Boston Bruins vs Minnesota Wild Prediction: The Black-and-Yellow are favourites to win the game

Prediction for the NHL match which will take place on December 20. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Boston is a very strong team, which, for the second year in a row, demonstrates great results in the regular season, except that in the last playoffs, the Bears were eliminated in the first round of the Stanley Cup. There's no doubt they'll try to avoid similar problems now and work on their mistakes, but they're not thinking about slowing down. From the very first games, they started beating almost everyone in a row; in late November, they had a slight slump, but now they managed to improve their results again. In the last eight games, they have five wins and three losses, which allows the Yellow and Blue to share the lead with the Rangers in the Eastern Conference standings.

Minnesota is more disappointing than leaving a favorable impression. From the very first games of the season, the Wild started to lose a lot of points, and at the junction of October and November, they suffered six losses in seven games and then went on a seven-game losing streak. Of course, such poor results could not suit the club's management, and therefore, Dean Evason was fired, and the new manager was John Hines. The team improved seriously, and in the last nine meetings, they won seven victories, losing only to Vancouver and Edmonton - 0:2 and 3:4, respectively. The surge has seen them climb to 11th place in the Western Conference standings.

Boston and Minnesota approach the head-to-head confrontation, being in good shape. Both teams are actively collecting points, with the Bears doing it throughout the regular season, while the Wild have a brief flurry of activity. In addition, in favor of Jim Montgomery's wards are the head-to-head statistics, according to which they have won eight of the last ten meetings, worth listening to. All these factors make the Black and Yellow favorites, who have had two extra days to prepare.

The confrontation between Boston and Minnesota has recently been entertaining, intriguing, and productive. In six previous head-to-head meetings, the rivals have combined to score 41 goals (6.83 per game on average). The Bears, who recorded 24 pucks (4.00 average per game), were especially productive offensively in this contest. There should be no problems with efficiency in the upcoming battle.