Seattle Kraken vs Minnesota Wild Prediction, 3/19/2025 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Seattle Kraken vs Minnesota Wild

Date: Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Location: Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, MN

TV: Fanduel Sports Network

Odds/Point Spread: Kraken (+220) Wild (-275)

The Seattle Kraken (29-34-5) are hitting the road to Xcel Energy Center on Wednesday where they will compete against the Minnesota Wild (38-25-5). The moneyline on this game has Seattle at +220 and Minnesota is coming in at -275. The total is set at 6.5.

The Seattle Kraken will head into their next game feeling good after earning a 4-2 win over the Hockey Club in their previous contest . The Kraken had a great offensive game plan going into this one and it showed in this win. For the outing, they netted 4 out of the 22 shots they launched. Furthermore, they had 3 chances with extra men on the ice but didn't net one. Seattle compiled 4 penalty minutes for this matchup.

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Pertaining to scoring goals, the Seattle Kraken have notched 202 goals (15th in pro hockey) for the season and have allowed 218. For the current campaign, they have scored 63 points and their points % is .463. Seattle steps onto the ice with 186 power play opportunities and they have tallied 35 goals out of those tries, garnering them a percentage of 18.82%. While at even strength, the Kraken have surrendered 184 goals while scoring 167 as an offensive unit. Seattle has tried 1,843 shots and is the owner of a shooting percentage of 11.0%. The Kraken have had 1,940 shots tried against them and hold a save percentage of .888. Seattle Kraken opponents have 150 power play opportunities (30th in hockey) and have racked up 34 goals in those attempts.

The man in net for this game is Philipp Grubauer. Grubauer has been involved in 367 matchups over the course of his pro hockey career. He has compiled a win-loss mark of 165-137-33 and he was named the starter in 334 games. Opponents have racked up 891 goals versus Grubauer in his pro hockey career and his goals against average per game is 2.82. Grubauer has had 9,696 shot attempts taken against him and has amassed 8,805 saves. He has a save percentage of .908 during his 18,944 mins between the pipes. Over the course of his pro career, Grubauer has accumulated 176 quality starts and his rate for quality starts is .527.

In their last outing, Minnesota squared up with the Kings in a matchup where the Wild took home the victory by a mark of 3-1. They had 3 opportunities on the power play in this one and recorded 2 out of those opportunities. The Wild earned 3 goals of the 22 shots on goal they pursued.

Minnesota has taken 1,855 shots (21st in pro hockey) and has accumulated a shooting percentage of 9.92%, while allowing the opposition 2,017 shots. They have recorded a penalty kill percentage of 71.26% on their oppositions 174 power play tries, and their save percentage comes in at 90.4%. They have a tally of 173 power play opportunities and they have earned a power play percentage of 21.39%. The Wild have earned 147 goals at even strength and 37 goals (22nd in hockey) while on the power play. They have allowed 193 goals to be scored by of a combination of 143 goals at even strength and 50 goals while they were shorthanded. So far this year, the Minnesota Wild have a total of 184 goals, 81 points, in addition to a points percentage of .596.

On the other side of the ice you will find Filip Gustavsson defending the net. His opponents are averaging 3.76 goals/game and he has relinquished 405 goals in total. Gustavsson's rate of quality starts sits at 60.4% and he has accumulated 90 quality starting assignments in his career. He has been a starter 149 games and has accumulated 6,469 minutes. Gustavsson has accumulated a lifetime mark of 78-55-18 and has played in 157 games. He is sitting with 4,239 stops out of 4,644 shots taken, giving him a save percentage of .913.

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

Guy's Pick: Take Minnesota (-275)

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