Wild Vs Blues: NHL Betting Preview, Tips And Picks – December 31, 2022

Written By PlayPicks Staff on December 30, 2022

Coming off a loss last time out, the Minnesota Wild will visit the St. Louis Blues (who won their most recent game) on Saturday at 6:00 PM ET. The latest betting odds for this matchup show the Blues listed at +109 to win on the moneyline. The Wild are currently -130 to emerge victorious for this contest. This matchup has an over/under set at 6 goals.

This article references betting data as of December 31, 2022 at 3:13 PM ET. Browse all the current odds for this game in the table below and click here to claim your free sports bet (up to $1,001) at Caesars!

Wild Vs Blues Betting Odds

Injury Report as of December 31

Wild: Marcus Foligno: Questionable (Lower Body), Joel Eriksson Ek: Questionable (Undisclosed), Brandon Duhaime: Out (Upper Body)

Blues: Torey Krug: Out (Lower Body), Vladimir Tarasenko: Questionable (Illness), Marco Scandella: Out (Hip), Scott Perunovich: Out (Shoulder)

Computer Picks

Moneyline Pick Blues
Total Pick Over (6)
Spread Pick Blues (+1.5)

Predictions are calculated by a data-driven algorithm (raw power score) that ranks head-to-head matchup results within a closed network of games. Prediction confidence is determined by the delta between each team’s raw power score.

Wild Vs Blues Team Stats

Wild Avg. (Rank) Blues Avg. (Rank)
3.14 (16th) Goals Scored 3.06 (21st)
2.83 (12th) Goals Allowed 3.58 (25th)
30.8 (19th) Shots 29.5 (25th)
29.5 (8th) Shots Allowed 32.4 (21st)

Wild Key Players

Name GP GOALS ASST PTS SHOTS PP GOALS PLUS/MINUS
Kirill Kaprizov 35 20 25 45 137 9 -2
Mats Zuccarello 35 16 23 39 99 6 -4
Joel Eriksson Ek 35 12 15 27 107 5 0
Matthew Boldy 35 12 15 27 98 5 +2
Frederick Gaudreau 35 9 7 16 69 1 +5

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Blues Key Players

Name GP GOALS ASST PTS SHOTS PP GOALS PLUS/MINUS
Jordan Kyrou 33 17 16 33 114 6 -18
Robert Thomas 35 8 24 32 48 2 -4
Vladimir Tarasenko 33 10 19 29 91 2 -14
Brayden Schenn 36 7 20 27 67 1 -13
Pavel Buchnevich 27 12 15 27 58 5 0

Betting Trends

  • The Wild have won 63.0% of their games this season when favored on the moneyline (17-10).
  • The Wild have an implied moneyline win probability of 56.5% in this contest.
  • This season the Blues have been an underdog 22 times, and won eight, or 36.4%, of those games.
  • The moneyline in this matchup implies a 47.8% chance of victory for the Blues.
  • Minnesota and its opponent have gone over 6 combined goals in 18 of 35 games this season.
  • St. Louis has played 25 games this season that ended with over 6 goals.
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