Vancouver Canucks vs Minnesota Wild Prediction, Preview and Odds - 04/21/2022

Game Time: 8:00 pm ET, Thursday, April 21, 2022

Venue:  Xcel Energy Center, St Paul, MN 

Where to Watch:  BSN

DraftKings:  Moneyline:  Canucks +150, Wild -175; Over/Under:  6 goals

Bet365:  Moneyline:  Canucks +145, Wild -175; Over/Under:  6 goals

BetMGM:  Moneyline:  Canucks +145, Wild -175; Over/Under:  6 goals

 

Vancouver Canucks:  38-28-11 (5th place, Pacific Division)

Minnesota Wild:  48-21-7 (3rd place, Central Division)

 

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Vancouver Canucks:  6-2-2 last 10

Minnesota Wild:  7-1-2 last 10

 

 

 

The Canucks are coming into this game with 87 points, a 38-28-11 record overall, and they are 20-14-4 in their road games this regular season where they will be in this game. They have won 6 of their last 7 games but are coming into this one off of a loss in their last game which snapped a 6 game winning streak that they were on. Their 6 wins in that span were against the Vegas Golden Knights, the Arizona Coyotes, the San Jose Sharks, the Golden Knights again, the Coyotes again, and the Dallas Stars while their loss came against the Ottawa Senators in their last game. They lost that game at home in a shootout 4-3. Brock Boeser, J. T. Miller, and Travis Dermott each scored 1 goal for them in that one. Sheldon Dries led the team in shots on net in that game with 6. Thatcher Demko was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 3 goals on 17 shots with 14 saves and a .824 sv percentage. He was replaced by Jaroslav Halák who allowed 0 goals on 14 shots with 14 saves and a 1.000 save percentage. Their offense has scored 233 goals this season averaging 3 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 217 goals against them allowing 2.8 goals per game. 

 

 

The Wild are coming into this game with 103 points, a 48-21-7 record overall, and they are 27-7-2 in their home games this regular season where they will be in this game. They have won 5 of their last 6 games and are coming into this one on a 2 game winning streak. Their last loss was against the St. Louis Blues while their 5 wins in that span came against the Los Angeles Kings, the Edmonton Oilers, the Dallas Stars, the San Jose Sharks, and the Montreal Canadiens in their last game. They won that game on the road 2-0. Kevin Fiala and Matt Boldy each scored 1 goal in that one. Kevin Fiala, Mats Zuccarello, Joel Eriksson Ek, Frédérick Gaudreau, and Dmitry Kulikov led the team in shots on net in that game with 3 each. Cam Talbot was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 0 goals on 26 shots with 26 saves and a 1.000 sv percentage. Their offense has scored 283 goals this season averaging 3.7 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 235 goals against them allowing 3.1 goals per game. 

 

 

The Canucks have been playing very well coming into this game but they are coming off of a loss in their last game which snapped a 6 game winning streak that they were on. They lost that game at home in a shootout to the Senators as the Senators came to play spoiler knowing the Canucks basically need to win every game to have a chance at the playoffs. The Canucks lost a lot of their steam with that loss though and they are going up against a Wild team that has been playing very well recently and is also one of the best teams in the Western Conference this season. The Wild have won 5 of their last 6 games and are coming off of a shutout win on the road against the Canadiens. The Canucks have been on a good streak recently but now that it is over they will be stumbling to the finish line here and will likely miss the playoffs this season. The best bet in this game is on the Wild to win this game at home and hurt the chances for the Canucks even more.

 

Canucks Wild Prediction:  Our NHL Pick for Thursday, April 21, 2022 (8:00 pm ET start time) is Wild 4 Canucks 1.

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Vancouver Canucks: 48-60 (-12.4 Units) ML after one or more consecutive overs. 34-45 (-6.4 Units) ML after allowing 4 goals or more. 6-0 OVER after scoring 3 goals or more in 5 straight games.

Minnesota Wild: 122-90 (+19.1 Units) ML in all games. 31-18 (+7 Units) ML in a home game where the total is 6 or more. 22-15 OVER after playing a road game.

 

 

Vancouver Canucks:  A. Chiasson (RW) Ques Tues - Illness. M. Ferland (LW) out for season - Concussion. T. Poolman (D) out for season - Migraine. B. Horvat (C) Early May - Lower Body injury. T. Pearson (LW) Late April - Upper Body injury. N. Hoglander (LW) Out indefinitely - Groin injury. B. Keeper (D) Out indefinitely - Leg injury. B. Sutter (C) out for season - Illness.

Minnesota Wild:  T. Jost (C) Out Tues - Lower Body injury. M. Foligno (LW) Out indefinitely - Illness. J. Greenway (LW) Ques Tues - Upper Body injury. M. Dumba (D) Late April - Upper Body injury. J. Merrill (D) Late April - Upper Body injury.

 

 

 

“We were going to be allowed one mulligan somewhere along the road.” - Bruce Boudreau on his team’s loss against the Senators on Tuesday night.

 

 

“It means that much more. I thought that we came out extremely hard and I was able to make a big save there right at the end of the first period and then kept it a one-goal game.” - Cam Talbot on their win against the Canadiens on Tuesday night.

 

 

 

LW Podkolzin, Vasily

C Miller, J.T.

RW Chiasson, Alex

LD Ekman-Larsson, Oliver

RD Myers, Tyler

G Halák, Jaroslav

 

LW Kaprizov, Kirill 

C Hartman, Ryan

RW Zuccarello, Mats

LD Middleton, Jacob

RD Spurgeon, Jared

G Talbot, Cam

 

 

Points: J. Miller (91)

Goals: B. Horvat (31)

Assists: J. Miller (62)

GAA: T. Demko (2.64)

 

Points: K. Kaprizov (93)

Goals: K. Kaprizov (43)

Assists: M. Zuccarello (52)

GAA: C. Talbot (2.84)

 

Coaches:

Vancouver Canucks: Bruce Boudreau (1st season)

Minnesota Wild: Dean Evason (3rd season)