Minnesota Wild - San Jose Sharks - NHL

Wager: $177. We continue with our focus on NHL: Minnesota Wild and San Jose Sharks will meet face to face tonight:  The game will start at 10:30 p.m. EST, at SAP Center, and will be aired on CSCA, FSNO, NHL.TV.  The Wild (23-9-4), who begin a 3-game road trip through California today, enter this contest trailing the Central Division-leading Chicago Blackhawks by 1 point. Minnesota's 12-game winning streak was snapped with a 4-2 loss Saturday by Columbus. Wild struggle at SAP Center, where they have dropped 10 of the last 12 meetings. Minnesota are 2nd in "Goals Against" and 5th in "Penalty Kill %", showing strong "D". San Jose (23-13-2) will try to avoid losing 3 straight games for the first time in 2 months (I think they might win tonight). The Sharks lost 3-2 on Saturday in Los Angeles before falling 2-1 to the Kings in overtime in the finale of the home-and-home set Tuesday. Sharks are 4th in "Goals Against", 11th in "Penalty Kill %", playing also good "D". The official Las Vegas G. line O/U is (5.0 Goals). With that said, I pick the "Alternative Total 2-Way" option @BET365: Under 6.5 Goals 1.30(-330). Click  here for the difference between Decimal & American odds systems. Unless the amount to bet is defined, our wager $100. Last night we won big in the NHL: 5 of 6 games - see Comment Section & our Bets#1; and another LIVE Bet#2 just WON, odds 2.75 (+175).

UPDATE January 06, 2017 - FINAL Result: Minnesota Wild 5-4 San Jose Sharks. Wild and Sharks scored total of 6 goals(?!?!) in the 3rd period (highly unusual for both strongly defensive teams!) to complete the final score of this game 5-4 Wild. Sharks had 36 shots on goal (SOG), vs. Wild's only 26 SOG (from which they scored 5 goals!?). Minnesota trailed 4-2 after Sharks forward P. Marleau scored at 4:21, but then the visitors scored 3 straight goals(?) - Staal and 2 by Koivu, who played his 800th NHL game. Nice going fellows, what a 'fix' that was!  Las Vegas "cleaned up" pretty good in this game, since the rational was betting for the Sharks and 'under'. Game Conspiracy: The final score 5-4 makes the number 54. Note, "NHL hoax" = 54 in Eng. Kabb.#1, and "NHL rigged"= 54 in LRG. The phrase "Five - Four"=130 in EK#1, but "Black Magic"=130 in EK#2. Both teams scored 9 goals total, above of our forecast of Under 6.5 Gls., and our Bet was a loser this time. We know we cannot win all games. Hence, our NHL total record of FREE Picks, since Nov. 17, 2016, is 18-7, still very good: 72.00% winners. In any event, it was "crazy day" in the NHL: most games ended in huge surprises, i.e., victories went to the underdogs: Oilers, Predators, Hurricanes, Red Wings, and Capitals, all won.