Minnesota Wild vs. Florida Panthers odds, tips and betting trends
The Minnesota Wild host the Florida Panthers at Xcel Energy Center for the season opener on Thursday, October 12 at 8:00 PM ET. The game airs on ESPN+, BSFL, BSN, and BSWI.
As action begins for the start of the NHL season, here’s everything you need to prepare for Thursday’s action.
- Favorite: Wild (-125)
- Underdog: Panthers (+103)
- Over/under: 6.5
- The Wild won 39 of their 61 games when listed as a moneyline favorite last season (63.9%).
- When playing as a moneyline favorite at -125 or shorter, Minnesota went 34-14.
- The implied moneyline probability for this matchup gives the Wild a 55.6% chance to win.
- Minnesota and its opponent combined to score more than 6.5 goals in 32 of 88 games last season.
- The Wild ranked 23rd in the NHL last season with 239 goals scored (2.9 per game).
- Defensively, the Wild were one of the stingiest squads in league action, allowing 219 total goals (2.7 per game) to rank sixth.
- The 54 power-play goals the Wild recorded last season (15th in the NHL) came via 252 power-play chances.
- The Panthers were an underdog 34 times last season, and upset their opponent in 17, or 50.0%, of those games.
- Florida went 15-14 last season when oddsmakers made them underdogs of +103 or longer on the moneyline.
- Bookmakers have implied, based on the moneyline in this matchup, that the Panthers have a 49.3% chance to win.
- Florida played 58 games last season with more than 6.5 goals.
- The Panthers were sixth in the NHL in scoring last season (288 goals, 3.5 per game).
- The Panthers allowed 3.3 goals per game (272 in total), 21st in the NHL.
- With 63 power-play goals (on 276 chances), the Panthers were eighth-best in the NHL.
- Game Day: Thursday, October 12, 2023
- Game Time: 8:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: Bally Sports
- Live Stream: Fubo (Watch for free)
