With our NHL best bets when we last saw the Minnesota Wild, we cashed an under in their 2-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens. That same night, we cashed an over in the Toronto Maple Leafs' 6-3 loss to the Colorado Avalanche. Now it’s time to cash the best Wild vs Maple Leafs prediction.
This interconference clash certainly doesn’t lack star power when it comes to both sides thanks to Kirill Kaprizov and Auston Matthews. Even with that being the case and Minnesota on the road, we see them as the favorite. The lack of elite goaltending has caught up to Toronto, now having lost six of its last seven games. That’s been its Achilles' heel for seemingly forever at this point -- and while the Wild have been incredible in that regard, we’re still taking the over. Between Matthews and William Nylander, they have the offensive talent to contribute and cash our best Wild vs Maple Leafs prediction.
Although Minnesota deserves to be favored, we could see some unique variables at play with both goaltenders being healthy enough to play these days. Given the unknown, rather than sweating out either team winning, we’ll just lock in the over.
Wild vs Maple Leafs prediction: Over 6.5 (-105) available at time of publishing. Playable to -120.
