The Minnesota Wild (22-14-4) and New York Islanders (22-17-3) meet Thursday on Lengthy Island. The opening puck drop at UBS Enviornment is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN+). Under, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s strains across the Wild vs. Islanders odds, and make our professional NHL picks and predictions.

Minnesota is closing out a 2-game Huge Apple journey. The Wild fell to the New York Rangers 4-3 in a shootout Tuesday. Minnesota is winless (0-1-2) over its final 3 video games, its longest shedding skid since a 3-game streak Nov. 13-17.

The Islanders additionally misplaced in a shootout of their final recreation (2-1 in opposition to the Dallas Stars on Tuesday) and are winless (0-2-1) throughout their final 3. After averaging a stable 3.38 targets per recreation from Dec. 6-Jan. 3, New York has tallied simply 4 targets over its 3-game skid.

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Wild at Islanders odds

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• Moneyline: Wild -115 (guess $115 to win $100) | Islanders -105 (guess $100 to win $105)
• Puck line (PL)/Towards the unfold (ATS): Wild -1.5 (+185) | Islanders +1.5 (-260)
• Over/Underneath (O/U): 5.5 (O: -125 | U: +105)

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Wild at Islanders projected goalies

Filip Gustavsson (9-6-1, 2.25 GAA, .924 SV%, 1 SO) vs. Ilya Sorokin (14-13-2, 2.30 GAA, .925 SV%, 3 SO)

Gustavsson has received 8 of his final 10 begins relationship again to Nov. 19 and has allowed 2 or fewer targets in 8 video games alongside that span. He allowed 2 targets on 23 photographs in a 3-0 loss to the St. Louis Blues Sunday.

Sorokin has additionally been surging: he owns a .931 SV% throughout his final 7 begins and has a blistering .940 SV% in 15 house video games.

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Wild at Islanders picks and predictions

Prediction

Wild 4, Islanders 3

Moneyline

The Wild are a would-be lean, however Minnesota has been a bit off in its personal finish of late. One of the best worth on this one is on the full. PASS.

Puck line/Towards the unfold

Keep away from the juice: PASS.

Over/Underneath

The Over has hit within the final 2 Wild-Islanders video games and is 6-3 throughout the final 9. The Over can also be 4-1 in Minnesota’s final 5 street video games and 4-1 within the final 5 collection conferences at New York.

Either side have been giving up too many scoring probabilities of late. The goaltender match-up feeds a story which will nicely spiral right into a 7- or 8-goal contest. TAKE THE OVER 5.5 (-125). Think about a partial-unit play except the worth comes right down to -120 or decrease.

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