San José Sharks vs. Minnesota Wild Preview, Prediction & Odds | April 9, 2025

This San José Sharks vs. Minnesota Wild Preview, Prediction & Odds will handicap the last meeting of the 2024-25 NHL Regular Season between these two Western Conference teams. Minnesota won the first two meetings 5-2 and 3-1, both in San José. The Sharks head in here losers of six straight games, while the Wild are fighting for a Wild Card spot in the West and are currently four points up on the Flames for the final conference berth.

San Jose Sharks vs. Minnesota Wild Odds

Game Details

• Game: San José Sharks at Minnesota Wild

• Date and Time: Wednesday, April 9, 2025, 8 pm EDT/7 CDT/5 PDT

• Location: Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota

• TV: ESPN+

Key Stats

San José Sharks

The Sharks (20-47-10, 8-21-8 on road) head into this game with the worst record in the NHL (50 points), riding a six-game losing streak and with the poorest goal differential in the NHL (-95). San José has scored the second-fewest goals in the NHL (198)—Nashville has just 191—with Macklin Celebrini (57 points), William Eklund (55 points), Tyler Toffoli (50 points), Mikael Granlund (45 points), and Will Smith (40 points) the team’s leading producers. In net, no one has allowed more goals than the Sharks (293). They have tried a few goalies, including Alexander Georgiev (7-18-2, 3.88 GAA), Mackenzie Blackwood (6-9-3, 3.00 GAA), and Vitek Vaněček (3-10-3, 3.89 GAA).

Sharks Betting Trends

• The Sharks have lost 6 straight overall (10 GF-29 GA)
• Five of San José’s last 8 losses have been by 2 goals or more
• The Under is 2-0-1 in the last 3 Sharks Road games
• The Sharks have lost 6 straight to the Wild (13 GF-31 GA)
•  San José had the worst Record in the NHL last season (19-54-9, -150 GD)

Minnesota Wild

The Minnesota Wild (42-29-7, 20-17-2 at home) have been a better team on the road (22-12-5) than they have at home this season. This will be the first meeting between these two in the Land of 10,000 Lakes since March 28, 2024. With Kirill Kaprizov (52 points) out, Matt Boldy (67 points), Marco Rossi (58 points), and Mats Zuccarello (48 points) have had to pick up the scoring slack.

In goal, Minnesota has received good play for No. 1 man Filip Gustavsson (30-18-6, 2.54 GAA) and veteran Marc-André Fleury (12-9-1, 2.78 GAA). Minnesota was 18-4-4 at one point this season (Dec. 6) and have gone 12-14-2 since then and tumbled down the Central Division standings, behind the first-place Jets, Stars, Avalanche, and upstart Blues.

Wild Betting Trends

• Minnesota is 8-2-0 in its last 10 games overall vs the Sharks
• The Wild are 1-4-0 in their last 5 games overall 
• The Over is 3-1-0 in the last 4 Wild Home games
• The Wild are 11-4 in the last 15 series meetings  
• The last 3 Wild wins over the Sharks have been by 2+ goals (4, 3, 2)
• Minnesota did not make the 2023-24 NHL Playoffs (39-33-10)

Prediction

As they await the return of star Kirill Kaprizov, Minnesota is clinging to the last Wild Card spot in the Western Conference after the Blues went on a 13-1 run and passed them in the standings. Losing to the Sharks here would be devastating for the Wild, so expect a focused performance from the start. With the visitors on a 6-game losing streak and allowing the most goals in the NHL, the expectations here are for Minnesota to win by 2 or more goals in a relatively low-scoring skate from the Twin Cities. Kaprikov was scheduled to return for this game, but nothing has been made official yet.

Final Pick

Minnesota Wild -1.5 (-112)