NHL Betting Preview: Sharks vs Wild

The San Jose Sharks clash with the Minnesota Wild in this NHL matchup at Xcel Energy Center, with face-off scheduled for 18:00 on Sunday, October 26. Our betting preview features expert predictions, betting tips, the latest odds, H2H stats, player stats, team news and the starting lineups.

Wild Set to Deliver Victory

We believe that the Wild should prove too strong for the Sharks over 60 minutes. Therefore, it’s all about going to the 3-Way Moneyline to back the home team and there’s juice in the -135 available.

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8 Wild Wins in Last 10 H2H Clashes

San Jose Sharks were beaten in their previous game and this was on the road at Prudential Center. New Jersey Devils claimed a 3-1 win. William Eklund was the only player to score, with Yaroslav Askarov making 26 saves (.929).

Minnesota Wild have lost in back-to-back outings. In a recent home game at Xcel Energy Center, they were turned over 6-2 by Utah Mammoth. Marcus Johansson was able to score both goals.

Head-to-Head Statistics

The Wild won the most recent encounter between these teams. A 8-7 victory was registered against the Sharks at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild have seven straight wins against the Sharks. They’ve also claimed 8 victories in the past 10 head-to-head meetings.

Starting Goalies

Alex Nedeljkovic (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	1-2-1	4	.875	0
23/24	18-7-7	2.97	.902	1

Jesper Wallstedt (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	1-0-1	2.4	.909	0
23/24	2-1-0	3.01	.897	1

San Jose Sharks – Last 10 Games

1 win, 6 losses and 3 overtime losses, averaging 2.4 goals from 22.6 shots on goal, with a 17.5% powerplay efficiency. The Sharks have given up 4.2 goals from 32.7 shots, averaging 3.9 penalties with a penalty-killing efficiency of 76.9%.

Macklin Celebrini is the top points scorer with 13 points, 6 goals and 7 assists, with Will Smith racking up 8 points, 2 goals and 6 assists, in the last 10 games. Goalie Alex Nedeljkovic have a 4.00 goal against average with a .874 save percentage.

Minnesota Wild – Last 10 Games

The Wild have 3 wins, 6 losses and 1 overtime loss, averaging 2.4 goals from 29.9 shots on goal, with a 25.6% powerplay efficiency. They have been conceding 3.6 goals from 30.7 shots, averaging 2.7 penalties per game with a penalty-killing efficiency of 70.4%.

Matthew Boldy and Kirill Kaprizov have scored the most points on 11, with each player managing 5 goals and 6 assists. Goalie Filip Gustavsson have a 3.31 GAA with a .895 SV%, including one shutout.

San Jose Sharks vs Minnesota Wild Prediction & Picks

This San Jose Sharks vs Minnesota Wild betting breakdown features a main match prediction, a correct score insight, expert player prop picks and a sharply constructed bet builder to guide your wagers.

Game Prediction

We’re keeping things simple by backing Minnesota Wild on the 60-minute line. They should get the better of their opponents in this NHL encounter and our pick is available at -135.

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Key Sharks vs Wild stats:

Wild have won 11 of their last 20 games at home.
Sharks have lost 9 of their last 10 games.
Sharks have lost 18 of their last 20 games.
Wild have won the last 7 games between these teams.

Wild 3-Way Moneyline Probability

If you go by the best NHL sportsbooks, our pick has a 57.5% chance of landing a return. Our analysts think there’s a stronger chance of success and calculate the probability to be 60-65%. This hockey bet can therefore be backed with confidence.

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Player Prop Picks

Top Pick: Macklin Celebrini Over 2.5 Shots -145

Macklin Celebrini (Sharks) has totaled Over 2.5 shots on goal in 5 straight games on the road. Out of all the prop bets available, we’re going to take the -145 when it comes to this Shots on Goal wager.

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Same Game Parlay Picks

3-Way Moneyline Wild

To Score Kirill Kaprizov

Shots on Goal Macklin Celebrini Over 2.5

Try out our same game parlay pick which starts with the Wild winning in regulation time. We’ve also gone for Kirill Kaprizov (Wild) to score and Macklin Celebrini (Sharks) to register Over 2.5 shots.

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Correct Score Prediction

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Let’s go for the Wild to win 6-3, a bet which is available at +2200. Correct score betting provides plenty of excitement and a potentially bigger return if you win.

