NHL Betting Preview: Wild vs Penguins

The Minnesota Wild clash with the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG PAINTS Arena, with face-off scheduled for 19:00 on Friday, November 21.

Back Penguins to Beat Wild

There’s an attractive -102 that the Penguins are able to get the better of the Wild. This bet can be secured on the Moneyline and we’re confident that it can happen.

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Penguins Have 7 Wins in Past 10 on H2H

Minnesota Wild claimed a home victory in their previous game. A 4-3 (SO) triumph against Carolina Hurricanes at Xcel Energy Center made it three straight wins. Brock Faber, Mats Zuccarello and Matthew Boldy scored one goal apiece. Goalie Jesper Wallstedt stopped 42 shots (.933).

Pittsburgh Penguins last game saw them claim a 4-0 home win over Nashville Predators at PPG PAINTS Arena. The goals were shared around between four players including Sidney Crosby. For the shutout, Sergei Murashov made 21 saves.

Head-to-Head Statistics

The Penguins are bidding for a third successive win against the Wild. They previously won 3-1 and 4-1 at Xcel Energy Center. The past 10 clashes between these teams have seen seven Penguins wins.

Starting Goalies

Filip Gustavsson (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	5-7-2	3	.897	1
23/24	20-18-4	3.06	.899	3

Arturs Silovs (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	4-2-4	2.5	.917	1
23/24	3-0-1	2.47	.881	0

Minnesota Wild – Last 10 Games

7 wins, 2 losses and 1 overtime loss, averaging 2.8 goals from 25.3 shots on goal, with a 16.7% powerplay efficiency. The Wild have given up 2.1 goals from 30.2 shots, averaging 2.7 penalties with a penalty-killing efficiency of 85.2%.

Matthew Boldy is the top points scorer with 10 points, 6 goals and 4 assists, with Kirill Kaprizov racking up 9 points, 5 goals and 4 assists, in the last 10 games. Goalie Filip Gustavsson have a 2.44 goal against average with a .909 save percentage.

Pittsburgh Penguins – Last 10 Games

The Penguins have 4 wins, 3 losses and 3 overtime losses, averaging 3.0 goals from 29.0 shots on goal, with a 26.9% powerplay efficiency. They have conceded 2.4 goals from 27.5 shots, averaging 3.6 penalties per game with a penalty-killing efficiency of 94.4%.

The top points scorer is Bryan Rust with 11 points, 4 goals and 7 assists, while Sidney Crosby is next in line after registering 10 points, 6 goals and 4 assists. Goalie Arturs Silovs have a 2.33 GAA with a .921 SV%.

Minnesota Wild vs Pittsburgh Penguins Prediction & Picks

Make the most of Minnesota Wild vs Pittsburgh Penguins with our betting analysis that includes an expert match prediction, expected scoreline and a hand-picked bet builder designed for value.

Game Prediction

We’re heading to the Moneyline and our pick is for the home team to win this NHL encounter. They have a strong chance of landing a victory and the -102 makes plenty of appeal.

Our NHL handicappers start by reviewing the latest team news for each franchise, followed by a close look at recent form. That information is then applied to the most relevant stats to reach a well-informed verdict.

Key Wild vs Penguins stats:

Penguins have won 13 of their last 20 games at home.
Penguins have won 6 of their last 10 games at home.
Wild have lost 14 of their last 20 games on the road.
Wild have lost 6 of their last 10 games on the road.
Penguins have won the last 2 games between these teams.

Penguins Moneyline Probability

If you go by the best NHL sportsbooks, our pick has a 50.5% chance of landing a return. However, our analysts think that the probability is close to 60% taking all factors into consideration. That means we’re regarding it as a value wager.

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Our Game Prediction

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Correct Score Prediction

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Minnesota Wild vs Pittsburgh Penguins 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.

Moneyline Odds Suggest a Close Contest

The latest Moneyline odds are -102 that Pittsburgh Penguins win, while Minnesota Wild have been chalked up at -118. If you want to know the probability of the road team winning this game, it’s 54% according to the most popular sportsbooks.

