Wild vs Predators Spreads Odds Preview & Pick
Nashville Up On Minnesota in 10 of Last 12, Home Team on 13-5 Run

Before we get into our Minnesota Wild vs Predators spreads odds preview, let’s look at where these two teams are in the NHL division standings. The Wild are 6-3-1 in their last 10 games, putting them in the middle of the pack in the Central Division, three points off the division lead with the Winnipeg Jets owning a game in hand. The Predators, who are 4-6-1 in their last 10, are six points behind the Jets but three points ahead of last-place St. Louis.
Game of the Week
Game: Minnesota Wild (7-6-2) vs Nashville Predators (6-8-1)
Date, Time & Streaming:
Location: Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee
Moneyline: Predators -118, Wild -103 (Consensus)
Line: Predators -1.5 (+210), Wild +1.5 (-265)
Nothing Predatory about the Predators
It’s early in the season but it’s never a good time to look up and see six teams (Tied with Arizona) ahead of you in the division, especially with a 1-3 division mark.
For bettors, it’s been since 2017-18 (+1185 units) when you could feel confident about putting your money behind Nashville on a daily basis, but John Hynes who took over in 2019, has never produced a losing season for players (+957 units 2019-22).
This year Nashville is -353 units overall, with 243 of those losses coming against division opponents. A major reason why the Preds have made the playoffs eight straight seasons is their ability to win games in the Central (113-85, +1077 units since 2014), but as bettors, we don’t need to go all-in with a team that has numbers that tell us where the team has been but doesn’t guarantee what they’ll be to bettors in the future.
Wild Focused on Staying Out of the Box
The Wild have made the playoffs in nine of their last 10 seasons but must find a way to play better in order to add to their playoff participation and it all starts with playing disciplined hockey.
Minnesota is just a game above the NHL .500 mark but is much more respectable 4-1 when they accessed fewer penalty minutes than their opponents.
Dean Evason’s team is third in total penalty minutes with 216. Only the Anaheim Ducks (229) and Vancouver Canucks (217) are worse; company you don’t want to keep. Of the top seven most penalized teams this season, only the Boston Bruins made the postseason last year. Minnesota is 5-1 when they commit 13 minutes of penalties or less.
The reason for that? You guessed it, the 24th-ranked offense doesn’t have enough firepower to win close games, even though their penalty kill has been successful 81% of the time. Let’s continue our Minnesota Wild vs Predators odds preview diving deeper into the NHL lines for this match-up.
Expect the Public to Back Nashville at Home
It wasn’t a surprise after the Wild opened as a slight road favorite, that the bookmakers and bettors didn’t quite agree with that assessment, forcing the Predators into the favorite role.
Recently, Minnesota lost to San Jose (3-2) in a shoot-out as a -200 favorite, Sunday, and have struggled with the Seattle Kraken in recent games with both teams delivering a shutout win.
The perception is the Wild aren’t a reliable wager, despite their 5-2 mark on the road. To conclude our Wild vs Predators betting odds preview, our official recommendation is to go with the Wild because Nashville has not been able to find any offensive consistency averaging just 2.60 goals a game.
Follow us on TwitterWe can’t back a team financially and hope they become something different in one night than what they’ve proven they are over the first 15 nights of the season.
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