Minnesota Wild vs Winnipeg Jets Prediction, 12/27/2025 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Minnesota Wild vs Winnipeg Jets

Date: Saturday, December 27, 2025

Location: Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, MB

TV: TSN3

Odds/Point Spread: Wild (-130) Jets (+110)

The Minnesota Wild (22-10-6) are en route to Canada Life Centre on Saturday where they will play the Winnipeg Jets (15-17-3). The moneyline on this game has the Wild at -130 while the Jets are at +110. The total is 6.

The Minnesota Wild will look to clean up some issues after taking a 3-2 defeat to the Predators in their previous outing. The Wild offense left a lot to be desired in the loss. While out there on the ice, they tallied a score on 2 of the 32 shots they launched. Additionally, they had 3 opportunities with more players on the ice but weren't able to make the most of them. Minnesota amassed 10 mins in the box in this outing.

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At even strength, the Wild have allowed the opponent to score 76 goals while getting 85 themselves. Minnesota Wild opponents have tallied 93 power play opportunities (31st in the league) and have scored 22 goals in those chances. In terms of their goal scoring prowess, the Minnesota Wild have earned 114 goals (15th in the league) on the year and have given up 98. Minnesota has tried 1,084 shots and has a shooting percentage of 10.5%. For the current campaign, the have a total of 50 points and their points percentage is sitting at .658. The Wild have seen 1,142 shots attempted against them and are the owners of a save percentage of .914. Minnesota skates onto the rink with 126 power play opportunities and they have notched 29 goals out of those advantages, garnering them a rate of 23.02%.

The man in goal for this game is Filip Gustavsson. In his professional hockey career, Gustavsson has accrued 115 quality starts and his percentage for quality starts is .622. His save percentage is .913 for his 9,017 mins guarding the cage. Gustavsson has seen 5,661 shots against him and has amassed 5,166 saves. Opponents have tallied 495 goals against Gustavsson in his pro career and his goals against average is 2.68. He has amassed a mark of 95-67-24 and he started in 185 games. Gustavsson has taken the ice for 193 matchups over the course of his hockey career.

The last time they were on the ice, Winnipeg played the Mammoth in an outing where the Jets were on the wrong end of the score by a final score of 4-3. The Jets netted 3 goals out of the 26 shots on goal they took. They had 3 power play chances in this contest and scored 1 out of those chances.

On the season, the Winnipeg Jets have accounted for 102 goals, 33 points, as well as a points percentage of .471. They have permitted 106 goals to be scored by way of 84 goals at even strength and 22 goals while they had less men on the ice. The Jets have earned 81 goals at even strength and 21 goals (17th in pro hockey) while having more men on the ice. They have earned 100 power play chances and they have earned a power play rate of 21.00%. Winnipeg has attempted 929 shots (28th in professional hockey) and has accumulated a shot percentage of 10.98%, while allowing their opponents 997 shots. They have a penalty kill percentage of 80.87% on their oppositions 115 opportunities on the power play, and their save percentage comes in at 89.4%.

On the other side of the ice you will find Connor Hellebuyck defending the goal. He has recorded 16,147 stops out of 17,600 shots tried, giving him a save percentage of .917. Hellebuyck is sitting with a career mark of 331-193-46 and has been in net for 587 contests. He has been a starter 577 games and has been on the ice for 30,151 minutes. Hellebuyck's percentage of quality starts sits at 60.3% and he has qualified for 348 quality starts in his NHL career. The opposition is averaging 2.52 goals per game and he has yielded 1,453 goals in total.

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

Guy's Pick: Take Minnesota (-130)

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