The puck line is 1.5 and the total goals line is currently 5.5. The beauty of Totals is that you only have to choose from one of two options. The Over 5.5 selection is available to back at -143.

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Puck Line

Total Goals

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Last 5 Games

Wild

NHL: 20/11 Hurricanes3 Wild 4
NHL: 17/11 Golden Knights2 Wild 3
NHL: 16/11 Ducks0 Wild 2
NHL: 12/11 Sharks2 Wild 1
NHL: 10/11 Flames0 Wild 2

Penguins

NHL: 16/11 Predators0 Penguins 4
NHL: 14/11 Penguins1 Predators 2
NHL: 09/11 Kings3 Penguins 2
NHL: 08/11 Penguins1 Devils 2
NHL: 07/11 Capitals3 Penguins 5

Head to Head

Minnesota vs Pittsburgh

NHL: 31/10 2025 Penguins 4 Wild 1
NHL: 09/03 2025 Penguins 3 Wild 1
NHL: 30/10 2024 Wild 5 Penguins 3
NHL: 10/02 2024 Penguins 2 Wild 3
NHL: 19/12 2023 Wild 3 Penguins 4
NHL: 07/04 2023 Wild 1 Penguins 4
NHL: 18/11 2022 Penguins 6 Wild 4
NHL: 01/04 2022 Penguins 4 Wild 3
NHL: 07/11 2021 Wild 5 Penguins 4
NHL: 15/01 2020 Wild 3 Penguins 7

Team Stats

Latest regular season and playoff games stats.

Minnesota Wild Stats

Pittsburgh Penguins Stats

Moneyline

7 wins and 3 defeats in the last 10 games
4 wins and 6 defeats in the last 10 games on the road

Moneyline

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

Puck Line

-1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 4 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 9 of the last 10 games
+1.5 Betting Line at Home: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 8 of the last 10 home games

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 5.00 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals on the Road: An average of 5.60 goals in the previous 10 games on the road
Over 5.5: Covered in 4 of the previous 10 games
Over 5.5 on the Road: Covered in 5 of the previous 10 games on the road
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 2.90 goals and allowed 2.10 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals on the Road: Have scored an average of 2.80 pts and allowed 2.80 goals in the last 10 games on the road

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 5.60 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals at Home: An average of 6.70 goals in the previous 10 home games
Over 5.5: Covered in 4 of the previous 10 games
Over 5.5 at Home: Covered in 7 of the previous 10 home games
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 3.00 goals and allowed 2.60 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals at Home: Have scored an average of 3.70 goals and allowed 3.00 goals in the last 10 home games

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.6
Shots: 25.3
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 2.7
Empty Net Goals: 0.3
Penalty Minutes: 6.8
Blocks: 11.8
Faceoff Wins : 27
Hits: 21.7
Giveaways: 14.9
Takeaways: 4.4

Last 10 Games on the Road

Goals Powerplay: 0.5
Shots: 24.4
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 2.4
Empty Net Goals: 0.2
Penalty Minutes: 6.2
Blocks: 18.2
Faceoff Wins : 27.3
Hits: 25.1
Giveaways: 12.5
Takeaways: 3.5

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.7
Shots: 29
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 3.6
Empty Net Goals: 0.4
Penalty Minutes: 10.7
Blocks: 13.4
Faceoff Wins : 25.8
Hits: 14.5
Giveaways: 16.3
Takeaways: 4.6

Last 10 Home Games

Goals Powerplay: 1.1
Shots: 27.8
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 3.5
Empty Net Goals: 0.3
Penalty Minutes: 7.3
Blocks: 12.3
Faceoff Wins : 27.7
Hits: 17.5
Giveaways: 18.6
Takeaways: 4.6

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Minnesota Wild Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
97	Kirill Kaprizov	21	22.37	11	13	24	-2
12	Matthew Boldy	21	21.31	11	11	22	0
90	Marcus Johansson	21	15.96	7	10	17	6

