Minnesota Wild vs. Utah Hockey Club Prediction, December 10, 2024 NHL tips, best bets and odds

Game: Minnesota Wild vs. Utah Hockey Club

Date: Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Location: Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah

TV: Utah 16

Odds/point distribution: Wild (-160) Hockey Club (+132)

The Utah Hockey Club (12-11-4) will face the Minnesota Wild (18-5-4) at the Delta Center on Tuesday. In this contest, the Wild is at -160 and the Hockey Club is at +132. The over/under is 6.5.

The Minnesota Wild had a tough game after their 4-1 loss to the Kings in their last appearance on the ice. Minnesota received 9 penalty minutes for this play. They also had two power play attempts but failed to score. The Wild didn’t perform particularly well offensively in this loss. In that game, they scored on one of their 23 shots.

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At even strength, the Wild allowed opponents to score 46 goals while scoring 72 goals on offense. Minnesota Wild opponents have accumulated 64 power play attempts (30th in the NHL) and have scored 17 goals on those chances. In terms of points, the Minnesota Wild have scored 86 goals this season (12th in professional ice hockey) and conceded 63. Minnesota has attempted 776 shots and holds a shooting percentage of 11.1%. For the current campaign, they have scored 40 points and their points percentage is 0.741. The Wild took 785 shots against them and posted a save percentage of .920. Minnesota has 72 power play chances and has scored 14 goals during those advantages, a rate of 19.44%.

The goalscorer in this game is Filip Gustavsson. In his professional hockey career, Gustavsson recorded 76 quality starts and his quality starts percentage is .618. His save percentage is .915 in his 6,406 minutes in the crease. Gustavsson has seen 3,863 shots against him and has made 3,534 total saves. Opponents have scored 329 goals against Gustavsson in his professional hockey career and his goals per game average is 3.08. He compiled a record of 65-44-17 and was named a starter in 123 games. Gustavsson has played in 131 games over the course of his professional ice hockey career.

In their last game, Utah faced the Flyers in a game where the hockey club won 4-2. The Hockey Club scored 4 goals out of 25 shots attempted. They had three power play attempts in the contest and scored on one of those attempts.

Utah attempted 728 shots (26th in professional hockey) and posted a shooting percentage of 10.85% while allowing 763 shots to their opponents. They have posted a penalty kill percentage of 77.78% on their opponents’ 99 power play opportunities, and their save percentage is 89.6%. They created 74 chances on the power play and achieved a power play rate of 17.57%. The Hockey Club has scored 66 goals at even strength and 13 goals (27th in hockey) on the power play. They allowed 79 goals, 57 of which were evenly matched and 22 goals when they were shorthanded. So far this season, the Utah Hockey Club has scored a total of 79 goals, 28 points and a points percentage of .519.

Karel Vejmelka is likely to be the opponent between the posts. The opponent scores an average of 3.72 goals per game and has conceded a total of 483 goals. Vejmelka’s quality start rate is 46.2% and he has 66 quality starts in his career. He started in 143 games and played 7,787 minutes. Vejmelka has a career record of 48-82-12 and has played 154 games. He has a record of 4,318 stops on 4,801 shots attempted, giving him a percentage of .899.

Who will win tonight’s NHL game against the spread or moneyline?

Josh’s Pick: Take Minnesota (-160)

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