Tampa Bay Lightning vs Minnesota Wild prediction, odds and picks

The Tampa Bay Lightning make the second stop on a 4-game road trip against the Minnesota Wild on Friday night at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn. The Lightning started the road trip with an impressive 5-2 win against Colorado. Avalanche as Jake Guentzel scored a pair of goals while giving Andrei Vasilevskiy more than enough offensive support. Tampa Bay has won 3 straight, its best streak since opening the season with 3 straight from 11-17. October. The Bolts have outscored the opposition 11-4 in their last 3 wins, all behind Vassy.

The Wild picked up a 4-2 victory against the Lightning down at Amalie Arena in Tampa on Oct. 24 as moderate underdogs as Marc-Andre Fleury picked up 24 saves on 26 shots to outscore Vasilevskiy — who made just 14 saves on 17 shots in the loss. Kirill Kaprizov, Joel Eriksson Ek and Matthew Boldy scored goals to make it 3-2, while Kaprizov deposited one into the empty net to put a bow on the scoring and help the game push the total in most stores. Minnesota is 5-1 in their last 6 games and has lost just once in regulation through 9 outings. I’m rooting for the Wild at home, and will continue to be until they start to cool off.

Lightning vs Wild prediction: Minnesota ML (-110) available at time of publication. Can be played at -125.

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