NHL Betting Preview: Wild vs Flames

The Minnesota Wild go up against the Calgary Flames at Scotiabank Saddledome, with face-off scheduled for 21:00 on Thursday, December 4.

We’re Backing Wild To Win

If you’re looking for a value wager, then -118 that the Wild beat the Flames certainly stands out. We’re expecting the visitors to triumph on the Moneyline and there are nice odds available.

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Wild Overcame Flames in Last H2H

Minnesota Wild have won their previous five road games. A 1-0 triumph recently occurred at Rogers Place when playing Edmonton Oilers. Jonas Brodin was the only player to find the net, with Jesper Wallstedt stopping 33 shots.

Calgary Flames have been defeated in back-to-back games. On the road at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville Predators recently beat them 5-1. Flames had 28 shots and Morgan Frost scored the only goal.

Head-to-Head Statistics

The Wild won the last encounter between the pair. Enjoying a 2-0 triumph when facing the Flames at Xcel Energy Center. It’s been six Flames wins in the past 10 games between these teams.

Starting Goalies

Filip Gustavsson (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	7-7-3	2.8	.906	2
23/24	20-18-4	3.06	.899	3

Dustin Wolf (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	6-12-2	3.2	.891	1
23/24	7-7-1	3.16	.893	0

Minnesota Wild – Last 10 Games

8 wins and 0 overtime losses, averaging 2.6 goals from 26.8 shots on goal, with a 12.5% powerplay efficiency. The Wild have been giving up 1.4 goals from 31.1 shots, averaging 3.2 penalties with a penalty-killing efficiency of 90.6%.

Matthew Boldy is the top points scorer with 12 points, 7 goals and 5 assists, with Kirill Kaprizov racking up 9 points, 7 goals and 2 assists, over the last 10 games. Goalie Filip Gustavsson have a 1.72 goal against average with a .931 save percentage, including one shutout.

Calgary Flames – Last 10 Games

The Flames have 5 wins, 3 losses and 2 overtime losses, averaging 2.7 goals from 29.0 shots on goal, with a 14.0% powerplay efficiency. They have conceded 2.8 goals from 26.3 shots, averaging 4.3 penalties per game with a penalty-killing efficiency of 95.4%.

The top points scorer is Rasmus Andersson with 12 points, 2 goals and 10 assists, while Nazem Kadri is next in line after registering 11 points, 1 goal and 10 assists. Goalie Devin Cooley have a 2.46 GAA with a .908 SV%.

Minnesota Wild vs Calgary Flames Prediction & Picks

Prepare for Minnesota Wild vs Calgary Flames with our expert betting guide featuring a trusted match prediction, a correct score recommendation and a well-crafted bet builder.

Game Prediction

It’s time to side with Minnesota Wild to record a victory in this NHL clash. The road team should have the upper hand and the -118 for our pick on the Moneyline looks a generous price.

The NHL experts at Sportsgambler.com start by analyzing recent form and staying on top of injury news before making any hockey predictions. From there, we interpret the story the stats are telling to help shape our picks.

Key Wild vs Flames stats:

Wild have won 5 consecutive games on the road.
Wild have won 8 of their last 10 games.
Wild have won 12 of their last 20 games.
Flames have lost 6 of their last 10 games at home.
Flames have lost 12 of their last 20 games.
Flames have lost their last 2 games.

Wild Moneyline Probability

When you look at the latest odds, our pick has a 54.1% chance of landing a return. However, our analysts research has found that the actual probability is closer to 60%. This hockey wager can therefore be backed with confidence.

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Our Game Prediction

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Same Game Parlay Picks

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Totals Under 5.5

Highest Scoring Period Third Period

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Correct Score Prediction

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3 - 2 Flames logo

Flames

You can secure odds of +800 that the Wild are able to land a 3-2 victory. Correct score betting can provide plenty of fun and it’s a way of landing bigger odds.

Latest Correct Score Odds

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2-0

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Minnesota Wild vs Calgary Flames Odds

The odds and lines are updated on a frequent basis. You might therefore find that they are different to the ones listed for the above betting predictions.

Books Predicting a Close Encounter

Calgary Flames are on offer at -102 on the Moneyline if you want to back this team, with Minnesota Wild available at -118. In the eyes of the leading sportsbooks, the home team are regarded as 51% likely to claim a victory.

The puck line stands at 1.5 and the total goals line is 5.5. There is no denying the popularity of wagering on Totals. If you want to back Over 5.5, it’s -130.

