NHL Betting Preview: Penguins vs Wild

The Pittsburgh Penguins lock horns with the Minnesota Wild in this NHL matchup at Xcel Energy Center, with face-off scheduled for 20:00 on Thursday, October 30. Our betting preview features expert predictions, betting tips, the latest odds, H2H stats, player stats, team news and the starting lineups.

Low-Scoring Game On the Cards?

The Penguins and the Wild don’t look capable of passing the 6.5 goal line. It leads us to make an Unders prediction, with odds of -122 currently on offer.

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Penguins Have 7 Wins in Last 10 H2H Battles

Pittsburgh Penguins were defeated in their previous game. On the road, they suffered a 3-2 (SO) loss against Philadelphia Flyers at Xfinity Mobile Arena. Sidney Crosby and Justin Brazeau scored one goal each. Goalie Arturs Silovs had 32 saves (.941).

Minnesota Wild were defeated last time out, making it four losses on the spin. Xcel Energy Center saw them beaten 4-3 (OT) at home to Winnipeg Jets. Brock Faber, Marcus Johansson and Kirill Kaprizov scored one goal each.

Head-to-Head Statistics

The last encounter between the Penguins and the Wild saw the former win. It was a 3-1 scoreline at Xcel Energy Center. It’s been seven Penguins wins in the past 10 games between these teams.

Starting Goalies

Tristan Jarry (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	4-1-0	2.6	.916	1
23/24	19-25-5	2.91	.903	6

Filip Gustavsson (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	2-5-1	3.4	.889	1
23/24	20-18-4	3.06	.899	3

Pittsburgh Penguins – Last 10 Games

6 wins, 2 losses and 2 overtime losses, averaging 3.7 goals from 25.1 shots on goal, with a 22.2% powerplay efficiency. The Penguins have been giving up 2.8 goals from 31.6 shots, averaging 4.0 penalties with a penalty-killing efficiency of 82.5%.

Sidney Crosby is the top points scorer with 15 points, 8 goals and 7 assists, with Evgeni Malkin recording 14 points, 3 goals and 11 assists, in the last 10 games. Goalie Arturs Silovs have a 2.91 goal against average with a .907 save percentage.

Minnesota Wild – Last 10 Games

The Wild have 2 wins, 5 losses and 3 overtime losses, averaging 2.5 goals from 31.6 shots on goal, with a 27.7% powerplay efficiency. They have conceded 4.3 goals from 30.4 shots, averaging 2.6 penalties per game with a penalty-killing efficiency of 65.4%.

The top points scorer is Kirill Kaprizov with 12 points, 6 goals and 6 assists, while Matthew Boldy is next best after registering 9 points, 4 goals and 5 assists. Goalie Filip Gustavsson have a 3.91 GAA with a .877 SV%.

Pittsburgh Penguins vs Minnesota Wild Prediction & Picks

Explore our top Pittsburgh Penguins vs Minnesota Wild betting tips, including a match prediction, correct score forecast, player performance props and a bet builder ready to use.

Game Prediction

The betting odds of -122 look too good to miss when it comes to backing unders on the total line. We’re expecting the scoring to be fairly modest in this NHL encounter.

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Key Penguins vs Wild stats:

The 6.5 line hasn’t been covered in 6 of the last 10 Penguins games on the road.
The 6.5 line hasn’t been covered in 12 of the last 20 Penguins games on the road.
The 6.5 line hasn’t been covered in 11 of the last 20 Wild games.

Under 6.5 Probability

The odds at the top betting apps suggest our pick has a 54.9% chance of winning. However, our cappers have this number closer to 60% based on their in-depth research. The bet can be recommended for this precise reason.

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Player Prop Picks

Top Pick: Marco Rossi Over 0.5 Assists +150

Marco Rossi (Wild) has had one assist or more in 5 straight games at home. On the basis of this stat, we can shoot for him to once again cover the Player Assists line and this looks big at +150.

