Minnesota Wild - Columbus Blue Jackets - NHL

Wager: $235. We turn our focus to the NHL: Minnesota Wild and Columbus Blue Jackets will meet face to face tonight:  The game will start at 6 p.m. EST, at Xcel Energy Center, and will be aired on FSOH, FSNO, SN360, NHL.TV.  The Wild (23-8-4) play well, and look for a season-high 13th straight win. Minnesota is on franchise-best winning streak and has won 8 straight at home. The Wild are 13-3-0 at Xcel Energy Center and haven't lost a game since Dec. 2, a 3-2 shootout loss at the Calgary Flames. Minnesota are 1st in "Goals Against" and 5th in "Penalty Kill %", showing very strong "D". The Columbus Blue Jackets are on a 14-game winning streak, the longest in their history, and 7-game win streak on the road. The Blue Jackets have the 3rd-longest winning streak in NHL history, tied with the 1929-30 Boston Bruins and 2009-10 Washington Capitals. Goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky will start. He is 12-0-0 and has allowed 20 goals in his last 12 starts. Columbus are also 1st in "Goals Against", but 16th in "Penalty Kill %", showing also good defense. It will be the first time 2 teams in any of the 4 major North American professional sports leagues will play a game when each has a win streak of at least 12 games, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.  It is amazing!  The official Las Vegas G. line for O/U is (5.5 Goals). With that said, I pick the "Alternative Total 2-Way" option @BET365:  Under 6.5 Goals 1.46 (-215). Click here to learn the difference between Decimal & American odds systems. Unless the amount  to bet is defined, our prediction is for a $100 wager.

UPDATE January 01, 2017 - FINAL Result: Minnesota Wild 2-4 Columbus Blue Jackets. The Columbus Blue Jackets extended their winning streak to 15 games with a 4-2 win against the Minnesota Wild at Xcel Energy Center Saturday. Minnesota had won 12 games in a row. The game was the first in any of the four major North American professional sports leagues with each team on a winning streak of at least 12 games. The Blue Jackets tied the second-longest winning streak in NHL history (NY Islanders, 1981-82; Pittsburgh Penguins, 2012-13). Both teams scored 6 goals total, below of our projection of U. 6.5 Goals, and our Bet clearly won: Our NHL total record of FREE Picks, since Nov. 17, 2016, is 16-6: 72.22% winners. For those who wagered $235: $235 investment results in total return of $343 ($235 Principal + $108 Net Profit), so with that, you would've covered the earlier loss from the soccer bet.