In their first head-to-head meeting of the regular season, the Ottawa Senators and the Minnesota Wild meet at the Xcel Energy Center. Fox Sports North will broadcast this East-West matchup, which gets going at 8 p.m. ET on Wednesday, November 21.
Ottawa Senators vs. Minnesota Wild Odds
Minnesota (-240) is being labeled as the solid favorite over Ottawa (+200), and oddsmakers have put the Over/Under (O/U) at an even 6 goals. The line for betting that total stands at -110 money on the over and -110 on the under.
The Wild are 12-9 straight up (SU) and have earned moneyline bettors 0.6 units this season. That winning percentage, ranked 3rd in the Central Division in this young season, is right in line with the 45-37 record the team managed during last year’s regular season campaign. Of the team’s 21 games this season, 10 have gone over the total, while an additional 10 have gone under and just one has pushed. The team’s 6-4 SU at home this year.
Minnesota’s converted on 21.7 percent of its power play chances this season, a mark that’s right around league average. On the other hand, its penalty kill is ranked fifth overall, and it’s successfully killed off 84.9 percent of all penalties.
As a team, Minnesota has been penalized 4.2 times per game overall this season, and 3.0 per game over its past ten games. The team’s had to kill penalties for just 6.6 minutes per game over its last 10 outings, in total.
With a .925 save percentage and 29.2 saves per game, Devan Dubnyk (nine wins, seven losses, and two OT losses) has been the top option in goal for the Wild this year. If they, however, choose to give him the night off, Minnesota may roll with Alex Stalock (3-2-2 record, .909 save percentage, 2.60 goals against average).
The Wild will continue relying on offensive production via Mikael Granlund and Zach Parise. Granlund (19 points) has tallied 10 goals and nine assists and has recorded multiple points in four different games this year. Parise has nine goals and nine assists to his credit and has notched a point in 12 contests.
Ottawa is 9-12 straight up (SU) and has earned moneyline bettors 1.4 units this season. Through 21 regular season outings, 15 of its games have gone over the total, while four have gone under the total and just two have pushed. As the visiting team so far, Ottawa is 2-6 SU.
Ottawa has scored on 25.0 percent of its power play chances this year, a figure that places it in the top-10 among NHL teams. On the other hand, its penalty kill unit is ranked 32nd overall and it’s successfully killed off 68.2 percent of all penalties.
Ottawa’s skaters have been penalized 3.8 times per game in total this season, 3.4 per game over their last five outings total, and 4.0 per game over their last five on the road. The team’s been forced to stave off opponent power plays just 7.2 minutes per game over their last 10 outings.
Craig Anderson (31.8 saves per game) has been the primary choice in the net for Ottawa. Anderson owns a 9-10-3 record, while registering a .901 save percentage and 3.77 goals against average this year.
For the visiting Senators, the offense will be heavily coordinated by Matt Duchene (10 goals, 17 assists) and Thomas Chabot (five goals, 19 assists).
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The under has hit in three of Minnesota’s last five outings.
Six of Minnesota’s last ten games have been decided by two or more goals, and the club is 4-2 overall in those games.
Ottawa skaters recorded 24.0 hits per game last season, while the Wild accounted for 16.9 hits per matchup.
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