Minnesota Wild vs New York Islanders Prediction & Picks - NHL
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The Minnesota Wild play the New York Islanders at home in St. Paul on Thursday, with the NHL game scheduled to begin at 8:00 pm ET. Minnesota is leading the Central Division with 20 points (9-3-2), while New York is fourth in the Metropolitan Division with 14 points (6-4-2). The Wild defeated the Utah Mammoth on Tuesday, 3-1. The Islanders were 4-3 winners over Nashville in a shootout last time out. Minnesota has three straight wins entering Thursday’s game. Minnesota has the better record and has played well at home, making the Wild our pick to defeat the Islanders on Thursday.
Minnesota scores an average of 3.14 goals per game and allows 2.21. Minnesota has performed well at both ends of the ice early this season. Kirill Kaprizov has 21 points and 13 goals to lead the Wild in both. Goalie Jesper Wallstedt is 8-2-2 with a goals-against average of 1.99 and a save percentage of .922. Minnesota is perfect on its home ice in four games at 4-0-0.
New York scores an average of 3.00 goals per game and allows slightly less at 2.58 per game. The Islanders’ win over Nashville followed a disappointing 6-3 loss at the hands of the Dallas Stars. Bo Horvat has 6 goals and 13 points to lead New York in both. In goal, Ilya Sorokin is 5-3-0 with a 2.26 GAA and .919 SV% as New York’s lead goalie.
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Minnesota Wild vs New York Islanders Form
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Minnesota Wild against New York Islanders : Head to Head (H2H)
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Players list
J. Wallstedt
C. Pickard
Q. Hughes
M. Kiersted
D. Spacek
J. Brodin
Z. Bogosian
O. Maatta
N. Sturm
Y. Trenin
M. Shabanov
Y. Danila
B. Brink
M. Boldy
B. Coleman
M. McCarron
R. Hartman
J. Eriksson Ek
K. Kaprizov
T. Pitlick
S. Varlamov
I. Sorokin
L. Stanley
A. Pelech
T. DeAngelo
R. Pulock
S. Mayfield
M. Schaefer
M. Chaffee
S. Holmstrom
K. MacLean
V. Eklund
E. Heineman
J. Pageau
O. Palat
C. Cizikas
K. Palmieri
B. Schenn
A. Duclair
B. Horvat
Most goals and assists
Minnesota Wild
New York Islanders
B. Horvat
(7 Goals)
Q. Hughes
(16 Assists)
M. Schaefer
(9 Assists)
Minnesota Wild - New York Islanders Key Points
- Minnesota is 9-3-2, compared with New York at 6-4-2
- The Wild have won three straight games
- Minnesota allows an average of only 2.21 goals per game
- Jesper Wallstedt has a 1.99 GAA, compared with 2.26 for Ilya Sorokin
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Our Minnesota Wild vs New York Islanders Prediction
Minnesota has performed well both on attack and defense. The Wild enter this game riding a three-game winning streak. Minnesota gives up only 2.21 goals per game behind excellent play between the pipes from Wallstedt. The Minnesota netminder has a 1.99 GAA, which is better than New York’s Sorokin.
The Islanders have the attack to compete in this matchup with the Wild, but Minnesota has a much better record, is undefeated at home, and is getting better play at the blue line and in goal. Kaprizov has been hard to stop on attack, and the Islanders will have a hard time containing him.
Our pick for Minnesota Wild vs New York Islanders is: Wild win.
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