There are a huge selection of game lines and team props when it comes to betting on this popular league and we recommend visiting the best NHL sportsbooks to find the wager that matches your view on the clash.

Moneyline

3-Way Moneyline

Puck Line

Total Goals

Kirill Kaprizov is the First Goalscorer Favorite

Kirill Kaprizov is the market leader at +650 to be the First Goalscorer. Should you think he will score the last goal, then a similar price can be found.

Player Goals

Kirill Kaprizov (Wild)

Matt Boldy (Wild)

Nazem Kadri (Flames)

Matt Coronato (Flames)

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Player Assists

Kirill Kaprizov (Wild)

Mats Zuccarello (Wild)

Matt Boldy (Wild)

Nazem Kadri (Flames)

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Player Shots

Kirill Kaprizov (Wild)

Nazem Kadri (Flames)

Matt Boldy (Wild)

Matt Coronato (Flames)

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Micro Betting

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Last 5 Games

Wild

NHL: 03/12 Wild1 Oilers 0
NHL: 30/11 Sabres3 Wild 2
NHL: 28/11 Avalanche2 Wild 3
NHL: 27/11 Wild4 Blackhawks 3
NHL: 23/11 Wild3 Jets 0

Flames

NHL: 03/12 Flames1 Predators 5
NHL: 30/11 Flames0 Hurricanes 1
NHL: 28/11 Flames5 Panthers 3
NHL: 27/11 Flames1 Lightning 5
NHL: 24/11 Flames5 Canucks 2

Head to Head

Minnesota vs Calgary

NHL: 10/11 2025 Flames 0 Wild 2
NHL: 12/04 2025 Wild 2 Flames 4
NHL: 26/01 2025 Flames 5 Wild 4
NHL: 23/11 2024 Wild 3 Flames 4
NHL: 03/01 2024 Flames 3 Wild 1
NHL: 15/12 2023 Flames 2 Wild 3
NHL: 06/12 2023 Wild 5 Flames 2
NHL: 08/03 2023 Flames 1 Wild 0
NHL: 05/03 2023 Wild 3 Flames 0
NHL: 08/12 2022 Wild 3 Flames 5

Team Stats

Latest regular season and playoff games stats.

Minnesota Wild Stats

Calgary Flames Stats

Moneyline

8 wins and 2 defeats in the last 10 games
6 wins and 4 defeats in the last 10 games on the road

Moneyline

5 wins and 5 defeats in the last 10 games
4 wins and 6 defeats in the last 10 home games

Puck Line

-1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 3 of the last 10 games
-1.5 Betting Line on the Road: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 4 of the last 10 games on the road

Puck Line

+1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 7 of the last 10 games
+1.5 Betting Line at Home: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 7 of the last 10 home games

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 4.30 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals on the Road: An average of 4.80 goals in the previous 10 games on the road
Over 5.5: Covered in 2 of the previous 10 games
Over 5.5 on the Road: Covered in 4 of the previous 10 games on the road
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 2.80 goals and allowed 1.50 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals on the Road: Have scored an average of 2.70 pts and allowed 2.10 goals in the last 10 games on the road

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 5.70 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals at Home: An average of 4.80 goals in the previous 10 home games
Over 5.5: Covered in 7 of the previous 10 games
Over 5.5 at Home: Covered in 5 of the previous 10 home games
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 2.80 goals and allowed 2.90 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals at Home: Have scored an average of 2.40 goals and allowed 2.40 goals in the last 10 home games

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.4
Shots: 26.8
Goals Shorthanded: 0.2
Penalties: 3.2
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 7.3
Blocks: 11
Faceoff Wins : 25.7
Hits: 22.4
Giveaways: 14.9
Takeaways: 5.1

Last 10 Games on the Road

Goals Powerplay: 0.3
Shots: 24.2
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 3.2
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 8.4
Blocks: 14.4
Faceoff Wins : 26
Hits: 23.2
Giveaways: 14.4
Takeaways: 4

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.6
Shots: 29
Goals Shorthanded: 0.2
Penalties: 4.3
Empty Net Goals: 0.2
Penalty Minutes: 15.1
Blocks: 14.4
Faceoff Wins : 29.8
Hits: 21.9
Giveaways: 16.9
Takeaways: 4

Last 10 Home Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.4
Shots: 32
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 3.5
Empty Net Goals: 0.2
Penalty Minutes: 9.3
Blocks: 16.8
Faceoff Wins : 27.4
Hits: 21.5
Giveaways: 14.7
Takeaways: 4.4

