The Chicago Blackhawks and Minnesota Wild meet Friday in NHL action at the Xcel Energy Center. The Chicago Blackhawks have lost 5 straight games. The Minnesota Wild have won 7 of their last 9 games.

The Chicago Blackhawks are averaging 2.4 goals per game and are scoring on 23.8 percent of their power play opportunities. Max Domi leads Chicago with 10 goals, Patrick Kane has 17 assists and Philipp Kurashev has 51 shots on goal. Defensively, the Chicago Blackhawks are allowing 3.7 goals per game and are killing 73.3 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Petr Mrazek has given up 41 goals on 323 shots faced, and Arvid Soderblom has allowed 38 goals on 403 shots.

The Minnesota Wild are averaging 3 goals per game and are scoring on 25 percent of their power play opportunities. Kirill Kaprizov leads Minnesota with 17 goals, Mats Zuccarello has 20 assists and Joel Eriksson Ek has 90 shots on goal. Defensively, the Minnesota Wild are allowing 3 goals per game and are killing 78.9 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Marc-Andre Fleury has given up 56 goals on 532 shots faced, and Filip Gustavsson has allowed 25 goals on 317 shots.

The Blackhawks are 18-39 in their last 57 road games and 14-37 in their last 51 overall. The Wild are 61-25 in their last 86 home games and 7-2 in their last 9 overall. The over is 9-4 in Blackhawks last 13 games playing on 0 days rest. The over is 8-3 in Wild last 11 overall. The Blackhawks are 1-5 in the last 6 meetings in Minnesota and 0-6 in the last 6 meetings. The favorite is 7-0 in the last 7 meetings.

The Chicago Blackhawks continue to pile up the losses with an offense that’s scored a combined 5 goals in their last 5 games. Things likely aren’t going to improve on the end of a back to back. The Minnesota Wild have the rest advantage, and they’re at home, where they’ve been one of the better teams in the league dating back to last season. There’s only option for me here, and that’s to side with the Wild and the PL for max betting value.