14	Joel Eriksson Ek	21	20.02	3	10	13	-4
48	Marco Rossi	17	18.1	4	9	13	-6
91	Vladimir Tarasenko	18	15.29	2	8	10	-6
8	Zeev Buium	21	18.91	3	7	10	-10
7	Brock Faber	21	24.02	4	6	10	-3
38	Ryan Hartman	20	15.98	4	3	7	-4
36	Mats Zuccarello	6	18.8	1	5	6	0
	Danila Yurov	16	10.33	2	3	5	-3
25	Jonas Brodin	20	21.86	2	3	5	2
18	Vinnie Hinostroza	21	11.51	2	3	5	-5
46	Jared Spurgeon	21	21.38	1	3	4	-7
13	Yakov Trenin	21	12.82	1	3	4	0
17	Marcus Foligno	20	13.14	0	2	2	-10
5	Jacob Middleton	19	18.25	0	2	2	0
48	Daemon Hunt	7	11.87	0	1	1	1
28	Liam Oehgren	8	9.23	0	0	0	-4
24	Zach Bogosian	5	13.88	0	0	0	3
30	Jesper Wallstedt	7	62.29	0	0	0	0
39	Ben Jones	9	8.91	0	0	0	-5
71	Tyler Pitlick	10	7.62	0	0	0	-3
55	David Jiricek	12	12.13	0	0	0	-3
43	Hunter Haight	2	9.35	0	0	0	-2

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
32	Filip Gustavsson	14	2.99	0.898

Pittsburgh Penguins Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
71	Evgeni Malkin	19	17.6	5	18	23	5
87	Sidney Crosby	19	19.26	12	9	21	0
17	Bryan Rust	17	20.28	5	10	15	1

39	Anthony Mantha	19	14.72	8	6	14	10
65	Erik Karlsson	19	23.42	1	12	13	6
16	Justin Brazeau	12	13.48	6	6	12	3
58	Kris Letang	19	21.63	1	7	8	7
67	Rickard Rakell	9	17.78	3	5	8	1
5	Ryan Shea	19	20.34	2	6	8	6
28	Parker Wotherspoon	19	21.09	2	5	7	7
18	Thomas Novak	19	12.62	2	5	7	0
81	Benjamin Kindel	17	15.26	5	2	7	-3
19	Connor Dewar	19	13.6	4	2	6	0
11	Filip Haallander	13	13.15	1	3	4	4
46	Blake Lizotte	19	14.09	3	1	4	3
55	Noel Acciari	13	12.93	0	3	3	3
41	Ville Koivunen	11	12.57	0	2	2	-1
24	Matt Dumba	6	14.78	0	2	2	0
53	Philip Tomasino	9	12.18	0	1	1	-2
45	Harrison Brunicke	9	15.71	1	0	1	-4
82	Caleb Jones	7	17.17	0	1	1	1
27	Ryan Graves	5	16.5	1	0	1	2
15	Joona Koppanen	5	12.2	0	1	1	2
13	Kevin Hayes	4	11.6	0	1	1	1
75	Connor Clifton	7	17.23	0	0	0	-2
43	Danton Heinen	4	11.6	0	0	0	0
38	Owen Pickering	4	12.1	0	0	0	-3

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
37	Arturs Silovs	10	2.44	0.917
35	Tristan Jarry	7	2.6	0.911
1	Sergei Murashov	2	1.52	0.938

Injuries & Suspensions

Minnesota Wild Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Marco Rossi

Injured

Ryan Hartman

Injured

Zach Bogosian

Injured

Vladimir Tarasenko

Injured

Nico Sturm

Injured

Pittsburgh Penguins Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Caleb Jones

