In their final head-to-head meeting of the regular season, the Minnesota Wild and the Ottawa Senators take the ice at Canadian Tire Centre. The action gets underway at 1 p.m. ET on Saturday, January 5, and you can see this East-West matchup live on Fox Sports North.
Minnesota Wild at Ottawa Senators Odds
Moneyline odds have not yet been posted for this matchup.
Minnesota is 19-20 straight up (SU) and has lost 5.3 units for moneyline bettors this year. Through 39 regular season contests, 18 of its games have gone under the total, while 17 have gone over and just four have pushed. As the road team this season, the Wild are 9-10 SU.
Minnesota has converted on 23.0 percent of its power play opportunities this season, a mark that’s good enough for 10th-best in the league. Additionally, it has the second-best penalty kill in the league, and it’s successfully killed off a whopping 84.5 percent of all penalties.
For the team as a whole, Minnesota has been penalized 3.8 times per game in the 2018-19 season, 3.8 per game over its last five outings total, and 3.4 per game over its last five road outings. The team’s had to kill penalties just 8.2 minutes per game over their last five outings.
With a .913 save percentage and 26.2 saves per game, Devan Dubnyk (15-17-3) has been the primary option in goal for Minnesota this year. If head coach Bruce Boudreau chooses to rest him, however, the team could turn to Alex Stalock (5-5), who has a .903 save percentage and 2.60 goals against average this year.
Mikael Granlund and Zach Parise will both lead the way for the visiting Wild. Granlund has 37 points on 11 goals and 26 assists, and has recorded multiple points nine times. Parise has 18 goals and 17 assists to his credit, and has registered at least one point in 24 games.
Over on the other bench, Ottawa is 15-26 straight up (SU) and has lost 3.6 units for moneyline bettors thus far. Through 41 regular season contests, 27 of its games have gone over the total, while 11 have gone under and just three have pushed. This year, the team is 11-11 SU at home.
Ottawa has converted on 21.6 percent of its power play chances this year, a mark that’s right around league average. On the other hand, its penalty kill is ranked 31st overall, and it’s successfully killed off 74.4 percent of all opponent power plays.
The Senators have been penalized 3.9 times per game this season, and 4.8 per game over their last five at home. The team has been forced to kill penalties a whopping 15.0 minutes per game over their last five outings.
Craig Anderson has stopped 32.0 shots per game as the primary selection in goal for Ottawa. Anderson has 14 wins, 17 losses, and three overtime losses to his credit and has registered a pedestrian 3.58 goals against average and a fairly-weak .905 save percentage this season.
The Sens will be led on offense by Mark Stone (19 goals, 26 assists).
Minnesota Wild vs. Ottawa Senators Betting Predictions
Pick: SU Winner – Senators, O/U – Under
Betting Notes
- Ottawa has given up 4.7 goals per game, while managing just 2.2 per contest, in its last six contests (the team is 0-6 SU over that stretch).
- Over Ottawa’s last ten outings, seven of them have been decided by two or more goals (the team is 1-6 in those games).
- Minnesota skaters created 16.9 hits per game last season, while the Senators accounted for 24.0 hits per contest.
