The Minnesota Wild and Arizona Coyotes meet Monday in NHL action at the Mullett Arena. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.

The Minnesota Wild Betting Preview

The Minnesota Wild are averaging 3.1 goals per game and are scoring on 24.2 percent of their power play opportunities. Kirill Kaprizov leads Minnesota with 27 goals, Mats Zuccarello has 29 assists and Matt Boldy has 148 shots on goal. Defensively, the Minnesota Wild are allowing 2.8 goals per game and are killing 79.6 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Marc-Andre Fleury has given up 85 goals on 893 shots faced, and Filip Gustavsson has allowed 42 goals on 541 shots.

The Arizona Coyotes Betting Preview

The Arizona Coyotes are averaging 2.6 goals per game and are scoring on 18.4 percent of their power play opportunities. Clayton Keller leads Arizona with 18 goals, Shayne Gostisbehere has 20 assists and Jakob Chychrun has 105 shots on goal. Defensively, the Arizona Coyotes are allowing 3.5 goals per game and are killing 74.2 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Karel Vejmelka has given up 111 goals on 1,189 shots faced, and Connor Ingram has allowed 55 goals on 543 shots.

Wild vs Coyotes Trends

The Wild are 2-5 in their last 7 road games and 7-2 in their last 9 vs. Central. The Coyotes are 21-43 in their last 64 home games and 21-51 in their last 72 overall. The under is 5-2-1 in Wild last 8 overall. The Wild are 6-1 in the last 7 meetings in Arizona and 41-19 in the last 60 meetings. The favorite is 10-1 in the last 11 meetings.

Randy’s Free Pick

The Arizona Coyotes aren’t a good hockey team to put it kindly, and playing at home hasn’t helped this season. The Minnesota Wild have a clear edge on the defensive side, and they’ve absolutely owned the Coyotes over the years. There’s only one way to go here, and that’s for me to side with the Wild and the PL for max betting value.