{"id":138016,"date":"2017-04-15T23:30:52","date_gmt":"2017-04-16T03:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/?p=138016"},"modified":"2017-04-16T00:21:26","modified_gmt":"2017-04-16T04:21:26","slug":"minnesota-wild-vs-st-louis-blues-predictions-picks-and-preview-2017-stanley-cup-playoffs-western-conference-first-round-game-three-april-16-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/minnesota-wild-vs-st-louis-blues-predictions-picks-and-preview-2017-stanley-cup-playoffs-western-conference-first-round-game-three-april-16-2017.html","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota Wild vs. St. Louis Blues Predictions, Picks and Preview \u2013 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs \u2013 Western Conference First Round Game Three \u2013 April 16, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/record.tbaffiliate.com\/_y8k7RB3Ll4xutv7iXV6HvmNd7ZgqdRLk\/19\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-89566 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/NHL-Banner-1MB.gif\" alt=\"NHL-Banner-1MB\" width=\"620\" height=\"110\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Minnesota Wild\u00a0vs. St. Louis Blues\u00a0Game 3\u00a0Preview<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where:<\/strong>\u00a0Scottrade Center \u2014 St. Louis, Missouri<\/p>\n<p><strong>When:<\/strong>\u00a0Sunday, April 16, 2017, 3:00 PM ET<\/p>\n<p><strong>Line:<\/strong>\u00a0Minnesota Wild (<a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/sportsbook\/hockey\/nhl\"><strong>-105<\/strong><\/a>) at St. Louis Blues\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/sportsbook\/hockey\/nhl\"><strong>-115<\/strong><\/a>); total:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/sportsbook\/hockey\/nhl\"><strong>5.0<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/sportsbook\/nhl\"><strong>view all NHL lines<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>TV Broadcast(s):<\/strong>\u00a0NBC \/ RSN \/ TVA<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>NHL News and Predictions<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/2017-nhl-draft-winners-and-losers.html\">2017 NHL Draft Winners and Losers<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/2017-nhl-writers-mock-draft-predictions.html\">TopBet Writers\u2019 2017 NHL Mock Draft Projections<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/2017-18-nhl-stanley-cup-futures-odds-update.html\">2017-18 NHL Season Early Stanley Cup Futures Odds<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Betting on the Minnesota Wild<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/sportsbook\/hockey\/nhl\"><strong>Moneyline: -105<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The results haven\u2019t been favorable, but the Minnesota Wild should be happy about Zach Parise\u2019s play in this series. He\u2019s their only consistent source of offense thus far, scoring each of the team\u2019s lone goals in the first two games.<\/p>\n<p>Parise now has five goals, nine points and 37 shots in his last 14 games, dating back to the regular season. Minnesota will likely need more from their superstar to finally make a mark in the series.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from him, another guy the Wild desperately need to be great, especially in clutch time, is goalie Devan Dubnyk. He\u2019s allowed four goals in seven periods of action, including the overtime session in the opener, which is a relatively decent effort.<\/p>\n<p>Then again, it\u2019s going to take more than a decent performance out of Dubnyk to help his team overcome its current predicament: Minny is down 0-2, and has managed only once to comeback and win once from such a situation in 2014 versus Colorado.<\/p>\n<h3>Betting on the St. Louis Blues<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/sportsbook\/hockey\/nhl\"><strong>Moneyline: -115<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Teams with a 2-0 lead in most, if not all sports usually end up winning the series itself. That\u2019s the favorable position that the St. Louis Blues are in now, but they can\u2019t take it for granted.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ve won the first two games\u2014both on the road\u2014because of their stifling efforts on the defensive end, and especially from the very steady display of goaltender Jake Allen who has negated 74 of 76 shots in the series, while having yet to permit a goal during 5-on-5 situations.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues\u2019 defense was particularly sharp in Game 2, during which they limited Minnesota to just 24 shots in total\u2014more than a half less after the Wild finished with a 52-26 advantage in the series opener.<\/p>\n<p>Joel Edmundson has been the brightest spot on offense with a pair of scores in the first two games, including the game-winning goal in overtime of Game 1.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Writer\u2019s Prediction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Minnesota (<a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/sportsbook\/hockey\/nhl\"><strong>-105<\/strong><\/a>) responds with a big win here, 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