Minnesota Wild vs St. Louis Blues Prediction, 10/9/2025 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Minnesota Wild vs St. Louis Blues

Date: Thursday, October 9, 2025

Location: Enterprise Center in St. Louis, MO

TV: Fanduel Sports Network Midwest

Odds/Point Spread: Wild (-152) Blues (+126)

The Minnesota Wild (45-30-7 last season) are traveling to Enterprise Center on Thursday where they will play the St. Louis Blues (44-30-8 last year). The moneyline on this matchup has the Wild at -152 while the Blues are priced at +126. The total is set at 6.

The Minnesota Wild will look for better times on the ice after their 3-2 defeat to the Golden Knights in their previous game. Minnesota accumulated 8 minutes in the box for this matchup. In addition, they had 2 power play opportunities but didn't get a goal. The Wild had an offensive game that was below their expectations in the defeat. For the outing, they tallied a score on 2 of the 31 shots they tried.

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When playing at even strength, the Wild allowed 180 goals while having 182. Minnesota Wild opponents had 203 power play tries (25th in pro hockey) and notched 56 goals in those chances. When talking about their goal scoring prowess, the Minnesota Wild tallied 225 goals (25th in pro hockey) during the previous year and conceded 236. Minnesota tried 2,263 shots and had a shot percentage of 9.9%. For the previous campaign, they recorded 97 points and their points percentage finished at .591. The Wild had 2,427 shots taken against them and held a save percentage of .903. Minnesota accounted for 206 power play opportunities and scored 43 goals out of those attempts, giving them a percentage of 20.87%.

The man in goal for this game is Filip Gustavsson. Gustavsson has played in 169 matchups during his hockey career. He has accumulated a win-loss mark of 83-59-20 and he was named the starter in 161 games. The opposition has scored 435 goals versus Gustavsson in his pro career and his goals against average per game is 4.02. Gustavsson has had 4,976 shots taken against him and has recorded 4,541 total saves. His save percentage is .913 during his 6,499 minutes played. Over the course of his career, Gustavsson is sitting with 98 quality starts and his quality starts rate sits at .609.

When they were on the ice last, St. Louis squared up with the Jets in a game where the Blues ended up taking the loss by a mark of 4-3. They had 1 power play opportunity in this matchup but didn't score a goal. The Blues had 3 goals of the 29 shots on goal they pursued.

Last season, the St. Louis Blues accumulated 250 goals, 96 points, as well as a points percentage of .585. They granted a total of 231 goals to be scored by way of 182 goals at even strength and 49 goals while they had less men on the ice. The Blues finished with 207 goals at even strength and 43 goals (22nd in the NHL) while on the power play. They earned 195 power play chances and they have earned a power play percentage of 22.05%. St. Louis attempted 2,185 shots (28th in pro hockey) and earned a shot percentage of 11.44%, while allowing their opponent 2,236 shots. They recorded a penalty kill rate of 74.35% on the other team's 191 tries on the power play, and their save percentage came in at 89.7%.

For the opposition you will find Jordan Binnington in goal. He is sitting with 8,744 saves out of 9,645 shots taken, which gives him a save % of .907. Binnington has a career mark of 173-116-36 and has been in net for 336 contests. He has been a starter 327 contests and has racked up 16,372 mins. Binnington's quality start percentage comes out to 53.8% and he has 176 quality starting assignments in his pro hockey career. The opposition is averaging 3.30 goals/game and he has surrendered 901 goals in total.

Who will win tonight's NHL game against the spread or moneyline?

Guy's Pick: Take St. Louis (+126)

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