Minnesota Wild vs Utah Hockey Club Prediction, 2/27/2025 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Minnesota Wild vs Utah Hockey Club

Date: Thursday, February 27, 2025

Location: Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah

TV: Utah 16

Odds/Point Spread: Wild (-128) Hockey Club (+106)

The Minnesota Wild (34-20-4) are headed to Delta Center on Thursday where they will go up against the Utah Hockey Club (26-24-9). The moneyline on this matchup has the Wild at -128 while the Hockey Club are priced at +106. The over/under is set at 6.5.

The Minnesota Wild will look to clean up some issues after taking a 3-2 defeat against the Red Wings their last time on the ice. The Wild didn't have their best offensive outing in the defeat. For the game, they earned a goal on 2 out of the 24 shots they put on goal. Furthermore, they had 2 power play opportunities and netted 1 goal. Minnesota recorded 4 mins in the box for this contest.

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In regard to their scoring, the Minnesota Wild have earned 167 goals (20th in hockey) so far this season and have surrendered 163. For the current season, they have racked up 72 points and their points percentage is .621. Minnesota has accounted for 148 power play chances and they have notched 29 goals out of those advantages, earning them a rate of 19.59%. When playing at even strength, the Wild have conceded 121 goals while scoring 138 on offense. Minnesota has tried 1,618 shots and holds a shooting percentage of 10.3%. The Wild so far have had 1,735 shots tried against them and hold a save percentage of .906. Minnesota Wild opponents have recorded 147 power play tries (24th in professional hockey) and have scored 42 goals in those chances.

Patrolling the crease for the game will be Filip Gustavsson. Gustavsson has been involved in 149 matchups throughout his professional hockey career. He has amassed an overall record of 74-52-17 and he has started in 141 games. Opponents have racked up 387 goals against Gustavsson in his pro hockey career and his goals against average per game is 3.60. Gustavsson has had 4,418 shot attempts against him and has recorded 4,031 saves. His save percentage is .912 for his 6,449 mins in the crease. Over the course of his time in hockey, Gustavsson has tallied 84 quality starts and his rate for quality starts is .596.

The last time they were on the ice, Utah faced off against the Blackhawks in a matchup where the Hockey Club took home the win by a score of 2-1. They had 5 opportunities on the power play in this one but weren't able to put one in the back of the net. The Hockey Club scored 2 goals out of the 36 shots on goal they pursued.

For the year, the Utah Hockey Club have a total of 164 goals, 61 points, and a points percentage of .517. They have permitted 175 goals to be scored by way of 140 goals at even strength and 35 goals while they had less men on the ice. The Hockey Club have earned 126 goals at even strength and 38 goals (9th in hockey) while having a power play advantage. They have earned 167 opportunities on the power play and they have a power play percentage of 22.75%. Utah has tried 1,668 shots (14th in the NHL) and has accumulated a shot percentage of 9.83%, while allowing their opponents 1,657 shots. They have recorded a penalty kill rate of 80.34% on their opponents 178 power play opportunities, and their save percentage comes in at 89.4%.

Across the ice you are going to see Karel Vejmelka protecting the goal. His opposition is averaging 4.12 goals/game and he has yielded 539 goals altogether. Vejmelka's quality start rate comes out to 46.3% and he has qualified for 76 quality starts in his hockey career. He has made the start in 164 games and his ice time sits at 7,842 minutes. Vejmelka is the owner of a career mark of 59-90-15 and has been in net for 176 games. He has tallied 4,855 stops out of 5,394 shots tried, which gives him a save percentage of .900.

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

Tony's Pick: Take Utah (+106)

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