Count On Wild Downing Maple Leafs Without Kaprizov in High-Scoring Affair

Wednesday night is the ultimate opportunity for NHL fans, with a stacked slate of thrilling matchups that fans eagerly anticipate. The game that sticks out is a tightly contested matchup between the Minnesota Wild and the surging Toronto Maple Leafs.

For bettors, this matchup provides a chance to capitalize on some of our recent strong trends, like our 12-5 record on our last 17 picks, our 8-2 record on our last ten player prop picks and our 15-6 record on our last 21 moneyline picks.

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Minnesota Wild vs Toronto Maple Leafs Best Bets:

• Wild +1.5 (-176)

• Over 5.5 goals (-112)

• Auston Matthews anytime goal (-105)

• Matt Boldy Over 0.5 points (-150)

• Same Game Parlay (+627 - $10 To Win $62.74)

This appears to be the perfect setting for an update with the Wild on the road where they thrive with an 18-5-3 record and should take advantage of a Leafs team that has lost two straight and three of their last five home games. They will need to overcome a horrid history of losing with the Leafs repping a 7-0-2 record in their last nine games versus the Wild, including four straight wins at home.

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These two teams faced off earlier this season and the Wild managed to scrap out a 2-1 victory at home. They will look to use Wednesday as a bounce back spot after winning just one of their last six games and have seen their once impeccable defence allow 34 goals in their last nine games.

If Matt Murray starts for the Leafs in this one, the odds will likely flip but as of right now Joseph Woll is expected to start and has a solid 8-5-0 record in his last 13 starts but also a 3.03 goals against average and a .897 save percentage.

Minnesota will start Filip Gustavsson, who should definitely push this game to the over with a 1-4-0 record, a 4.66 goals against average and a .850 save percentage in his last six appearances. We can count on a high-scoring shootout with weak goaltending and should result in a few impressive performances.

For Toronto, captain Auston Matthews has been on a sensational hot streak with 11 goals and eight assists for 19 points in his last 15 games. The Arizona native also has 11 goals and five assists for 16 points in his last 11 games versus the Wild.

His recent scoring streak was snapped versus the Senators on Saturday but before that, he had scored in seven of his last eight games and should take advantage of a slumping goaltender like Gustavsson.

For Minnesota, they will have to overcome being without their top point man in Kirill Kaprizov, who was placed on the injured reserve with a lower body injury. The Wild will have to instead turn to Matt Boldy as the 23-year-old winger has lead the team in points over their last 11 games with 14 including five goals and nine assists.

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