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San Jose Sharks 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.

Wild Win on the Cards According to the Books

Minnesota Wild have short betting odds and they’re overwhelming -222 favorites for this game. This means the sportsbooks give them a 69% chance of winning. The market suggests that San Jose Sharks are least likely to win at +180.

The puck line is calculated to be 1.5, while total goals comes in at 6.5. Hockey fans love the chance to get an alternative angle by going for a Totals wager. If you're keen on Over 6.5, this selection is available at -102.

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Moneyline

3-Way Moneyline

Puck Line

Total Goals

Kirill Kaprizov Favorite to Find the Net First

The Anytime Goalscorer betting indicates that Kirill Kaprizov has odds of -115. He is available at +600 to find the net first which makes him favorite.

Player Goals

Kirill Kaprizov (Wild)

Matt Boldy (Wild)

Joel Eriksson Ek (Wild)

Macklin Celebrini (Sharks)

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Player Assists

Kirill Kaprizov (Wild)

Matt Boldy (Wild)

Macklin Celebrini (Sharks)

Zeev Buium (Wild)

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Player Shots

Kirill Kaprizov (Wild)

Matt Boldy (Wild)

Joel Eriksson Ek (Wild)

Macklin Celebrini (Sharks)

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Micro Betting

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Last 5 Games

Sharks

NHL: 25/10 Sharks1 Devils 3
NHL: 24/10 Sharks6 Rangers 5
NHL: 22/10 Sharks3 Islanders 4
NHL: 19/10 Penguins3 Sharks 0
NHL: 18/10 Sharks3 Mammoth 6

Wild

NHL: 26/10 Mammoth6 Wild 2
NHL: 23/10 Wild1 Devils 4
NHL: 21/10 Wild3 Rangers 1
NHL: 19/10 Wild1 Flyers 2
NHL: 18/10 Wild1 Capitals 5

Head to Head

San Jose vs Minnesota

NHL: 10/04 2025 Sharks 7 Wild 8
NHL: 12/01 2025 Wild 3 Sharks 1
NHL: 08/11 2024 Wild 5 Sharks 2
NHL: 14/04 2024 Wild 6 Sharks 2
NHL: 29/03 2024 Sharks 1 Wild 3
NHL: 04/03 2024 Sharks 3 Wild 4
NHL: 12/03 2023 Wild 5 Sharks 2
NHL: 23/12 2022 Wild 2 Sharks 5
NHL: 14/11 2022 Sharks 3 Wild 2
NHL: 18/04 2022 Sharks 4 Wild 5

Team Stats

Latest regular season and playoff games stats.

San Jose Sharks Stats

Minnesota Wild Stats

Moneyline

1 win and 9 defeats in the last 10 games
1 win and 9 defeats in the last 10 games on the road

Moneyline

3 wins and 7 defeats in the last 10 games
5 wins and 5 defeats in the last 10 home games

Puck Line

+1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 5 of the last 10 games
+1.5 Betting Line on the Road: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 5 of the last 10 games on the road

Puck Line

-1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 2 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 6.60 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals on the Road: An average of 7.80 goals in the previous 10 games on the road
Over 6.5: Covered in 5 of the previous 10 games
Over 6.5 on the Road: Covered in 7 of the previous 10 games on the road
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 2.40 goals and allowed 4.20 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals on the Road: Have scored an average of 2.90 pts and allowed 4.90 goals in the last 10 games on the road

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 6.10 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals at Home: An average of 7.70 goals in the previous 10 home games
Over 6.5: Covered in 4 of the previous 10 games
Over 6.5 at Home: Covered in 7 of the previous 10 home games
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 2.50 goals and allowed 3.60 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals at Home: Have scored an average of 3.60 goals and allowed 4.10 goals in the last 10 home games

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.7
Shots: 22.6
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 3.9
Empty Net Goals: 0
Penalty Minutes: 9.4
Blocks: 14.1
Faceoff Wins : 28.2
Hits: 20.4
Giveaways: 17
Takeaways: 4.1

Last 10 Games on the Road

Goals Powerplay: 0.4
Shots: 25.3
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 4.6
Empty Net Goals: 0
Penalty Minutes: 10.5
Blocks: 17.3
Faceoff Wins : 28.8
Hits: 19.5
Giveaways: 15.7
Takeaways: 4

