St. Louis Blues vs Minnesota Wild Prediction, 1/7/2025 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Louis Blues vs Minnesota Wild

Date: Tuesday, January 7, 2025

Location: Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, MN

TV: Fanduel Sports Network

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

Xcel Energy Center is where the Minnesota Wild (25-11-4) will go up against the St. Louis Blues (19-18-4) on Tuesday. The line on this matchup has the Blues at +132 while the Wild are coming in at -160. The over/under is 6.5.

The St. Louis Blues will be looking to get a win in their next outing after their 6-4 defeat to the Blue Jackets in their last outing. St. Louis accumulated 9 penalty minutes for this matchup. Furthermore, they had 2 chances with extra men on the ice and scored 1 goal. The Blues had a solid offensive output and it showed in the loss. For the outing, they were able to notch a goal on 4 of the 33 shots they looked to score on.

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When it comes to their scoring, the St. Louis Blues have racked up 113 goals (21st in the National Hockey League) over the course of the season and have allowed 123. For the current season, they have recorded 42 points and their points percentage is sitting at .512. St. Louis skates onto the rink with 93 power play chances and they have notched 16 goals during those advantages, garnering them a percentage of 17.20%. While playing at even strength, the Blues let the opposition score 95 goals while notching 97 on the offensive side of the ice. St. Louis has tried 1,092 shots and holds a shooting percentage of 10.4%. The Blues so far have had 1,166 shots attempted against them and hold a save percentage of .895. St. Louis Blues opponents have amassed 105 power play tries (24th in the NHL) and have a total of 28 goals in those attempts.

The player in the crease for this game is Jordan Binnington. Binnington has participated in 309 contests over the course of his hockey career. He has earned an overall mark of 156-108-34 and he has started in 301 games. Opponents have scored 834 goals versus Binnington in his pro career and his goals against rate is 3.07. Binnington has had 8,962 shots taken against him and has gathered 8,128 total saves. His save percentage is at .907 for his 16,307 mins in the crease. Over the course of his time in hockey, Binnington has tallied 160 quality starts and his quality starts percentage is .532.

When they took the ice last, Minnesota opposed the Hurricanes in an outing where the Wild took home the victory by a final score of 4-0. They had 3 power play opportunities in this matchup and scored 1 out of those attempts. The Wild scored 4 goals out of the 27 shots on goal they pursued.

Minnesota has tried 1,137 shots (18th in pro hockey) and has a shooting percentage of 10.47%, while allowing the opposition 1,164 shots. They have a penalty kill percentage of 71.43% on their opponents 98 chances on the power play, and their save percentage currently sits at 91.0%. They have a total of 105 power play opportunities and they have earned a power play percentage of 19.05%. The Wild have earned 99 goals at even strength and 20 goals (23rd in hockey) while on the power play. They have permitted 105 goals to be scored by of a combination of 77 goals at even strength and 28 goals while they had less men on the ice. On the season, the Minnesota Wild are sitting with 119 goals, 54 points, in addition to a points percentage of .675.

Across the rink you are likely to see Filip Gustavsson protecting the net. He has racked up 3,729 stops out of 4,077 shots attempted, which gives him a save % of .915. Gustavsson has a lifetime record of 70-46-17 and has played in 138 games. He got the starting nod in 130 games and his ice time sits at 6,423 mins. Gustavsson's rate of quality starts sits at 61.5% and he has made 80 quality starts in his NHL career. His opponents are averaging 3.25 goals per game and he has surrendered 348 goals in total.

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

Josh's Pick: Take Minnesota (-160)

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