Minnesota at Seattle

Minnesota lost 2-1 at Calgary on Thursday while outshooting the Flames 39 to 22. The Wild take 30.6 shots per game, tied for third-most in the league, and allow 25.7, tied for 10th-fewest, a margin of plus 4.9 per game. They have outshot their opponent in seven of their 11 games, including 35 to 15 in a 2-1 win over Columbus. Marcus Foligno and Nick Foligno are both out with injuries, and in the seven games without them, Minnesota has taken 31.6 shots per game and allowed 24.7. Seattle takes 26.4 shots and allows 31.5, the third-most in the league, a margin of minus 5.1, and the Kraken have been outshot in eight of their 11 games. Defenseman Ryan Lindgren has been out with an upper-body injury since leaving the Kraken’s October 6 game, and in the seven games since, Seattle has allowed 33.4 shots and 3.7 goals per game. Seattle is 7-3-1 and scores 3.8 goals per game, tied for fourth-most. Its defense allows 3.4 goals per game, tied for eighth-most, with three or more goals allowed in eight of its 11 games. Minnesota allows 2.5 goals per game, fifth-fewest in the league. Minnesota’s power play is tied for sixth-best at 25.7%, and Seattle’s penalty kill is sixth-worst at 68.8%, so I’m laying the puckline with Minnesota tonight.