MIN Wild vs FLA Panthers Prediction: betting on the home team not to lose

Prediction for the NHL match which will take place on December 19. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Hardly anyone could have predicted that the Wild would look this good. Nevertheless, they continue to be in second position in the Western Conference standings, and they have 44 points. At the same time, the Wild are only three behind the leading Winnipeg, with a couple games to spare. They have started to lose points lately, but the calendar is tough. After 1:7 with Edmonton, Minnesota beat Philadelphia (4:1), and the day before they lost to Vegas 2:3.

Florida has had one bad stretch in the current campaign, but overall things are going awesome. At the moment, the reigning Stanley Cup winner is fifth in the overall Eastern Conference table with 40 points. Recently, they have failed two duels in a row, where they could not even score - first it was 0:4 with Vancouver, and then 0:3 with Calgary. However, after these failures Florida successfully performed against Edmonton, dealing with him in a fiery battle with a score of 6:5, at one point losing 2:4.

In the upcoming battle, we suggest betting on Minnesota. Experts of bookmaker companies see Florida as the favorite of the match, but we think they'll fight back. The Panthers have a long road series of four games in a row, and this will be their fifth - they are clearly running out of energy. The Wild have been home for more than a week, and still need to make amends for their misfire against Vegas. Kaprizov's gang is no worse than the Panthers on the season, and they're much more reliable on defense. We suggest betting on the home team not to lose at the end of regulation time.