Minnesota at Chicago

This is the third straight road game to open the season for Minnesota. They will look to focus on defense this game with LW Zach Parise and Mikael Granlund both out with injuries. Granlund was the leading scorer for the Wild last season with a career-high 69 points. Minnesota is 77-45 UNDER the total on the road when facing a team with a winning record in the first half of the season. Chicago is a dominant defensive team, third in goals allowed and #11 in penalty killing. They've allowed one goal in three of their four contests. They come off a off 3-1 win over Montreal as Goalie Corey Crawford turned aside 41-of-42 shots to keep his goals-against average at 1.00. The Blackhawks are 26-12 UNDER against a losing team in the first half of the season and this shapes up as a defensive duel. Play the UNDER.