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Same Game Parlay Picks

Totals Under 6.5

To Score Sidney Crosby

Assists Marco Rossi Over 0.5

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Correct Score Prediction

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3 - 1 Wild logo

Wild

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Pittsburgh Penguins vs Minnesota Wild 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 Make Wild Moneyline Favorites

Minnesota Wild are -167 favorites and that means a 63% chance of winning this game according to the Moneyline betting odds with the sportsbooks. For those wanting to back Pittsburgh Penguins, you will find +138 about the underdogs.

1.5 is where the puck line lies, with total goals being 6.5 right now. Hockey bettors regularly enjoy the opportunity to wager on Totals. If you fancy Over 6.5, this outcome can be backed at -100.

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Moneyline

3-Way Moneyline

Puck Line

Total Goals

Kirill Kaprizov is the First Goalscorer Favorite

Favorite Kirill Kaprizov is priced at +750 to be the first player to light the lamp. There’s also the opportunity to back him to score at anytime at odds of -100.

Player Goals

Kirill Kaprizov (Wild)

Matt Boldy (Wild)

Joel Eriksson Ek (Wild)

Sidney Crosby (Penguins)

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Player Assists

Kirill Kaprizov (Wild)

Sidney Crosby (Penguins)

Matt Boldy (Wild)

Bryan Rust (Penguins)

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Player Shots

Kirill Kaprizov (Wild)

Matt Boldy (Wild)

Joel Eriksson Ek (Wild)

Sidney Crosby (Penguins)

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Last 5 Games

Penguins

NHL: 28/10 Penguins2 Flyers 3
NHL: 28/10 Blues3 Penguins 6
NHL: 26/10 Blue Jackets5 Penguins 4
NHL: 24/10 Penguins5 Panthers 3
NHL: 22/10 Canucks1 Penguins 5

Wild

NHL: 29/10 Jets4 Wild 3
NHL: 26/10 Sharks6 Wild 5
NHL: 26/10 Mammoth6 Wild 2
NHL: 23/10 Wild1 Devils 4
NHL: 21/10 Wild3 Rangers 1

Head to Head

Pittsburgh vs Minnesota

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
NHL: 13/10 2019 Penguins 7 Wild 4

Team Stats

Latest regular season and playoff games stats.

Pittsburgh Penguins Stats

Minnesota Wild Stats

Moneyline

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

Moneyline

2 wins and 8 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 9 of the last 10 games
+1.5 Betting Line on the Road: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 9 of the last 10 games on the road

Puck Line

-1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 1 of the last 10 games
-1.5 Betting Line at Home: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 1 of the last 10 home games

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 6.70 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals on the Road: An average of 5.90 goals in the previous 10 games on the road
Over 6.5: Covered in 6 of the previous 10 games
Over 6.5 on the Road: Covered in 4 of the previous 10 games on the road
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 3.70 goals and allowed 3.00 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals on the Road: Have scored an average of 3.40 pts and allowed 2.50 goals in the last 10 games on the road

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 6.90 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals at Home: An average of 8.30 goals in the previous 10 home games
Over 6.5: Covered in 6 of the previous 10 games
Over 6.5 at Home: Covered in 8 of the previous 10 home games
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 2.60 goals and allowed 4.30 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals at Home: Have scored an average of 3.90 goals and allowed 4.40 goals in the last 10 home games

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.8
Shots: 25.1
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 4
Empty Net Goals: 0.3
Penalty Minutes: 11.5
Blocks: 13.4
Faceoff Wins : 26.4
Hits: 15.5
Giveaways: 18.7
Takeaways: 4.4

Last 10 Games on the Road

Goals Powerplay: 0.8
Shots: 27.3
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 3.5
Empty Net Goals: 0.6
Penalty Minutes: 10.2
Blocks: 12.2
Faceoff Wins : 25.2
Hits: 17.8
Giveaways: 16
Takeaways: 4.4

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 1.3
Shots: 31.6
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 2.6
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 6.3
Blocks: 16.9
Faceoff Wins : 29
Hits: 22.4
Giveaways: 14.4
Takeaways: 4

Last 10 Home Games

Goals Powerplay: 1.6
Shots: 36
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 2.6
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 5.9
Blocks: 16.9
Faceoff Wins : 31
Hits: 23.9
Giveaways: 15.7
Takeaways: 4.6