Injured

Ville Koivunen

Injured

Filip Haallander

Injured

Justin Brazeau

Injured

Noel Acciari

Injured

Tristan Jarry

Injured

Rickard Rakell

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

19 Nov NHL

Hurricanes 3-4 Wild

Metropolitan	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Carolina	20	13	5	2	28	0.7	9	12	73	58	15	6-2-1	7-3-1	1-1	6-4	1L
2 New Jersey	20	13	6	1	27	0.675	8	11	62	58	4	7-0-1	6-6-0	2-0	5-5	2L
3 NY Islanders	21	12	7	2	26	0.619	9	12	69	64	5	4-3-1	8-4-1	0-2	7-3	2W
4 Pittsburgh	19	10	5	4	24	0.632	10	10	62	50	12	5-2-1	5-3-3	0-3	4-6	1W
5 Washington	21	11	8	2	24	0.571	10	11	68	57	11	6-4-1	5-4-1	0-2	5-5	3W
6 Columbus	21	11	8	2	24	0.571	6	8	65	67	-2	5-3-1	6-5-1	3-1	4-6	1W
7 Philadelphia	19	10	6	3	23	0.605	4	6	54	53	1	7-3-2	3-3-1	4-0	5-5	1W
8 NY Rangers	22	10	10	2	22	0.5	7	9	56	58	-2	1-7-1	9-3-1	1-0	5-5	3L

East Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Detroit	21	12	8	1	25	0.595	9	10	62	67	-5	7-4-1	5-4-0	2-0	4-6	1L
2 Tampa Bay	20	11	7	2	24	0.6	8	11	61	57	4	6-5-0	5-2-2	0-0	7-3	2W
3 Ottawa	20	10	6	4	24	0.6	7	8	67	67	0	6-3-2	4-3-2	2-0	5-5	1W
4 Boston	22	12	10	0	24	0.545	8	11	72	73	-1	8-4-0	4-6-0	1-0	7-3	2L
5 Florida	20	11	8	1	23	0.575	10	10	59	59	0	8-2-1	3-6-0	1-1	6-4	2W
6 Montreal	20	10	7	3	23	0.575	5	10	67	74	-7	5-5-1	5-2-2	0-2	3-7	5L
7 Toronto	21	9	9	3	21	0.5	6	9	72	77	-5	8-4-3	1-5-0	0-0	4-6	1L
8 Buffalo	20	7	9	4	18	0.45	5	6	58	71	-13	6-4-2	1-5-2	1-0	3-7	1L

East Central	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Colorado	20	14	1	5	33	0.825	13	14	84	50	34	8-0-2	6-1-3	0-2	9-1	7W
2 Dallas	21	13	5	3	29	0.69	10	11	70	59	11	6-4-1	7-1-2	2-1	7-3	1W
3 Winnipeg	19	12	7	0	24	0.632	10	11	64	52	12	6-3-0	6-4-0	1-0	6-4	2W
4 Chicago	20	10	6	4	24	0.6	9	10	66	52	14	5-3-2	5-3-2	0-1	5-5	1L
5 Minnesota	21	10	7	4	24	0.571	6	8	60	64	-4	7-3-3	3-4-1	2-0	7-3	3W
6 Utah	21	10	8	3	23	0.548	7	10	63	65	-2	5-2-1	5-6-2	0-0	2-8	4L
7 St Louis	21	6	9	6	18	0.429	6	6	57	81	-24	3-5-4	3-4-2	0-2	3-7	4L
8 Nashville	20	6	10	4	16	0.4	4	5	49	70	-21	5-5-2	1-5-2	1-0	2-8	1L

West Pacific	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Anaheim	21	13	7	1	27	0.643	9	12	76	66	10	7-2-0	6-5-1	1-0	6-4	1L
2 Vegas	20	10	4	6	26	0.65	9	10	64	56	8	5-3-3	5-1-3	0-1	4-6	2W
3 Seattle	20	10	5	5	25	0.625	7	10	54	56	-2	6-1-3	4-4-2	0-2	5-5	1W
4 LA Kings	21	10	6	5	25	0.595	6	9	59	61	-2	1-4-2	9-2-3	1-4	5-5	2L
5 San Jose	21	10	8	3	23	0.548	4	9	63	68	-5	6-3-3	4-5-0	1-1	7-3	2W
6 Edmonton	23	9	9	5	23	0.5	4	9	68	84	-16	5-1-2	4-8-3	0-2	3-7	3L
7 Vancouver	22	9	11	2	20	0.455	5	7	69	81	-12	3-6-1	6-5-1	2-0	3-7	2L
8 Calgary	22	6	13	3	15	0.341	5	5	51	69	-18	3-4-2	3-9-1	1-2	4-6	1W

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Injuries & Suspensions

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Starting Lineups

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