Minnesota Wild vs. Edmonton Oilers
Free NHL Pick: Edmonton
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The Wild beat the Oilers in both meetings at Minnesota this season. However, the Oilers won the lone meeting here at Edmonton. Including that victory (5-2 on 10/16) the Oilers are 5-1 the last six times that they hosted the Wild. While they’ve admittedly been pretty brutal this season, I feel that they’re providing excellent value tonight, both on the money-line but also on the (+1.5) puck-line.

The reason I mention the puck-line option is that both teams have shown a tendency to play quite a few 1-goal games. Edmonton lost its last game by a score of 5-2. However, that was against one of the best teams (Chicago) in the league and that game was tied 2-2 after two periods. Prior to that, the Oilers had seen three of their previous four games decided by one goal.

As for the Wild, they’ve seen three of their past five games decided by a single goal. I already mentioned that the Oilers won 5-2 when they hosted the Wild earlier. However, the previous two series meetings, here at Edmonton, had both been decided by a single goal – and the previous eight games here had all been decided by two or less. Consider Edmonton at +1.5 goals.

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