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 1.1
Shots: 29.9
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 2.7
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 6.4
Blocks: 16.4
Faceoff Wins : 29.3
Hits: 22.3
Giveaways: 13.7
Takeaways: 3.7

Last 10 Home Games

Goals Powerplay: 1.4
Shots: 35.6
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 2.9
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 6.5
Blocks: 16.7
Faceoff Wins : 29.7
Hits: 25.2
Giveaways: 15.1
Takeaways: 5.1

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San Jose Sharks Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
71	Macklin Celebrini	8	20.78	5	7	12	0
2	Will Smith	8	17.65	2	6	8	-1
9	Dmitri Orlov	8	23.1	0	7	7	1

72	William Eklund	8	18.59	2	4	6	-9
81	Adam Gaudette	8	11.21	3	1	4	-4
53	Jeff Skinner	8	13.88	3	1	4	-5
10	Ty Dellandrea	8	13.73	0	3	3	-2
21	Alexander Wennberg	8	19.53	1	2	3	-8
73	Tyler Toffoli	8	17.31	2	1	3	-4
51	Collin Graf	7	14.73	1	2	3	1
38	Mario Ferraro	8	21.14	1	1	2	-6
4	Nick Leddy	7	17.2	0	2	2	-4
	Michael Misa	4	12.7	0	2	2	-1
3	John Klingberg	3	19.57	1	1	2	-3
85	Shakir Mukhamadullin	1	12.8	0	2	2	1
75	Ryan Reaves	7	7.14	1	0	1	-2
96	Philipp Kurashev	6	16.37	1	0	1	-1
5	Vincent Desharnais	5	17.12	0	1	1	-2
30	Yaroslav Askarov	4	59.18	0	0	0	0
23	Barclay Goodrow	8	11.75	0	0	0	-2
6	Sam Dickinson	6	14.82	0	0	0	-4
37	Timothy Liljegren	5	22.4	0	0	0	-3
	Vincent Iorio	5	16	0	0	0	-2

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
33	Alex Nedeljkovic	4	4	0.874

Minnesota Wild Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
12	Matthew Boldy	9	22.18	5	6	11	-3
97	Kirill Kaprizov	9	22.14	5	6	11	-5
8	Zeev Buium	9	20.38	1	6	7	-8

48	Marco Rossi	8	17.96	1	5	6	-5
14	Joel Eriksson Ek	9	19.8	1	5	6	-5
90	Marcus Johansson	9	15.02	3	3	6	0
91	Vladimir Tarasenko	9	15.79	1	4	5	-6
38	Ryan Hartman	9	16.32	2	1	3	-4
25	Jonas Brodin	8	21.28	1	1	2	-4
18	Vinnie Hinostroza	9	11.01	0	1	1	-6
46	Jared Spurgeon	9	20.28	1	0	1	-9
13	Yakov Trenin	9	13.33	0	1	1	-2
5	Jacob Middleton	9	16.63	0	1	1	-2
	Danila Yurov	7	10.34	1	0	1	-5
30	Jesper Wallstedt	2	63.8	0	0	0	0
7	Brock Faber	9	22.73	0	0	0	-5
17	Marcus Foligno	9	13.31	0	0	0	-7
24	Zach Bogosian	5	13.88	0	0	0	3
55	David Jiricek	5	13.68	0	0	0	1
28	Liam Oehgren	5	9.18	0	0	0	-4
71	Tyler Pitlick	3	8.93	0	0	0	0
39	Ben Jones	2	9.85	0	0	0	0
43	Hunter Haight	2	9.35	0	0	0	-2

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
32	Filip Gustavsson	7	3.34	0.897

