Minnesota Wild vs Philadelphia Flyers Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 10/18/25

The Philadelphia Flyers will be hosting the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night. The Flyers have had a very tough schedule to begin their season, with two games against the defending Stanley Cup Champions, one against the Carolina Hurricanes and Winnipeg Jets. It doesn’t get much easier with the offensively gifted Wild coming to town. We know the Wild can score their share of goals as they are led by Kirill Kprizov and Matt Boldy, but their defensive ply has been extremely shaky. They are averaging 4.00 goals against through their first five games of the season. They are also coming in to this game on the second half of a back-to-back, so I expect their defensive play to continue to be sloppy. Their powerplay is extremely lethal right now, operating at a very impressive 43.5%. Expect them to capitalize on most of their man advantage opportunities.

The Flyers have been spinning their tires a bit offensively out of the gate, averaging only 2.75 goals per game to begin the year. The poor defensive play of the Wild will allow them to find their scoring touch and get things back on track. The Flyers offense poses a lot of skill and has the potential to produce goals in bunches. I think we are in for a high-scoring game on Saturday given the back-to-back situation for the Wild and their backup netminder getting the start. I will be taking the over in this one.

Wild vs. Flyers prediction: Over 6.0 (-110) available at time of publishing. Playable at that number.