NHL Playoffs Odds: Blues vs. Wild prediction, odds and pick for Game 1

The Minnesota Wild and St. Louis Blues meet Saturday in NHL action at the Enterprise Center. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here's a Minnesota Wild vs St. Louis Blues prediction. The Minnesota Wild recently beat the Predators, Coyotes, and Ducks. The Minnesota Wild are averaging 3.09 goals…

The Minnesota Wild face the St. Louis Blues with both teams on the outside of the playoff picture looking in. The Wild have a 33-27-7 record and with three wins in a row, they are only four points out of a wild card spot in the Western Conference. The Blues have a 34-29-3 record and with two wins in a row, they are only six points out of a wild…

The Minnesota Wild look for a win after splitting their last 8 games. The St. Louis Blues are riding a 3-game losing streak. Here's a Minnesota Wild vs St. Louis Blues prediction. The Minnesota Wild are coming off losses to the Hurricanes and Predators. The Minnesota Wild are averaging 3.1 goals per game and are scoring on 21.9 percent of their…

Nashville's bid to make it into the playoffs for the ninth season in a row ended on a night when the Predators didn't hit the ice. Winnipeg's win over Minnesota on Tuesday eliminated the Predators from playoff contention. Now they finish the season against Minnesota and Colorado, two of the seven teams in the Western Conference with more than 100…

If the Wild (38-21-8, 17-11-5 away) are going chase down the Golden Knights for the West's top seed, they'll have to do so without star winger Kirill Kaprizov. Minnesota's leading scorer will miss three to four weeks with a lower-body injury, meaning he's not likely to return until the final week of the regular season. The Wild enter Wednesday's…

Minnesota is one of the hottest teams in the league right now, collecting a point in 13 straight games. The driving force of this has been its defense, and our NHL betting picks anticipate the Wild to shut down a sorry Blues' offense. The Minnesota Wild will look to continue their hot streak against a struggling St. Louis Blues squad when the teams…

The Florida Panthers take on the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday in a battle of underachieving teams. Florida is coming off a shootout win against the Minnesota Wild and is still vying for a playoff spot, but consistent.500 hockey won't get it there. The Blues have had a very hard time this season. Despite winning in overtime against the Coyotes on…

The St. Louis Blues were unable to keep their two-game winning streak marching forward as they fell 5-4 to the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday. The defeat came down to the wire but the Blues just weren't able to come out on top. It was a similar situation for the Minnesota Wild, who had won two straight before losing a high-scoring overtime game…

The St. Louis Blues will travel to St. Paul to battle the Minnesota Wild at the Xcel Energy Center on Sunday night. It's time to continue our NHL odds series with a Blues-Wild prediction and pick. On Saturday, the Blues lost 5-4 in overtime to the Montreal Canadiens. Significantly, Nikita Alexandrov had a goal and an assist. Brandon Saad, Pavel…

The St. Louis Blues are to face the Minnesota Wild in NHL action on Sunday. The Blues have been decent this season and come into this one with a close loss. Placed sixth in the Western Conference Central Division with 41 points, they will need to win games to become a challenger for the top spots in the division. The White Bears came into this game…

The Minnesota Wild will take on the St. Louis Blues in NHL action on Saturday. Minnesota came into this with a loss and are placed third in the Western Conference Central Division with 42 points. As they chase first position, they will look for another win to get better off fourth-placed Colorado. St. Louis have been decent this season but will…

Minnesota buried St. Louis in goals in Game 2, and we're expecting more of the same tonight. Find out why a high-scoring game will be fueled by the favorites with our NHL betting picks for Wild vs. Blues. The Minnesota Wild got a 1-1 split with their 6-2 victory on Wednesday, but now they have to travel to St. Louis and try to tame the Blues on the…

The St. Louis Blues (4-1-0) have had a sweet start to their preseason, rattling off four straight wins before hitting a sour note in Saturday's 5-2 loss to the Dallas Stars. They'll be looking to bounce back with a win over the Minnesota Wild, who are the only remaining undefeated team in the preseason. Which team will have the upper hand? Find out…

The 2022-23 NHL season is quickly approaching! The preseason is well underway and we're less than two weeks from NHL opening night! We previewed the Atlantic Division on Monday, so we're moving along to the Central Division here on Tuesday. We'll be going alphabetically with the Atlantic, Central, Metropolitan, and Pacific, allowing us to alternate…

Will the Colorado Avalanche pick up where they left off last season against the St Louis Blues, or will the Blues offer more resistance this time around? Colorado swept the Blues aside in the opening round of the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs. The Avalanche outscored the Blues 20-7 in the process. In five home playoff games against St Louis, Colorado…

Avalanche-Blues is the one second-round matchup set, which means more NHL futures betting opportunities. I expect a fair amount of goals to be scored in this series even though there are two good goaltenders - Darcy Kuemper of Colorado and Jordan Binnington of St. Louis. I would really focus in on one guy in particular for the Avalanche: Mikko…

The last time the Colorado Avalanche and St Louis Blues clashed in the Stanley Cup playoffs, it was over in the blink of an eye. In last season's opening postseason round, Colorado whipped St Louis in the minimum four games. Will it be any different this time around? The optics are suggesting no. St Louis is injury-riddled on the back end. While…

The NHL playoffs are in full swing as the Minnesota Wild face off with the St. Louis Blues for game six in this thrilling first-round matchup. It is time to check out our NHL odds series where our Wild-Blues prediction and pick will be made. After squandering a 2-1 series lead with back-to-back gut-wrenching losses, the Wild will look to rebound on…

Easily the most polarizing series in the Western Conference, both St. Louis and Minnesota have plenty of people making arguments for them to win this series and perhaps upset the apple cart against the Avalanche in Round 2. And both sides of the debate have plenty of merit. At first glance, there really isn't much that separates these two teams.…

Despite the regular season not being over, we have a guaranteed Blues vs Wild NHL playoff series in round 1 of the western conference. This was the first confirmed matchup of the upcoming 2022 NHL Playoffs. It is not yet known which team will be the higher seed, as both teams are neck and neck in season standings. Minnesota has the slight advantage…

The St. Louis Blues will head north into Ohio tonight to take on the Columbus Blue Jackets. This will be the last time these two teams face off after the Blues won their first matchup back in November. The Blues are in second place in the Central Division right now but are really only there due to the Wild dramatically siding down the ranks. The…

Minnesota Wild (19-9-2) 40pts 2nd in the Central 3.63 Goals For Per Game (2nd in the NHL) 3.00 Goals Against Per Game (19th in the NHL) 17.5% Power Play (22nd in the NHL) 81.1% Penalty Kill (12th in the NHL) Top 5 Scorers: 1. #97 Kirill Kaprizov ~ 12G 24A = 36pts 2. #38 Ryan Hartman ~ 14G 12A = 26pts 3. #36 Mats Zuccarello ~ 8G 16A = 24pts 4. #17…

The St. Louis Blues went into the 2022-23 season well aware that their championship window was closing as team legends Ryan O'Reilly and Vladimir Tarasenko waded into contract years, but few would have predicted the team's decaying 2019 Stanley Cup core would fully melt down. It did just that, and the Blues missed the postseason for only the second…