Minnesota Wild - Edmonton Oilers - NHL

Wager: $222. We turn our focus to the NHL: Minnesota Wild and Edmonton Oilers will meet face to face tonight:  The game will start at 8 p.m. ET, at Xcel Energy Center, and will be aired on FS-N, SNW. The Wild (13-8-4) ended a 6-game, 10-day road trip earlier in the week. Their goalie Devan Dubnyk denied the Toronto Maple Leafs and earned a 3-2 Wild win on Wednesday.  The Wild went 2-2-1 on the long trip away from home, and won 2 straight games. Wild are 1st in "Goals Against" and 11th in "Penalty Kill %", showing very strong "D". The Oilers (14-11-4) are concluding a 3-game road trip of their own with back-to-back games, and come to Minnesota on a 0-1-2 streak, scoring goals, but not enough to keep up with opponents.  They lost 3 straight games. They will meet the Wild strong "D" tonight, so they have to take a different approach to this game, and not leave an open space for Minnesota. Oilers are 24th in "Goals Against", but 12th in "Penalty Kill %". The official Las Vegas G. line for O/U is (5.0 Goals), a hint to a low scoring game. With that said, I pick the "Alternative Total 2-Way"option @BET365: Under 6.5 Goals 1.33  (-300). Click here to learn the difference between Decimal / American odds systems. Unless the amount   to bet is specified, our prediction is for a $100 wager.

UPDATE December 10, 2016 - FINAL Result:  Minnesota Wild  3-2  Edmonton Oilers.  J. Pominville, C. Stewart and E. Staal scored in the shootout for the Minnesota Wild in a 3-2 win against the Edmonton Oilers at the Xcel Energy Center on Friday night. Devan Dubnyk stopped 4 Oilers in the shootout and made 25 saves, improving his career record against Edmonton to 8-1-0. L. Draisaitl and J. Eberle scored for the Oilers in the shootout. M. Dumba and forward J. Zucker scored in regulation for Minnesota (14-8-4). Draisaitl and Hopkins scored for Edmonton (14-11-5) and Cam Talbot made 34 saves. Edmonton lost 4 straight. Both teams scored 5 goals total, below  of  our  projection of Under  6.5 Goals, to help us win this Bet: $222 invested, resulted in total return of $295 ($222 Princ. + $73 Net Profit). Our overall NHL    record of FREE Picks, since November 17, 2016, is 11-3: 79% winners. Click here to see my Play.