Florida vs. Minnesota: NHL Match Prediction

Current form

Florida has already played seven games this season and earned only nine points. The team from Sunrise finished the away series with victories over Boston (4:3) and Columbus (4:3) with the same score and then returned home. On home ice, Aleksander Barkov team lost to Vancouver (2:3, OT), and in the last game the "cats" achieved success in the duel against Vegas (4:3, OT), having come back three times during the meeting. In the absence of the injured captain, Sam Reinhart took on the role of the attack leader. The forward got into excellent shape and made 12 effective actions (5+7).

The Panthers have problems on defense and still have a negative goal difference of 23:24. The Cats do not look so bad on offense, but they play much better on home ice. It was in Sunrise that the Panthers scored 12 accurate shots, while allowing only ten goals in three games.

Disqualifications and injuries

Aleksander Barkov, Tomas Nosek and Johan Gadlovic will not be able to help their teammates in the next home game.

Interesting trends for betting

• According to statistics, Florida allows 3.43 goals per game

The Cats are not playing their best defense at the start of the new season.

• The home team wins 23.9% of faceoffs.

Paul Maurice team centers have yet to show their best skills at the point.

Current form

Minnesota continues its long away streak. Thanks to its latest results, the Wild have risen to fifth place in the Western Conference standings, having scored eight points in five games. First of all, we would like to note their strong defense. Only in one game out of five did the Wild miss more than two goals, so they have never left the court without earning points. In the current away game, John Hynes' men lost to Winnipeg in Canada (1:2, OT), but then won in Missouri against St. Louis, and in the last game they easily beat Columbus in Ohio (3:1).

As mentioned earlier, the Minneapolis club plays very well on its half of the court in October. At the same time, the "greens" are excellent at converting their moments and punishing opponents for penalties in 31.3% of cases. Kirill Kaprizov remains the leader of "Minnesota". At the start of the regular season, the Russian hockey player scored eight (2+6) effective actions in the "goal+pass" system.

Disqualifications and injuries

Ryan Hartman and Jared Spurgeon will not be in Florida on Wednesday.

Interesting trends for betting

• Minnesota is allowing 2.2 goals per game on average.

The visitors are one of the most reliable teams in the league at the start of the season.

• The Wild only earn four minutes of penalty time per game

The "Savages" rarely break the rules of the game and do not allow their opponents to gain a numerical advantage.