Blues vs Wild Prediction and NHL Playoffs Series Betting Odds
The Blues and Wild are going to play each other in the 2022 NHL playoffs. It's not known which team will be the higher seed. Minnesota has the slight advantage to become the top seed, but St. Louis may have the upper hand everywhere else.
St. Louis Blues and Minnesota Wild will play in the NHL playoffs on May 2nd, 2022. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+.
Blues vs Wild Prediction and NHL playoffs series betting odds. Goaltending: Ville Husso (25-6-7-2.47), Jordan Binnington (18-14-4/3.13/.901), Cam Talbot (32-12-8-3), Marc-Andre Fleury (27-23-5/2).
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The Blues and Wild played each other three times in the regular season. St. Louis won all three games. The teams have the advantage of playing on home ice twice. Marc-Andre Fleury played against the Blues three time this season, making 94 saves. He also played for the Chicago Blackhawks. Their goalies, Husso and Binnington, both had a sub-standard season with 4.00 GAA. The series is expected to last six or seven games, with the winner likely to be the victor.
Blues vs Wild NHL playoff series betting odds are taken from BetUS Sportsbook.
St. Louis Blues are in the top five in almost every important stat and category in NHL. They score the second most powerplay goals in league and kill off their own penalties at a top-5 rate. The Wild and Blues rank within one spot of each other in five on five scoring but nowhere near the same in power play or penalty kill effectiveness.
Minnesota Wild are going to need to stay out of the penalty box and kill off penalties to have any chance of beating St. Louis. The Wild's penalty kill has a 24.3% success rate against opponents.
The Minnesota Wild have not been beyond the first round of the NHL playoffs since 2015. The roster they have assembled this year is better than any of previous teams. They have more star power, experienced leadership, knowledge and experience between the posts. Blues have already beaten the Wild three times this season. If the series goes the distance, the Blues would have to win seven of 10 games.
Blues vs. Wild is a best-of-five series.
