Minnesota at Detroit

The Wild are 18-18 so why are they such a heavy underdog? Minnesota is a very good team at home (14-4) and a very bad team on the road (4-14). On the road their scoring dips way down and their defense collapses. Detroit is similar. Mediocre on the road, at home they score 3.2 per game and allow just 1.8. Detroit has won five of the last seven in this matchup and seven of the last ten played here in Detroit. Unless there is a drastic unexpected turnaround in road/home performance for both of these teams, Detroit should roll here.