Premium NHL Pick : November 18

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Phoenix Coyotes @ Minnesota:

Minnesota Wild (7-11-2) will be against the Phoenix Coyotes (11-9-0) tonight at Xcel Energy Center, where the Wild have won all of the last five games against the Coyotes.

Coyotes are coming off a 4-1 loss at Tampa Bay on Monday as the Wild lost their final game in Carolina on Sunday. It was Carolina's first victory in 12 games.

Despite the poor run on road, the Wild have been winning hockey games when they play on home ice. They are 8-2 SU when they play at home. And the Wild have been even better against the Coyotes at the Xcel Energy Center, as they have gone 7-1-1 against them.

Wild will be without Kobasev and Pouilot tonight and also Petr Sykora. Their top scorer Andrew Brunette has 7 goals and 7 assists so far this season. Captain Koivu has five goals and thirteen asists. When these teams met the last time last season, it was Wild who won 6-3. They also had a 4-0 victory at the Xcel Energy Center last season against the Coyotes.

Coyotes started this season pretty good but they have only two wins in their last five and in their last road game they had lost to the Anaheim Ducks.

Wild have been good on home ice as they went 5-2-0 despite the fact that they sit at the bottom of the Northwest division. Their huge dominance against the Phoenix Coyotes (10-1 SU) promises to continue tonight as the Coyotes have not been playing well lately.

Koivu, Brunette, Belanger along with the likes of Owen Nolan and Havlat (who has not reached his best yet) create good chemisty in home games. They should do the job against this lowly Coyotes team.

PREMIUM PICK: MINNESOTA WILD TO WIN [MONEYLINE]

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GOOD LUCK!

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