Minnesota Wild vsVancouver Canucks Prediction
The Minnesota Wild are slight 50.2 percent favorites over the Vancouver Canucks. The Wild are favored by AccuScore simulations partly because they have a +4 edge in shots on goal and are projected for 31 shots on goal vs 27 shots for the Canucks. The Canucks goalie(s) have the edge in save percentage at 89.5% compared to the Wild goalie(s) who have a forecasted save percentage of 88.2%. KEY PLAYER STATISTICAL DATA --- SAVES: Marc-Andre Fleury 24, Thatcher Demko 28 SHOTS: Kirill Kaprizov 3.9, Elias Pettersson 3.4 GOALS: Kirill Kaprizov 0.87, Elias Pettersson 0.58 PTS: Kirill Kaprizov has a 61% chance of scoring at least 1 point and Elias Pettersson has a 63% chance of 1+PTs