Team News

Minnesota Wild Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
97	Kirill Kaprizov	27	22.46	17	14	31	1
12	Matthew Boldy	27	21.2	15	14	29	5
90	Marcus Johansson	27	16.19	8	12	20	9

14	Joel Eriksson Ek	27	20.13	4	12	16	1
7	Brock Faber	27	24.29	6	9	15	-1
48	Marco Rossi	17	18.1	4	9	13	-6
8	Zeev Buium	27	18.61	3	9	12	-9
36	Mats Zuccarello	12	18.7	1	9	10	0
91	Vladimir Tarasenko	20	15.09	2	8	10	-6
25	Jonas Brodin	26	22.27	3	6	9	6
38	Ryan Hartman	23	16.1	4	4	8	-3
	Danila Yurov	21	11.55	3	4	7	-3
13	Yakov Trenin	27	13.28	1	5	6	3
5	Jacob Middleton	25	18.25	0	5	5	5
18	Vinnie Hinostroza	22	11.35	2	3	5	-5
46	Jared Spurgeon	27	21.01	1	3	4	-4
17	Marcus Foligno	23	13.12	0	2	2	-10
78	Nico Sturm	5	11.72	1	1	2	1
48	Daemon Hunt	7	11.87	0	1	1	1
30	Jesper Wallstedt	10	62.03	0	0	0	0
71	Tyler Pitlick	16	7.42	0	0	0	-2
39	Ben Jones	14	8.64	0	0	0	-5
28	Liam Oehgren	14	9.31	0	0	0	-3
55	David Jiricek	12	12.13	0	0	0	-3
24	Zach Bogosian	11	14.35	0	0	0	4
43	Hunter Haight	2	9.35	0	0	0	-2

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
32	Filip Gustavsson	17	2.74	0.906

Calgary Flames Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
91	Nazem Kadri	28	19.96	5	17	22	-12
4	Rasmus Andersson	28	24.24	5	13	18	-3
16	Morgan Frost	28	16.09	7	8	15	-5

11	Mikael Backlund	28	17.15	4	10	14	5
27	Matt Coronato	27	16.91	8	6	14	-18
10	Jonathan Huberdeau	23	18.77	4	9	13	-4
86	Joel Farabee	28	17.25	7	6	13	-7
20	Blake Coleman	28	16.91	8	3	11	4
17	Yegor Sharangovich	24	14.63	3	4	7	-9
7	Kevin Bahl	27	21.03	3	3	6	9
43	Adam Klapka	27	10.17	2	3	5	-4
52	MacKenzie Weegar	28	23.75	1	4	5	-22
29	Samuel Honzek	18	12.34	2	2	4	1
47	Connor Zary	26	13.82	2	2	4	-5
44	Joel Hanley	25	16.08	0	3	3	-3
37	Yan Kuznetsov	14	19.68	1	2	3	-4
94	Brayden Pachal	20	13.54	0	3	3	0
	John Beecher	13	10.27	1	1	2	-5
24	Jake Bean	14	16.33	1	1	2	-7
70	Ryan Lomberg	24	8.9	0	1	1	2
89	Zayne Parekh	11	14.76	0	1	1	0
58	Justin Kirkland	9	9.57	0	1	1	-1
51	Matvei Gridin	4	14.73	1	0	1	-3
45	Sam Morton	3	9.33	0	0	0	-1
15	Dryden Hunt	2	10.6	0	0	0	-2
62	Daniil Miromanov	1	17.8	0	0	0	0
86	Rory Kerins	2	15.85	0	0	0	-1

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
32	Dustin Wolf	21	3.16	0.891
1	Devin Cooley	11	2.17	0.919

Injuries & Suspensions

Minnesota Wild Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Danila Yurov

Injured

Marco Rossi

Injured

Vinnie Hinostroza

Injured

Marcus Foligno

Injured

Calgary Flames Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Zayne Parekh

Injured

Samuel Honzek

Injured

Martin Pospisil

Injured

Starting Lineups

Both teams’ confirmed lineups will be published ahead of face-off. There is also the chance to look at the lineups from the previous 10 games.

