Boston Bruins vs Minnesota Wild Prediction 3/2/25 NHL Picks

The Boston Bruins and Minnesota Wild meet Sunday in NHL action at the Xcel Energy Center. Here’s a Boston Bruins vs Minnesota Wild Prediction. This article will include a Boston Bruins vs Minnesota Wild Pick.

Boston Bruins Betting Preview 

The Boston Bruins lost to the Islanders, beat the Penguins, and they play the Predators, Hurricanes, and Lightning next. The Bruins are in need of a big road win after losing seven of their last 10 games.

The Boston Bruins are averaging 2.74 goals per game and are scoring on 15.5 percent of their power play opportunities. David Pastrnak leads Boston with 32 goals, Brad Marchand has 26 assists and Morgan Geekie has 112 shots on goal. Defensively, the Boston Bruins are allowing 3.16 goals per game and are killing 76.2 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Jeremy Swayman has allowed 127 goals on 1,228 shots faced, while Joonas Korpisalo has given up 53 goals on 507 shots.

Minnesota Wild Betting Preview 

The Minnesota Wild lost to the Avalanche and Utah, and they play the Kraken, Canucks, and Penguins next. The Wild hope to avoid four straight losses for the first time since December 15-21.

The Minnesota Wild are averaging 2.83 goals per game and are scoring 19.6 percent of their power play opportunities. Kirill Kaprizov leads Minnesota with 23 goals, Matt Boldy has 31 assists and Joel Eriksson Ek has 123 shots on goal. Defensively, the Minnesota Wild are allowing 2.9 goals per game and are killing 70.1 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Filip Gustavsson has allowed 102 goals on 1,163 shots faced, and Marc-Andre Fleury has given up 55 goals on 573 shots.

Why the Minnesota Wild will win

• The Bruins have lost five of their last six games.
• The Wild have won eight of their last nine games as favorites following a road loss.
• The Bruins have failed to cover the puck line in four of their last five road games following a road win.
• The Wild have covered the puck line in each of their last three day games.
• The Wild have won the second period in six of their last seven games as favorites following a road loss.

Why the Boston Bruins will win

• The Bruins have won nine of their last 10 day games against Central Division opponents.
• The Wild have lost three of their last four games as home favorites against opponents who are on the second leg of a back-to-back.
• The Bruins have covered the puck line in each of their last seven games on the second leg of a back-to-back.
• The Wild have failed to cover the puck line in four of their last five games as favorites against Atlantic Division opponents.
• The Wild have lost the third period in five of their last six home games when tied after the second period.

Boston Bruins vs Minnesota Wild Injury Report 

The Minnesota Wild will be without Kirill Kapizov, Troy Grosenick, Joel Eriksson Ek, and Danila Yurov. Jonas Brodin is questionable for the Wild.

The Boston Bruins without Hampus Lindholm and Charlie McAvoy, while Brad Marchand is questionable.

Boston Bruins vs Minnesota Wild Prediction

The Minnesota Wild are getting the benefit of the doubt because they’re at home with the rest advantage, but they’ve been better on the road than at home all season. I’m also not excited to lay juice with a Wild team that’s lost three straight games and is getting badly outplayed at both ends of the ice. The Bruins are coming off a nice win over the Penguins and beat the Wild a month ago by a score of 3-0. There are better options out there on Sunday’s NHL card, but the value is with the Bruins and the plus money. I’ll take it.