Minnesota Wild vs Vancouver Canucks Prediction, 3/7/2025 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Minnesota Wild vs Vancouver Canucks

Date: Friday, March 7, 2025

Location: Rogers Arena in Vancouver, BC

TV: Sportsnet

Odds/Point Spread: Wild (-122) Canucks (+102)

The Minnesota Wild (36-22-4) are traveling to Rogers Arena on Friday where they will play the Vancouver Canucks (28-22-11). The moneyline on this game has the Wild at -122 while the Canucks open at +102. The over/under has been set at 6.

The Minnesota Wild were on the right side of the scoreboard with a 4-3 victory against the Kraken in their previous game. Minnesota tallied 4 minutes in the box in this game. In addition, they had 1 attempt on the power play and scored 1 goal. The Wild had a good offensive outing and it showed in the win. While out there on the ice, they tallied a score on 4 of the 20 shots they launched.

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In relation to their goal scoring prowess, the Minnesota Wild have racked up 175 goals (20th in the league) on the campaign and have allowed 177. For the current season, they have racked up 76 points and their points % is .613. Minnesota steps onto the ice with 156 power play chances and they have scored 31 goals out of those chances, giving them a percentage of 19.87%. While at even strength, the Wild have conceded 130 goals while scoring 144 themselves. Minnesota has taken 1,696 shots and holds a shooting percentage of 10.3%. The Wild thus far have had 1,860 shots taken against them and have a save percentage of .905. Minnesota Wild opponents have 158 power play tries (23rd in hockey) and have racked up 47 goals in those attempts.

The man protecting the goal in this game is Filip Gustavsson. Gustavsson has been involved in 152 games during his NHL career. He has compiled a win-loss mark of 76-53-17 and he has gotten the start in 144 games. The opposition has notched 394 goals versus Gustavsson in his pro career and his average for goals against per game is 3.66. Gustavsson has seen 4,511 shot attempts taken against him and has amassed 4,117 total saves. His save percentage sits at .913 for his 6,456 mins guarding the cage. In his career, Gustavsson has 86 quality starts and his quality starts rate is .597.

Their last time out, Vancouver opposed the Ducks in an outing where the Canucks earned a victory by a tally of 3-2. They had 5 power play chances in this matchup and netted 1 out of those chances. The Canucks converted 3 goals of the 36 shots on goal they attempted.

Vancouver has taken 1,561 shots (31st in professional hockey) and has a shooting percentage of 10.70%, while allowing their opponents 1,642 shots. They have accumulated a penalty kill percentage of 82.18% on their oppositions 174 opportunities on the power play, and their save percentage comes in at 88.7%. They have a total of 170 opportunities on the power play and they have a power play rate of 22.35%. The Canucks have accumulated 129 goals at even strength and 38 goals (17th in the league) while on the power play. They have granted a total of 185 goals to be scored by way of 154 goals at even strength and 31 goals while they had less men on the ice. This season, the Vancouver Canucks have 167 goals, 67 points, and a points percentage of .549.

On the other side of the ice you are going to see Kevin Lankinen patrolling the crease. Lankinen is the owner of a lifetime mark of 66-53-19 and has participated in 150 games. Lankinen's rate of quality starts comes out to 53.3% and he has accumulated 73 quality starting assignments in his pro career. He has recorded 3,952 stops out of the 4,368 shots attempted against him, which gives him a percentage of .905. His opponents are averaging 3.93 goals/game and he has allowed 416 goals in total. He got the starting nod in 137 games and has played 6,344 minutes.

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

Guy's Pick: Take Minnesota (-122)

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