NHL Predictions & Odds 3/15/23

Minnesota Wild (38-21-8) vs. St. Louis Blues (29-32-5)
March 15, 2023 9:30 pm EDT
The Line: St. Louis Blues +145 / Minnesota Wild -175; Over/Under: +6
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The Minnesota Wild and the St. Louis Blues meet in NHL action from the Enterprise Center on Wednesday night. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.

Odds

Minnesota is listed as a -175 road favorite while St. Louis is a +145 home underdog. The total for this game is set at 6 goals.

Injuries

For Minnesota, Marcus Foligno is questionable for this game with a lower body injury while Brandon Duhaime, Kirill Kaprizov and Gustav Nyquist are all out for the foreseeable future. For St. Louis, Jake Neighbours is out indefinitely with an upper body injury.

Matchup History

St. Louis’ 3-0 win over the Wild back on January 8, 2023, made it four wins in the last five meetings between these two teams in this head-to-head matchup.

Trends

Minnesota is 10-3 in their last 13 games overall and 4-1 in their last 5 road games while the under is 19-7-1 in their last 27 games overall. St. Louis is 3-9 in their last 12 games overall and 1-5 in their last 6 home games while the over is 32-14-6 in their last 52 games overall.

Pick

I’m sticking with the Wild here. I just don’t trust this Blues team as far as I can throw them, especially against the good teams and while Minnesota’s shifted styles in their last couple of games, they’re still winning hockey games, it’s just with a new philosophy driven by offense as of late. St. Louis just feels like they’re playing out the string and I’m just at a point where I don’t want anything to do with St. Louis probably the rest of the way. Give me Minnesota here.