Free NHL Picks Today: Minnesota Wild vs Dallas Stars 4/23/23

Free NHL Picks Today: Minnesota Wild vs Dallas Stars 4/23/23
Sun 23rd April 2023

The Dallas Stars (+105) are on the road to take on the Minnesota Wild (-125) at Xcel Energy Center on Sunday. The total is 5.5 (O: +100, U: -120)

FACING OFF

Dallas is averaging 3.42 goals per game for the season, ninth in the NHL, and they are taking on a Wild team that is allowing 2.69 goals a game (6th).

Meanwhile, Minnesota has found the net 2.94 times a game on average, 23rd in the league, and the Stars are holding opponents to 2.66 goals per game (5th).

The Stars’ 25.65% power play percentage is the fourth-best in the league, while the Wild rank 14th with a conversion rate of 21.59%. Dallas has been equally strong at penalty killing, boasting the league’s third-highest PK% at 83.20%. Minnesota ranks 12th at 81.04%.

TOP PERFORMERS:

With 109 points this season, sixth-most in the NHL, Jason Robertson is the top skater for the Stars. He is among the league leaders in both goals and assists, finding the net 46 times (7th) and assisting 63 scores for this teammates (10th).

In the net, Jake Oettinger (37-11-11) is Dallas’ top goaltender. He has a 2.37 GAA and a .919% save percentage. Kirill Kaprizov leads the Wild in scoring with 75 points.

He has 40 goals and 35 assists in 67 games. Filip Gustavsson (22-9-7) has the best goals against average for Minnesota at 2.10, second-best in the league.

He has a save percentage of .931%, also second-best. Marc-Andre Fleury (24-16-4) has played the most games in net for the Wild this season. He has a 2.85 GAA and a .908% save percentage.

HOME AND AWAY

Dallas is 25-12-5 on the road this season. Minnesota is 26-12-4 at home this season.

SportsTips’ NHL Pick:

Minnesota Wild (-115)

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