The Calgary Flames will travel to St. Paul, Minnesota to face the Minnesota Wild at the Xcel Energy Center with the puck scheduled to drop at 8:00 PM ET on Tuesday night and will air on Bally Sports North and Bally Sports Wisconsin.

 

The Flames have been a below-average team as they enter this game in 6^th place in the Pacific Division with a record of 15-16-5 and 35 points and have lost two of their last three games, however, they are coming off a 4-3 win at home against the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday which also ended their two-game losing streak. 

Calgary has been a below-average team offensively and defensively as they enter this game averaging 2.94 goals per game which ranks 25^th in the league while allowing an average of 3.34 goals per game which ranks 22^nd in the NHL, however, they have one of the better penalty-kill units in the NHL as they rank 7^th in the NHL in penalty-kill percentage with a percentage of 83.64%.

 

Jacob Markstrom has been solid this season for the Flames at goalie with a record of 9-10-2 and a .904 save percentage while allowing an average of 2.73 goals per game. The Calgary Flames will look to build momentum following the win at home against the Flyers when they travel to face the Minnesota Wild.

The Minnesota Wild enter this game with a record of 16-15-4 and 36 points which puts them in 7^th place in the Central Division and are on a two-game losing streak following back-to-back losses against the Winnipeg Jets including a 2-3 loss at home on Sunday. 

Minnesota has been a middle-of-the-pack team offensively and defensively this season as they rank 16^th in goals per game and 17^th in goals allowed per game with an average of 3.18 goals while allowing an average of 3.24 goals per game.

 

The Wild have the 4^th worst penalty-kill percentage in the league with a 72.73 penalty-kill percentage while also having a below-average power-play unit as they have a power-play success rate of 17.95% which ranks 22^nd in the NHL. The Minnesota Wild will look to end their two-game losing streak when they host the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night.

BookMaker has the Minnesota Wild listed as -115 moneyline favorites at home against the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night. Calgary is 6-2-2 in the last ten while Minnesota is 2-0-1 in the last three games in the series. The Flames have won by an average margin of .5 goals per game over the last ten while the Wild have won by an average margin of 1 goal per game over the last three meetings.

Minnesota enters this game with a slightly better record this season and has been the better team most recently in the series, going 2-0-1 in the last three meetings. The Wild have won by an average margin of 1 goal per game over the last three games in the series. As a result, I am taking the moneyline for the Minnesota Wild at -115 when they host the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night.