnesota. Montreal is 3-3-0 with six points and tied for sixth in the Atlantic division. The Canadiens were defeated by the Dallas Stars 5-2 Saturday. Mike Hoffman and Arber Xhekaj each scored one goal for Montreal in the loss. Prior to Saturday's loss, Montreal had won two straight.
Cole Caufield is the leading goal scorer for Montreal with four, while Nick Suzuki is the leader in assists with four and in points with seven. In goal, Jake Allen is 2-2-0 with a goals-against average of 2.77 and save percentage of .913. Montreal scores an average of 2.67 goals per game and allows an average of 3.00 goals per game. Montreal's power-play scores 5.6% of the time and its penalty-kill unit is successful 83.3% of the time.
Recent Betting Trends
- Minnesota is 1-7 in its last 8
- The OVER has cashed in each of the Wild's last 5
- Montreal is 5-12 in its last 17
- The OVER has cashed in 8 of the Canadiens last 11
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