{"id":506475,"date":"2026-03-16T17:52:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T17:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/506475\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T17:52:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T17:52:18","slug":"wild-vs-blackhawks-prediction-picks-march-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/506475\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild vs. Blackhawks Prediction &#038; Picks &#8211; March 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Minnesota Wild (38-18-12) will aim to stop a three-game losing streak when they take on the Chicago Blackhawks (25-30-11) on the road on Tuesday, March 17 at 7:30 p.m. ET on TNT.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the NHL, other live sports and more on HBO Max. <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/69126?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Use our link<\/a> to sign up today.<\/p>\n<p>Before watching this matchup, here&#8217;s a peek at which team we think will bring home the victory in Tuesday&#8217;s action on the ice.<\/p>\n<p>During the past 10 outings for the Blackhawks, their offense has put up 21 goals while their defense has allowed 27 (they have a 3-5-2 record in those games). In 32 power-play opportunities during that span, they have capitalized with six goals (18.8% success rate).<\/p>\n<p>Wild vs. Blackhawks Predictions for Tuesday<\/p>\n<p>Our computer projection model for this encounter predicts a final score of Blackhawks 4, Wild 3.<\/p>\n<p>Moneyline Pick: Blackhawks (+150)<br \/>\nTotal Pick: Under 6.5 (computer predicts 5.8 goals on average)<br \/>\nSpread Pick: Blackhawks (+1.5)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/69126?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Catch NHL action all season long on HBO Max.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wild Splits and Trends<\/p>\n<p>The Wild (38-18-12 overall) have a 13-12-25 record in games that have required overtime.<br \/>\nIn the 20 games Minnesota has played that were decided by one goal, it has an 11-2-7 record (good for 29 points).<br \/>\nIn the nine games this season the Wild recorded just one goal, they went 1-6-2 (four points).<br \/>\nMinnesota has finished 3-9-4 in the 16 games this season when it scored exactly two goals (registering 10 points).<br \/>\nThe Wild have scored three or more goals in 43 games (34-3-6, 74 points).<br \/>\nIn the 31 games when Minnesota has capitalized on a single power-play goal, it picked up 40 points after finishing 17-8-6.<br \/>\nIn the 29 games this season in which it has outshot its opponent, Minnesota is 17-7-5 (39 points).<br \/>\nThe Wild have been outshot by opponents 38 times, and went 20-11-7 (47 points).<br \/>\nBlackhawks Splits and Trends<\/p>\n<p>The Blackhawks have a 7-11-18 record in overtime matchups this season and a 25-30-11 overall record.<br \/>\nChicago has earned 22 points (8-7-6) in its 21 games that finished with a one-goal margin.<br \/>\nThis season the Blackhawks registered only one goal in 11 games and they finished 0-10-1 in those matchups.<br \/>\nWhen Chicago has scored two goals this season, they&#8217;ve earned 12 points (4-9-4 record).<br \/>\nThe Blackhawks have scored at least three goals in 33 games, earning 48 points from those contests.<br \/>\nThis season, Chicago has recorded a lone power-play goal in 27 games has a record of 13-9-5 in those matchups.<br \/>\nWhen it outshoots its opponent this season, Chicago has posted a record of 10-7-4 (24 points).<br \/>\nThe Blackhawks have been outshot by opponents 42 times this season, and earned 37 points in those games.<\/p>\n<p>Looking for NHL tickets? <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/67619?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=2994&amp;pb=968393&amp;cid=AZpfb06jS9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Head to StubHub today<\/a> and see your team live.<\/p>\n<p>Team Stats Comparison<\/p>\n<p>Wild vs. Blackhawks Game Time and TV Channel<\/p>\n<p>When: Tuesday, March 17, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. ET<br \/>\nTV Channel: TNT<br \/>\nLive Stream: <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/69126?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch this match on HBO Max<\/a> (Regional restrictions may apply)<br \/>\nWhere: United Center in Chicago, Illinois<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/69126?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">HBO Max<\/a> to watch the Wild take on Blackhawks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Minnesota Wild (38-18-12) will aim to stop a three-game losing streak when they take on the Chicago&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":506476,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5115],"tags":[521,37,96,5263,833,5,835,38,4,61,834],"class_list":{"0":"post-506475","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-blackhawks","8":"tag-blackhawks","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-chicago-blackhawks","11":"tag-chicagoblackhawks","12":"tag-ds-sports","13":"tag-hockey","14":"tag-men","15":"tag-minnesota-wild","16":"tag-nhl","17":"tag-nhl-predictions","18":"tag-professional"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116240131283978992","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}