Sharks vs. Wild Prediction, NHL Odds & Best Bets (11/6)

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The San Jose Sharks (7-9-1) visit the Minnesota Wild (11-3-3) in St. Paul, with puck drop at 8:00 PM ET. Minnesota allows 2.24 goals a game, the fewest in the NHL, and its top line of Kirill Kaprizov, Joel Eriksson Ek and Matt Boldy has a point in six straight games. San Jose has lost three in a row, was outscored 14-4 in that stretch and capped it with a 7-2 loss in Los Angeles. The Sharks score 2.59 goals a game, 29th in the league, and allow 3.59, 28th.

Minnesota is -264 on the moneyline, San Jose is +212, and the total sits at 6.5. Jesper Wallstedt is expected in goal for Minnesota and Yaroslav Askarov for San Jose, though neither club has confirmed its starter. We see a Minnesota win driven by its first line, with San Jose's offense stuck in the same rut. Eriksson Ek and Kaprizov are the ones to cash in, and Mason Marchment is one of the Sharks who stays quiet.

Sharks vs. Wild Predictions

• Pick #1: Joel Eriksson Ek Over 0.5 Points (-160)
• Pick #2: Mason Marchment Under 0.5 Points (-150)
• Pick #3: Kirill Kaprizov Anytime Goal (-125)

PICK #1: Joel Eriksson Ek Over 0.5 Points (-160)

Eriksson Ek has a point in 9 of his last 10 games and in 12 of 17 this season. He scored the winner in the 4-2 win in Philadelphia and set up two goals in the 5-1 win in Washington before that. At -160 the implied chance is 61.5%, and his season rate sits above 70%.

He centers Kaprizov and Boldy in the projected lineup and works the middle of the top power-play unit, with Quinn Hughes on the point. He has played more than 17 minutes in each of his last three games. San Jose gives up 3.59 goals a game, and the line most likely to collect those goals is his.

The risk is his right knee. He took a shot off it against the Islanders, got treatment after the Philadelphia game and missed the last practice for what the team called a maintenance day. Beat reporters say he will play. If he's scratched, this pick is off.

PICK #2: Mason Marchment Under 0.5 Points (-150)

If Minnesota controls this game, San Jose's second line won't have much to show for it. Marchment has six points in 17 games and has gone without one in 12 of them, including each of the last three. That beats the 60% that -150 implies.

He is projected on the second line with Collin Graf and Kiefer Sherwood. The Sharks scored one, one and two goals in their last three games, and now they face the league's stingiest defense with Wallstedt expected in net.

Watch the power play. Marchment is projected on the top unit, and two of his six points came with the man advantage. Minnesota is also without defensemen Brock Faber and Jared Spurgeon, so a few Wild penalties could hand him a chance.

PICK #3: Kirill Kaprizov Anytime Goal (-125)

Kaprizov has scored in 7 of his last 10 games and in 11 of 17 this season. That 64.7% clip clears the 55.6% that -125 implies, and he has nine points during the top line's six-game run.

He plays more than 21 minutes a night, rides with Eriksson Ek and Boldy and sits on the top power-play unit. San Jose just gave up seven goals in Los Angeles.

A goal is a narrower bet than a point. Kaprizov was held without one in two of his last four games, including the win in Philadelphia, and an assists-only night still loses. Askarov, the projected Sharks starter, would have to stand on his head to stop this.

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