Minnesota Wild vs Colorado Avalanche Prediction, 2/28/2025 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Minnesota Wild vs Colorado Avalanche

Date: Friday, February 28, 2025

Location: Ball Arena in Denver, CO

TV: Altitude Sports

Odds/Point Spread: Wild (-160) Avalanche (+132)

The Minnesota Wild (34-20-4) are en route to Ball Arena on Friday where they will go up against the Colorado Avalanche (33-24-2). The moneyline on this matchup has the Wild at -160 and the Avalanche open at +132. The over/under is set at 6.5.

The Minnesota Wild will be looking to get a win in their next outing after their 3-2 defeat to the Red Wings their last time on the ice. Minnesota amassed 4 minutes in the box in this contest. The Wild could have played much better offensively in this defeat. Furthermore, they had 2 power play tries and scored 1 goal. For the game, they converted 2 of the 24 shots they put on goal.

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When playing at even strength, the Wild have allowed the opponent to score 121 goals while notching 138 of their own. Minnesota Wild opponents have 147 power play opportunities (24th in the league) and have scored 42 goals in those attempts. Pertaining to their goal scoring prowess, the Minnesota Wild have accounted for 167 goals (20th in pro hockey) on the season and have given up 163. Minnesota has attempted 1,618 shots and has a shot percentage of 10.3%. For the current campaign, they have accumulated 72 points and their points percentage is sitting at .621. The Wild have seen 1,735 shots tried against them and have a save percentage of .906. Minnesota is sitting with 148 power play chances and they have notched 29 goals out of those attempts, giving them a rate of 19.59%.

The man in goal for this game is Marc-Andre Fleury. Over the course of his pro career, Fleury has tallied 487 quality starts and his rate for quality starts is .552. His save percentage currently is .912 for his 59,325 minutes in the crease. Fleury has seen 29,693 shot attempts against him and has gathered 27,079 total saves. The opposition has scored 2,614 goals against Fleury in his pro career and his goals against average per game is 2.64. He has earned an overall mark of 573-336-97 and he has gotten the start in 882 games. Fleury has taken the ice for 1,045 games over the course of his pro hockey career.

In their last contest, Colorado played the Devils in a matchup where the Avalanche took home the win by a score of 5-1. The Avalanche earned 5 goals of the 36 shots on goal they were seeking. They had 4 power play attempts in this contest and netted 2 out of those opportunities.

On the year, the Colorado Avalanche are sitting with 187 goals, 68 points, as well as a points percentage of .576. They have granted a total of 178 goals to be scored by of a combination of 148 goals at even strength and 30 goals while they had less men on the ice. The Avalanche have accumulated 151 goals at even strength and 36 goals (14th in pro hockey) while on the power play. They have a tally of 171 opportunities on the power play and they have a power play percentage of 21.05%. Colorado has taken 1,738 shots (5th in the league) and has earned a shot percentage of 10.76%, while allowing their opponents 1,556 shots. They have a penalty kill percentage of 79.87% on the other teams 149 chances on the power play, and their save percentage sits at 88.6%.

On the other side of the ice you will find Mackenzie Blackwood in goal. He has recorded 6,402 stops out of the 7,067 shots tried, which gives him a percentage of .906. Blackwood is the owner of a career mark of 95-98-27 and has been in goal for 238 games. He has started in 223 games and his ice time sits at 11,099 mins. Blackwood's quality start rate comes out to 54.3% and he has 121 quality starts in his NHL career. His opposition is averaging 3.59 goals/game and he has yielded 665 goals altogether.

Who will win tonight's NHL game against the spread or moneyline?

Josh's Pick: Take Minnesota (-160)

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