3/29
Over 5 Goals Minnesota Wild/Dallas Stars (-135) 2u
YTD
79-57-2 +37.78u
Backstrom won't be in net as he didn't take the flight to Dallas. This leaves Matthew Hackett (recently called up from the AHL where he gave up 7 goals in an AHL game on Tuesday). The other option is Darcy Kuemper who last started an NHL game March 1st in a 2-3 loss to the Ducks. Keumper's stats are better on paper so I suspect he gets the start. However, he should be rusty. Dallas will come out firing after giving up 7 goals and blowing lead after lead in their last game against the Wild. Dallas has gone over the number in 5 of their last 6 games. Minnesota has gone over 4 of the last 6 games. I believe at worst this lands on the number. Pinny already has the 5 max juiced and this total should go to 5.5.