The second-place team in the Central Division plays host to the second-place team in the Pacific Division as the Minnesota Wild tangle with the visiting Edmonton Oilers.
Edmonton comes to Minnesota riding a two-game winning streak and with three wins in their last four road games. The Wild are 5-2 straight up in their past seven games. However, Minnesota is 3-4 SU over the club’s past seven home games.
Oddsmakers are leaning toward the visitors in this tilt. The Oilers are set as -183 away favorites.
Let’s look at the latest betting line on this game. Remember odds are subject to change.
 | Puck Line | Moneyline | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edmonton Oilers | -1.5 (+140) | -183 | O 5.5 (-125) |
| Minnesota Wild | +1.5 (-165) | +158 | U 5.5 (+105) |
There are just two games on a very quiet Wednesday NHL schedule. We’ve checked the current NHL odds and selected the Edmonton Oilers vs the Minnesota Wild as being one of the best bets worth taking in the NHL picks. There’s a lot to cover, so let’s jump right into our betting prediction.
When checking the NHL betting lines at any of the leading Vegas sports betting sites, you’ll find that the Oilers are a top contender in the 2025 NHL Stanley Cup odds. The Oilers and Wild have split their last four meetings.
This series has been closer of late, but overall, the Wild have proven dominant in recent seasons. Though it’s 2-2 in the past four, Minnesota is 4-2 SU over the past six clashes and 11-3 SU through the last 14 meetings.
The NHL picks show that in Minnesota, the Wild hold a 6-1 SU edge in the last seven games against the Oilers. Overall, Edmonton is 5-0 SU in the club’s past five games facing Western Conference opposition. The Oilers are 6-1 SU in their last seven games.
The over is 5-2-1 in the last eight games between the Wild and Oilers. There’s been eight goals scored in each of the past two games featuring Edmonton and Minnesota. Overall, the total has gone under in five of Edmontons’s last seven games and five of the Oilers’ past seven road games.
Four of Minnesota’s past five home games have gone over. On the other hand, four of the last five games the Wild have played against Pacific Division clubs hit on the under.
Minnesota is 7-9-1 SU as the betting underdog this season. The Wild are 6-15 against the puck line on home ice. Edmonton is 9-11 against the puck line when an away squad. The Oilers are 24-15-3 SU when favored in the betting line.
Minnesota’s struggles of late can be directly correlated to a rash of injuries that has significantly impacted the team’s core. Top-pairing defenders Brock Faber (upper-body injury) and Jonas Brodin (foot) haven’t played in a week. Team captain and fellow defenseman Jared Spurgeon (lower-body injury) hasn’t played since New Year’s Eve.
Forward Kirill Kaprizov (lower-body injury) has missed the past nine games. At the time of his injury, Kaprizov was tied for fourth in NHL scoring with 50 points. He was considered a top contender in the Hart Trophy odds. Fellow forward Jakub Lauko (lower-body injury) has missed the last 14 games.
In Kaprizov’s absence, the Wild are looking to forwards Marco Rossi (16-22-38) and Matt Boldy (16-21-37) to help pick up some of the offensive slack. Goalie Filip Gustavsson is 18-8-3 with a 2.50 GAA and a .917 save percentage.
The sum of Edmonton’s parts is certainly more than Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl. That being said, what a dynamic duo those two are proving to be yet again this season. Draisaitl is leading the NHL with 31 goals and is second overall with 64 points. He’s also showing a league-best plus-27 rating. McDavid is fifth on the NHL scoring charts with 59 points.
Draisaitl scored four points when the Oilers were whipping the Wild 7-1 on December 12. Edmonton is 7-2-1 SU since that win. In the NHL picks, the Oilers have gone on a 17-4-1 SU roll since falling 5-3 to the Wild on home ice back on November 21.
Defenseman Evan Bouchard is showing 7-25-32 totals on the season. Fresh off a 1-0 shutout of Los Angeles, Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner is 17-9-3 this season with a 2.68 goals-against average and a .902 save percentage.
The Oilers are beginning a three-game road trip with this contest and XL Energy Center might not be a bad place to get a journey underway. The Wild are just 11-9-1 SU on home ice this season. This is the third meeting of the season between these two teams and a home team has yet to win in the series.
With McDavid and Draisaitl on fire and the Wild in a hurting way, take Edmonton as road favorites in the Wednesday Vegas NHL picks.
