Boston Bruins vs. Minnesota Wild Prediction, Preview, and Odds – 3-18-2023

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The Boston Bruins (51-11-5, 107 points, 1st Atlantic) look for a second straight win on Saturday when paying a visit to the Minnesota Wild (39-21-8, 86 points 2nd Central). Boston defeated the Winnipeg Jets 3-0 on Thursday night snapping a rare two-game losing streak for the Bruins and increasing their NHL best points total to 107. Minnesota defeated the St Louis Blues 8-5 on Wednesday and have won three of the last four. Boston will play without Matt Filipe, Nick Foligno and Taylor Hall. Minnesota will play without Jonas Brodin, Brandon Duhaime, Kirill Kaprizov and Gustav Nyquist.

Boston is scoring an average of 3.70 goals per game which is second best in hockey and is allowing an average of only 2.16 goals per game which is first in the NHL. Boston averages 33.1 shots per game which is 8th and is allowing an average of 29.5 shots per game which is also 8th. The Bruins have an above average power play, scoring 22.5% of the time with the man advantage which is 12th and the penalty kill unit for Boston is the best in the NHL, successfully holding opponents scoreless 85.3% of the time the Bruins are short-handed.

 

David Pastrnak is the stats king for Boston leading the Bruins in goals scored with 46, assists with 44 and points with 90. Patrice Bergeron is second in goals scored with 24 and David Krejci is second in assists with 39. Brad Marchand is a distant second in points for the Bruins with 56, wh ich is 36 off the pace set by Pastrnak. Boston's above average power play has produced 50 goals in 67 games. Boston's tandem of goalies is the NHL’s best. Linus Ullmark is 33-5-1 with a 1.97 goals against average, .935 save percentage and 2 shutouts. Jeremy Swayman is 17-6-4 with a 2.28 rules against average, .917 save percentage and three shutouts.

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