Washington at Minnesota

The Minnesota Wild have risen from a pedestrian team, to one that appears to be growing game by game, and their recent results supply the proof of that. The Wild have been on a rampage since their loss to Detroit on January 2oth. Minnesota since that date owns a 19-5 record, covering 24 games. They have allowed a very stingy 38 goals in that span of 24 games or just 1.6 a contest, and that wins hockey games, and no team has topped the 3 goal mark against them. Washington has a losing record over their last 11 games, and is not playing consistent hockey right now. Wild has also produced at home where they are 38-12 in their last 50 on home ice vs a team with a winning road record, and this has been a chamber of horrors for the Caps, as they are 0-7 in their last 7 trips here. Make the play on Minnesota.