Previous Minnesota Wild Lineups

02 Dec NHL

Wild 1-0 Oilers

Metropolitan	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Washington	28	17	9	2	36	0.643	16	17	98	71	27	9-5-1	8-4-1	0-2	9-1	6W
2 Carolina	25	16	7	2	34	0.68	11	15	86	70	16	8-3-1	8-4-1	1-1	5-5	2W
3 Philadelphia	26	15	8	3	33	0.635	8	10	79	74	5	9-4-2	6-4-1	5-0	7-3	1W
4 New Jersey	27	16	10	1	33	0.611	10	14	83	82	1	9-3-1	7-7-0	2-0	4-6	3L
5 Pittsburgh	25	13	7	5	31	0.62	12	13	79	71	8	6-4-2	7-3-3	0-3	4-6	1W
6 NY Islanders	27	14	10	3	31	0.574	10	13	78	78	0	6-6-2	8-4-1	1-3	5-5	1W
7 NY Rangers	28	14	12	2	30	0.536	10	13	75	73	2	3-8-1	11-4-1	1-0	5-5	1W
8 Columbus	26	12	9	5	29	0.558	7	9	78	85	-7	5-3-3	7-6-2	3-1	4-6	1W

East Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Tampa Bay	26	16	8	2	34	0.654	13	16	85	67	18	8-5-0	8-3-2	0-0	8-2	1L
2 Montreal	26	14	9	3	31	0.596	8	13	87	94	-7	7-6-1	7-3-2	1-2	4-6	1W
3 Ottawa	26	13	9	4	30	0.577	9	10	84	86	-2	6-3-2	7-6-2	3-0	5-5	1W
4 Detroit	27	14	11	2	30	0.556	10	12	82	93	-11	9-6-1	5-5-1	2-1	4-6	1W
5 Boston	28	15	13	0	30	0.536	9	13	87	91	-4	9-5-0	6-8-0	2-0	4-6	1L
6 Toronto	26	12	11	3	27	0.519	8	12	89	90	-1	8-4-3	4-7-0	0-0	4-6	2W
7 Buffalo	27	11	12	4	26	0.481	8	9	83	92	-9	9-5-2	2-7-2	2-0	6-4	1L
8 Florida	25	12	12	1	25	0.5	11	11	76	81	-5	8-6-1	4-6-0	1-1	5-5	3L

East Central	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Colorado	26	19	1	6	44	0.846	18	19	106	56	50	11-0-2	8-1-4	0-3	9-1	2W
2 Dallas	28	18	5	5	41	0.732	15	16	98	74	24	8-4-1	10-1-4	2-2	7-3	1W
3 Minnesota	27	15	7	5	35	0.648	9	12	78	72	6	8-3-4	7-4-1	3-1	8-2	1W
4 Utah	28	13	12	3	29	0.518	10	13	87	83	4	7-3-1	6-9-2	0-0	3-7	1W
5 Chicago	26	11	9	6	28	0.538	10	11	83	77	6	6-5-3	5-4-3	0-2	3-7	1L
6 Winnipeg	26	13	12	1	27	0.519	11	12	79	78	1	6-5-0	7-7-1	1-1	3-7	2L
7 St Louis	27	9	11	7	25	0.463	9	9	69	95	-26	5-6-4	4-5-3	0-2	3-7	1L
8 Nashville	26	9	13	4	22	0.423	7	8	69	93	-24	6-8-2	3-5-2	1-0	4-6	1W

West Pacific	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Anaheim	27	16	10	1	33	0.611	10	14	96	91	5	9-4-0	7-6-1	2-0	5-5	1L
2 Vegas	26	12	6	8	32	0.615	10	11	80	79	1	7-4-4	5-2-4	1-2	5-5	2W
3 LA Kings	26	12	7	7	31	0.596	7	11	69	73	-4	3-5-3	9-2-4	1-5	5-5	1L
4 San Jose	28	13	12	3	29	0.518	7	12	81	94	-13	9-5-3	4-7-0	1-1	5-5	1L
5 Seattle	24	11	7	6	28	0.583	7	11	59	66	-7	6-3-3	5-4-3	0-3	4-6	3L
6 Edmonton	27	11	11	5	27	0.5	6	11	81	96	-15	5-3-2	6-8-3	0-2	4-6	1L
7 Vancouver	27	10	14	3	23	0.426	6	8	80	98	-18	3-7-1	7-7-2	2-0	2-8	3L
8 Calgary	28	9	15	4	22	0.393	7	7	66	87	-21	4-4-2	5-11-2	2-2	5-5	2L

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Starting Goalies

Minnesota Wild vs Calgary Flames Prediction & Picks

Game Prediction

Wild Moneyline Probability

Same Game Parlay Picks

Correct Score Prediction

Latest Correct Score Odds

Minnesota Wild vs Calgary Flames Odds

Player Goals

Player Assists

Player Shots

Head to Head

Injuries & Suspensions

Minnesota Wild Injury Table

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Starting Lineups

Previous Minnesota Wild Lineups

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