The Minnesota Wild and Toronto Maple Leafs meet Thursday in NHL action at the Scotiabank Arena. The Minnesota Wild look for a win after splitting their last eight games. The Toronto Maple Leafs look to snap a three-game losing streak.

The Minnesota Wild are averaging 3.8 goals per game and are scoring on 21.2 percent of their power play opportunities. Kirill Kaprizov leads Minnesota with 23 goals, Mats Zuccarello has 35 assists and Kevin Fiala has 154 shots on goal. Defensively, the Minnesota Wild are allowing 3 goals per game and are killing 79.1 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Cam Talbot has allowed 89 goals on 990 shots faced, and Kaapo Kahkonen has allowed 45 goals on 568 shots.

The Toronto Maple Leafs are averaging 3.6 goals per game and are scoring on 31.1 percent of their power play opportunities. Auston Matthews leads Toronto with 34 goals, Morgan Rielly has 37 assists and William Nylander has 167 shots on goal. Defensively, the Toronto Maple Leafs are allowing 2.8 goals per game and are killing 84.8 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Jack Campbell has given up 87 goals on 1,089 shots faced, and Petr Mrazek has allowed 30 goals on 272 shots.

The Wild are 4-1 in their last 5 Thursday games and 12-5 in their last 17 overall. The Maple Leafs are 23-9 in their last 32 home games and 2-5 in their last 7 overall. The over is 5-0 in Wild last 5 overall. The over is 20-6-2 in Maple Leafs last 28 overall. The Wild are 10-4 in the last 14 meetings.

The Toronto Maple Leafs are probably the better team here, and they’re going to get the benefit of the doubt on their home ice. However, the Minnesota Wild are a terrific team in their own right, and getting them in a big underdog spot isn’t something you’re going to see a lot this season. The Wild have also owned the Maple Leafs over the years. Hard to turn down a big dog that can hang with the best of the best.