Flyers at Wild 12/14/19 - NHL Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 12/13/2019 at 8:05 PM ET

The Philadelphia Flyers look to bounce back from a loss when visiting the Minnesota Wild on Saturday. The Flyers fell to 17-9-5 and 39 points following a 3-1 loss to the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday. Philadelphia’s Claude Giroux scored late in the third period and Carter Hart made 25 saves in the loss. Philly has been one of the NHL’s hottest teams at 11-3-4 but came up on the short end on Wednesday.

Travis Konecny is leading the Flyers in goals scored with 11, in assists with 17 and points with 28. Carter Hart is 10-6-3 in net with goals against of 2.43 and .908 saves percentage. Philadelphia is scoring an average of 3.03 goals per game while allowing an average of 2.68 per game.

Minnesota looks for its second straight victory on Saturday when hosting the Flyers. The Wild improved to 15-12-5 and 35 points following a 6-5 victory Thursday night over the Edmonton Oilers. Eric Staal’s goal with less than five minutes to play put the Wild ahead for good and Ryan Donato has scored in each of the last three games for Minnesota.

Zach Parise leads Minnesota in goals scored with 12, while Ryan Suter leads in assists with 14 and Jason Zucker in points with 21. Alex Stalock is 9-4-2 in net with goals against per game of 2.96 and saves percentage of .906. Minnesota is scoring an average of 2.94 goals per game, while allowing an average of 3.23 per game.

Philly lost its last outing on Wednesday but has played very well of late winning 11 of its last 18 (11-3-4). Head to head with the Wild, the Flyers have won 4 of the last 5 played on Minnesota’s home ice and 7 of the last 9 overall between the two. Minnesota has lost 5 of its last 6 versus an opponent from the Metropolitan division. Final Score Prediction, Philadelphia Flyers win 4-2.

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