Free NHL Picks Today: Minnesota Wild vs Seattle Kraken 11/3/22

Free NHL Picks Today: Minnesota Wild vs Seattle Kraken 11/3/22
Thu 3rd November 2022

The Minnesota Wild (5-4-1), one of the NHL’s top power play offenses, host the Seattle Kraken (5-4-2) and their weak penalty killing defense at Xcel Energy Center on Thursday. Seattle is coming off a high-scoring 5-4 win over the Flames on Tuesday. The Kraken committed five penalties in the game, though they held Calgary without a power play goal.

Five players found the net for the Kraken. Oliver Bjorkstrand had two assists to lead the team in scoring. Joey Daccord only saved 36 of 40 shots (.900%) in the win. Minnesota beat the Canadiens 4-1 on Tuesday. Kirill Kaprizov was the leading goal scorer for the Wild, netting twice. Marc-Andre Fleury saved 34 of 35 shots in the win (.971%).

HEAD TO HEAD

The Wild won two of the three games between the teams last season, including a 6-3 victory in their final meeting in April. Kevin Fiala led Minnesota with five points (0G 5A). Jared McCann led Seattle with two points (0G 2A). Fleury got the win despite allowing three goals on 28 shots (.892%).

FACING OFF

Seattle is averaging 3.45 goals per game for the season, 10th in the NHL, and they are taking on a Wild team that is allowing 3.60 goals a game (26th). Meanwhile, Minnesota has found the net 3.40 times a game on average, 11th in the league, and the Kraken are allowing opponents to score 3.45 goals per game (22nd).

Power play opportunities should be plentiful for the Kraken, as the Wild have been penalized 5.30 times a game, fourth-most in the NHL, for an average of 13.40 minutes (third-highest). The visitors are averaging 4.18 penalties (21st) and 10.64 penalty minutes a game (12th).

The Wild will be looking to build on their fourth-ranked power play percentage of 28.57% against the Kraken, who are the league’s fourth-weakest penalty killing team (70.27%). Seattle, meanwhile, has scored on 26.83% of their power play opportunities (6th), which the away team will be aiming to improve on against Minnesota’s 24th-ranked 75.00% penalty killing rate.

TOP PERFORMERS:

With 10 points this season, Jaden Schwartz is the top skater for the Kraken. He has five goals and five assists in 11 games. In the net, Martin Jones (4-3-1) is Seattle’s top goaltender by goals against average. He has a 3.09 GAA and a .879% save percentage.

Kaprizov and Mats Zuccarello lead the Wild in scoring with 13 and 12 points, respectively. Kaprizov has eight goals (8th) and five assists, while Zuccarello has five goals and seven assists in 10 games. Fleury (4-1-1) has the best goals against average for Minnesota at 3.69. He has a save percentage of .880%.

HOME AND AWAY

Seattle is 3-1-1 away from home this season. Minnesota is 2-3-0 at home this season.

SportsTips’ NHL Pick:

Minnesota Wild (-190)

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