Injuries & Suspensions

San Jose Sharks Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

John Klingberg

Injured

Shakir Mukhamadullin

Injured

Carey Price

Injured

Logan Couture

Injured

Nick Leddy

Injured

Minnesota Wild Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Nico Sturm

Injured

Mats Zuccarello

Injured

Zach Bogosian

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 San Jose Sharks Lineups

24 Oct NHL

Sharks 1-3 Devils

Metropolitan	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 New Jersey	8	7	1	0	14	0.875	7	7	31	19	12	4-0-0	3-1-0	0-0	7-1	7W
2 Pittsburgh	9	6	2	1	13	0.722	6	6	32	24	8	2-1-1	4-1-0	0-1	6-3	1L
3 Carolina	8	6	2	0	12	0.75	3	5	31	22	9	2-0-0	4-2-0	1-0	6-2	1L
4 Washington	9	6	3	0	12	0.667	5	6	27	21	6	3-3-0	3-0-0	0-0	6-3	1L
5 NY Islanders	8	4	3	1	9	0.563	4	4	30	28	2	3-2-0	1-1-1	0-1	4-4	1L
6 Philadelphia	8	4	3	1	9	0.563	2	3	23	21	2	4-1-0	0-2-1	1-0	4-4	1W
7 Columbus	8	4	4	0	8	0.5	3	3	25	25	0	1-3-0	3-1-0	1-0	4-4	1W
8 NY Rangers	9	3	4	2	8	0.444	3	3	21	21	0	0-4-1	3-0-1	0-0	3-6	2L

East Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Montreal	10	7	3	0	14	0.7	4	7	36	30	6	3-1-0	4-2-0	0-0	7-3	1W
2 Detroit	9	6	3	0	12	0.667	5	6	30	29	1	5-1-0	1-2-0	0-0	6-3	1W
3 Florida	10	5	5	0	10	0.5	5	5	25	28	-3	4-1-0	1-4-0	0-0	5-5	1W
4 Buffalo	9	4	4	1	9	0.5	4	4	27	27	0	4-2-0	0-2-1	0-0	4-5	1L
5 Ottawa	9	4	4	1	9	0.5	3	3	31	35	-4	2-2-1	2-2-0	1-0	4-5	2W
6 Toronto	9	4	4	1	9	0.5	2	4	31	33	-2	4-2-1	0-2-0	0-0	4-5	1W
7 Boston	10	4	6	0	8	0.4	3	4	32	35	-3	3-3-0	1-3-0	0-0	4-6	1W
8 Tampa Bay	8	2	4	2	6	0.375	2	2	22	27	-5	1-3-0	1-1-2	0-0	2-6	1W

East Central	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Utah	9	7	2	0	14	0.778	5	7	34	22	12	4-0-0	3-2-0	0-0	7-2	6W
2 Colorado	9	5	1	3	13	0.722	5	5	30	22	8	2-0-2	3-1-1	0-2	5-4	3L
3 Winnipeg	8	6	2	0	12	0.75	6	6	28	19	9	3-2-0	3-0-0	0-0	6-2	1W
4 Chicago	8	4	2	2	10	0.625	3	4	25	20	5	2-1-1	2-1-1	0-1	4-4	2W
5 Nashville	9	4	3	2	10	0.556	3	3	24	29	-5	3-1-1	1-2-1	1-0	4-5	2W
6 Dallas	8	4	3	1	9	0.563	3	3	25	28	-3	2-2-1	2-1-0	1-0	4-4	1W
7 St Louis	8	3	4	1	7	0.438	3	3	24	33	-9	1-3-1	2-1-0	0-0	3-5	3L
8 Minnesota	9	3	5	1	7	0.389	2	2	23	33	-10	1-2-0	2-3-1	1-0	3-6	2L

West Pacific	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Vegas	8	5	1	2	12	0.75	4	5	30	23	7	3-0-1	2-1-1	0-1	5-3	1L
2 Seattle	9	5	2	2	12	0.667	3	5	25	25	0	3-0-0	2-2-2	0-1	5-4	2W
3 Anaheim	8	4	3	1	9	0.563	3	4	29	29	0	1-1-0	3-2-1	0-0	4-4	1L
4 Edmonton	9	4	4	1	9	0.5	3	4	26	28	-2	2-0-1	2-4-0	0-1	4-5	1L
5 LA Kings	9	3	3	3	9	0.5	0	2	26	32	-6	0-2-1	3-1-2	1-2	3-6	1L
6 Vancouver	9	4	5	0	8	0.444	3	3	25	28	-3	1-2-0	3-3-0	1-0	4-5	3L
7 San Jose	8	1	5	2	4	0.25	0	1	23	37	-14	0-2-2	1-3-0	0-0	1-7	1L
8 Calgary	9	1	7	1	3	0.167	0	0	16	34	-18	0-3-1	1-4-0	1-0	1-8	8L

San Jose Sharks

Minnesota Wild

NHL Betting Preview: Sharks vs Wild

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San Jose Sharks vs Minnesota Wild Prediction & Picks

Game Prediction

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Correct Score Prediction

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Wild Win on the Cards According to the Books

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San Jose Sharks Injury Table

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