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Pittsburgh Penguins Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
71	Evgeni Malkin	11	17.27	3	13	16	7
87	Sidney Crosby	11	19.25	8	7	15	5
16	Justin Brazeau	11	13.43	6	6	12	4

39	Anthony Mantha	11	15.05	5	5	10	7
65	Erik Karlsson	11	22.45	0	9	9	8
17	Bryan Rust	9	20.68	3	5	8	5
67	Rickard Rakell	9	17.78	3	5	8	1
5	Ryan Shea	11	20.56	1	4	5	4
28	Parker Wotherspoon	11	21.3	1	4	5	7
11	Filip Haallander	10	13.06	1	3	4	5
18	Thomas Novak	11	11.79	1	3	4	-2
58	Kris Letang	11	21.24	1	3	4	6
19	Connor Dewar	11	13.07	3	1	4	2
55	Noel Acciari	10	13.8	0	2	2	3
81	Benjamin Kindel	9	13.31	2	0	2	-2
46	Blake Lizotte	11	14.16	1	0	1	3
82	Caleb Jones	7	17.17	0	1	1	1
45	Harrison Brunicke	7	16.17	1	0	1	0
24	Matt Dumba	4	14.85	0	1	1	-1
53	Philip Tomasino	4	12.13	0	0	0	-2
41	Ville Koivunen	4	12.48	0	0	0	-3
75	Connor Clifton	3	17.57	0	0	0	-3
38	Owen Pickering	1	13.2	0	0	0	1

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
37	Arturs Silovs	6	2.44	0.919
35	Tristan Jarry	5	2.62	0.917

Minnesota Wild Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
97	Kirill Kaprizov	11	22.62	6	9	15	-5
12	Matthew Boldy	11	22.3	5	7	12	-2
48	Marco Rossi	10	18.32	2	8	10	-6

90	Marcus Johansson	11	16.08	5	3	8	-2
8	Zeev Buium	11	19.63	2	6	8	-8
14	Joel Eriksson Ek	11	19.94	2	5	7	-6
7	Brock Faber	11	22.95	1	4	5	-5
38	Ryan Hartman	11	16.22	3	2	5	-4
91	Vladimir Tarasenko	11	16.15	1	4	5	-6
13	Yakov Trenin	11	13.05	0	2	2	-1
46	Jared Spurgeon	11	21.53	1	1	2	-12
25	Jonas Brodin	10	20.98	1	1	2	-1
18	Vinnie Hinostroza	11	11.05	0	2	2	-6
5	Jacob Middleton	11	17.18	0	1	1	-5
	Danila Yurov	9	9.7	1	0	1	-6
71	Tyler Pitlick	5	8.08	0	0	0	-1
39	Ben Jones	3	8.07	0	0	0	-1
28	Liam Oehgren	5	9.18	0	0	0	-4
17	Marcus Foligno	10	13.13	0	0	0	-9
24	Zach Bogosian	5	13.88	0	0	0	3
55	David Jiricek	7	12.77	0	0	0	0
30	Jesper Wallstedt	3	63.67	0	0	0	0
43	Hunter Haight	2	9.35	0	0	0	-2

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
32	Filip Gustavsson	8	3.42	0.89

Injuries & Suspensions

Pittsburgh Penguins Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Rickard Rakell

Injured

Caleb Jones

Injured

Kevin Hayes

Injured

Rutger McGroarty

Injured

Minnesota Wild Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Mats Zuccarello

Injured

Zach Bogosian

Injured

Nico Sturm

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 Pittsburgh Penguins Lineups

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Penguins 2-3 Flyers

Metropolitan	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 New Jersey	10	8	2	0	16	0.8	7	8	39	30	9	5-0-0	3-2-0	0-0	8-2	1L
2 Pittsburgh	11	7	2	2	16	0.727	7	7	40	30	10	3-1-1	4-1-1	0-2	6-4	1L
3 Carolina	9	6	3	0	12	0.667	3	5	34	28	6	2-1-0	4-2-0	1-0	6-3	2L
4 Washington	10	6	4	0	12	0.6	5	6	27	22	5	3-3-0	3-1-0	0-0	6-4	2L
5 Columbus	10	6	4	0	12	0.6	4	5	35	31	4	2-3-0	4-1-0	1-0	6-4	3W
6 Philadelphia	9	5	3	1	11	0.611	2	3	26	23	3	5-1-0	0-2-1	2-0	5-4	2W
7 NY Rangers	11	4	5	2	10	0.455	4	4	24	26	-2	0-4-1	4-1-1	0-0	4-6	1W
8 NY Islanders	9	4	4	1	9	0.5	4	4	32	33	-1	3-2-0	1-2-1	0-1	4-5	2L

East Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Montreal	11	8	3	0	16	0.727	4	8	40	33	7	3-1-0	5-2-0	0-0	8-2	2W
2 Detroit	10	7	3	0	14	0.7	6	7	35	31	4	5-1-0	2-2-0	0-0	7-3	2W
3 Florida	11	5	5	1	11	0.5	5	5	27	31	-4	4-1-1	1-4-0	0-1	4-6	1L
4 Ottawa	11	5	5	1	11	0.5	4	4	41	44	-3	3-2-1	2-3-0	1-0	4-6	1L
5 Toronto	11	5	5	1	11	0.5	3	5	38	42	-4	5-2-1	0-3-0	0-0	4-6	1L
6 Buffalo	10	4	4	2	10	0.5	4	4	30	31	-1	4-2-1	0-2-1	0-0	4-6	2L
7 Tampa Bay	10	4	4	2	10	0.5	3	4	29	30	-1	2-3-0	2-1-2	0-0	4-6	3W
8 Boston	12	5	7	0	10	0.417	4	5	39	44	-5	4-3-0	1-4-0	0-0	3-7	1W

East Central	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Utah	11	8	3	0	16	0.727	6	8	40	30	10	4-0-0	4-3-0	0-0	8-2	1L
2 Colorado	11	6	1	4	16	0.727	6	6	41	30	11	3-0-2	3-1-2	0-2	5-5	1W
3 Winnipeg	10	7	3	0	14	0.7	6	7	34	25	9	3-3-0	4-0-0	0-0	7-3	1W
4 Dallas	10	6	3	1	13	0.65	5	5	29	30	-1	3-2-1	3-1-0	1-0	6-4	3W
5 Chicago	10	5	3	2	12	0.6	4	5	33	26	7	3-2-1	2-1-1	0-1	5-5	1W
6 Nashville	11	4	5	2	10	0.455	3	3	28	37	-9	3-3-1	1-2-1	1-0	3-7	2L
7 Minnesota	11	3	5	3	9	0.409	2	2	31	43	-12	1-2-2	2-3-1	1-0	2-8	4L
8 St Louis	10	3	6	1	7	0.35	3	3	29	44	-15	1-4-1	2-2-0	0-0	3-7	5L

West Pacific	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Vegas	10	6	1	3	15	0.75	5	6	37	28	9	3-0-1	3-1-2	0-1	6-4	1W
2 Seattle	10	5	2	3	13	0.65	3	5	28	29	-1	3-0-1	2-2-2	0-1	5-5	1L
3 LA Kings	11	5	3	3	13	0.591	2	4	33	36	-3	0-2-1	5-1-2	1-2	5-5	2W
4 Edmonton	11	5	4	2	12	0.545	4	5	35	35	0	3-0-1	2-4-1	0-1	5-5	1W
5 Anaheim	9	5	3	1	11	0.611	3	4	32	31	1	1-1-0	4-2-1	1-0	5-4	1W
6 Vancouver	11	5	6	0	10	0.455	3	4	29	33	-4	2-3-0	3-3-0	1-0	4-6	1L
7 San Jose	10	2	6	2	6	0.3	0	2	32	46	-14	0-3-2	2-3-0	0-0	2-8	1L
8 Calgary	11	2	8	1	5	0.227	1	1	24	39	-15	1-3-1	1-5-0	1-0	1-9	1L

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NHL Betting Preview: Penguins vs Wild

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Pittsburgh Penguins vs Minnesota Wild Prediction & Picks

Game Prediction

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Player Prop Picks

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Correct Score Prediction

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Player Assists

Player Shots

Micro Betting

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Injuries & Suspensions

Pittsburgh Penguins Injury Table

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Starting Lineups

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