The Minnesota Wild will travel to Newark, New Jersey to face the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center on Sunday evening with the puck dropping at 5:00 PM ET and airing on MSG.

Minnesota enters this game with a record of 3-3-2 following a 2-3 shootout loss on the road against the Washington Capitals on Friday. The Wild scored two goals with Ryan Hartman and Marco Rossi accounting for the two goals against the Capitals. Marcus Johansson and Marcus Foligno recorded an assist apiece in the matchup. Marc-Andre Fleury had 31 saves off of 33 shots on goal with a .939 save percentage while allowing two goals. 

The Minnesota Wild are averaging 3.63 goals per game this season with a 13.3% power play success rate while allowing an average of 4.13 goals per game with a 72% penalty-kill percentage this season. Joel Eriksson Ek, Kirill Kaprizov, and Mats Zuccarello are tied for the team lead in points with 9 points apiece. Joel Eriksson Ek and Ryan Hartman are tied for the team lead in goals with 5 goals apiece this season. Kirill Kaprizov and Mats Zuccarello are tied for the team lead in assists with 7 assists apiece on the year. Filip Gustavsson will be the starting goalie for the Minnesota Wild when they travel to face the New Jersey Devils on Sunday evening. Gustavsson is 2-2-1 this season with a .885 save percentage while allowing an average of 4.36 goals per game.

The New Jersey Devils enter this game with a record of 4-2-1 following a 5-4 win at home against the Buffalo Sabres on Friday. New Jersey scored 5 goals with Erik Haula accounting for two of the goals while Jesper Bratt, Alexander Holtz, and Jack Hughes accounted for a goal apiece against Buffalo. Luke Hughes recorded two assists while Michael McLeod, Timo Meier, Kevin Bahl, and John Marino recorded an assist apiece in the game. Vitek Vanecek had 23 saves off of 27 shots on goal with a .852 save percentage while allowing 4 goals in the win against the Buffalo Sabres. 

The Devils are averaging 3.86 goals per game with a 40% power play success rate while allowing an average of 3.71 goals per game with a 73.1% penalty-kill percentage on the year. Jack Hughes leads the team in points and assists with 18 points and 13 assists this season. Tyler Toffoli leads the team in assists with 6 goals on the year. Vitek Vanecek will be the starting goalie for the New Jersey Devils when they host the Minnesota Wild on Sunday evening. Vanecek is 3-2 on the year with a save percentage of .891 and is allowing an average of 3.3 goals per game this season.

BookMaker has the New Jersey Devils listed as -163 moneyline favorites at home against the Minnesota Wild on Sunday evening. Minnesota is 7-1-2 in the last ten and has won the previous five meetings in a row. The Wild have won by an average margin of .8 goals per game over the last ten and 1.67 goals per game over the last three games in the series.

New Jersey has struggled in the series against the Minnesota Wild having only won three of the last ten and have lost five straight against the Wild. Minnesota has won the last five games on the road against New Jersey which is why I am taking the moneyline for the Minnesota Wild when they travel to face the New Jersey Devils on Sunday evening.