Minnesota Wild vs Vancouver Canucks: Game preview, predictions and odds

Minnesota Wild vs Vancouver Canucks: Game preview, predictions and odds | March 7, 2025

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The Minnesota Wild are on the road to play the Vancouver Canucks on Friday at 10 p.m. ET. Minnesota (36-22-4) is coming off a 4-3 win over Seattle. Vancouver (28-22-11) is coming off a 3-2 win over Anaheim.

Wild vs Canucks: Head-to-head & key stats

Minnesota is 51-38-5-10 all-time against Vancouver
The Wild are averaging 2.82 goals per game
The Canucks are 12-10-7 at home
Minnesota is allowing 2.85 goals per game
Vancouver is averaging 2.73 goals per game
The Wild are 22-9-3 on the road
The Canucks are allowing 3.03 goals per game

Minnesota Wild vs Vancouver Canucks: Preview

Minnesota is in a playoff spot and is on a two-game winning streak. The Wild are led by Matt Boldy who has 53 points, Kirill Kaprizov who's hurt has 52 points, Marco Rossi has 51 points, and Mats Zuccarello has 40 points.

The Wild are set to start Filip Gustavsson who's 24-13-3 with a 2.62 GAA and a .914 SV%. In his career against Vancouver, he's 4-2-1 with a 2.64 GAA and a .912 SV%.

Vancouver, meanwhile, snapped its two-game losing streak with a 3-2 win over Anaheim. The Canucks are set to start Kevin Lankinen who's 21-10-7 with a 2.56 GAA and a .904 SV%. In his career against Minnesota, he's 0-1-2 with a 2.86 GAA and a .914 SV%.

The Canucks are led by Quinn Hughes who has 60 points, Brock Boeser has 37 points, Conor Garland has 37 points, and Jake DeBrusk has 36 points.

Wild vs Canucks: Odds & Prediction

Minnesota is a +114 underdog while Vancouver is a -135 favorite with the over/under set at 5.5 goals.

The Wild have been playing well, unlike Vancouver, who is struggling to score. Filip Gustavsson has been solid in net for Minnesota and he should be able to limit the Canucks offense and lead Minnesota to a road win here.

Prediction: Wild 3, Canucks 2.

Wild vs Canucks: Betting Tips

Tip 1: Minnesota ML (+114)

Tip 2: Under 5.5 goals (-122)

Tip 3: Jake DeBrusk 2+ shots on goal (-150)

About the author

Cole is an NHL, NFL and College Sports reporter at Sportskeeda with over 7 years of experience writing for publications like CBC, USA Today, SMG, BJPENN, Sherdog and SB Nation.

An NHL fan his whole life, Cole played rep hockey in Canada from age 5 until 17 and grew up rooting for Martin St. Louis and the Tampa Bay Lightning. His all-time favorite players are Vincent Lecavalier and Steven Stamkos, while Jon Cooper is his favorite coach of all time.

Cole attended Sheridan College and received his journalism degree in 2019. After decades of watching and reporting, he considers his knowledge of sports as his primary strength. He ensures that the same story has been reported by at least two reputed reporters before creating it.

Cole enjoys playing golf and spending time with friends and family when not reporting breaking stories. His favorite sports moment is from the 2010 Olympics, when Sidney Crosby scored the golden goal in overtime to beat Team USA for the gold medal.

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