Minnesota Wild at Boston Bruins 1/6/22 - NHL Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 01/05/2022 at 10:24 PM ET

Minnesota Wild at Boston Bruins 1/6/22 - NHL Picks & Predictions

This Thursday night January 6th, 2022, 7pm EDT the NHL is back with more exciting hockey action. The  Minnesota Wild are in Boston, MA to face the  Boston Bruins in TD Garden. Stay tuned we've got you covered on all the best betting angles here at Picks and Parlays your leader in free sports betting picks!

The Minnesota Wild are 19-10-2, 9-7-1 on the road, sitting in 4th place in the Central Division. Offensively the Wild  are averaging  3.65 goals, and  32.9 shots. The  Wild are  16.8% on power play opportunities and  48.1% on faceoffs.

Defensively the  Wild allow 3.1 goals and 31.9 shot attempts with a 80.7% penalty kill. Expected goalie for the  is Kaapo Kahkonen( 4-2-1) with a .906 save percentage.

The Boston Bruins are 17-10-2, 9-5-1 at home, sitting in 4th place in the Atlantic Division. Offensively the  are averaging 2.9 goals and 35.9 shots. The  are 21.4% on power play opportunities and 54.2% on faceoffs.

Defensively the Bruins are allowing 2.59 goals and 29.3 shot attempts with a 81.8% penalty kill. Expected goalie for the  Boston Bruins is Jeremy Swayman(8-5-2 ) with a .920 save percentage.

Minnesota has been struggling as of lately, going 5-0  in the last 5 games. While on the other hand the Boston Bruins are 5-2 straight up in their last 7 games. I think the struggles of the Minnesota Wild continue on the road in Boston and the home team Bruins take this victory making my best bet BOS -165. Final score prediction the Boston Bruins wins cover the spread and the total goals over 5-2.