{"id":550256,"date":"2026-04-11T11:21:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T11:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/550256\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T11:21:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T11:21:24","slug":"minnesota-favored-to-win-saturdays-nhl-matchup-4-11-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/550256\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota favored to win Saturday’s NHL matchup [4\/11\/2026]"},"content":{"rendered":"

NHL action continues on Saturday at 5:00 PM ET as the Minnesota Wild square off with the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena.<\/p>\n

Based on the latest simulations, Dimers’ advanced NHL model gives the Wild a slight edge with a 54% win probability over the Predators.<\/p>\n

This article offers a closer look at Saturday’s Wild vs. Predators<\/a> matchup, including projected goal scorers, best bets and player prop picks.<\/p>\n

Wild vs. Predators prediction: Who will win and cover?<\/p>\n

Using trusted machine learning and data, we have simulated the result of Saturday’s NHL game between the Wild and Predators, forming part of our NHL predictions<\/a> coverage.<\/p>\n

Our independent predictive model gives the Wild a 54% chance of defeating the Predators.<\/p>\n

According to our model, the Predators (+1.5) have a 68% chance of covering the puck line, while the 6.5-goal over\/under has a 55% chance of staying under.<\/p>\n

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Wild vs. Predators odds<\/p>\n

We have sourced the best NHL odds<\/a> in America for this game, which are listed here:<\/p>\n

Bet Type
\nWild
\nPredators<\/p>\n

Puck Line
\n-1.5 (+190)
\n+1.5 (-205)<\/p>\n

Moneyline
\n-130
\n+112<\/p>\n

Total
\no6.5 (+110)
\nu6.5 (-118)<\/p>\n

All odds are correct at the time of publication and are subject to change.<\/p>\n

Wild vs. Predators picks and best bet<\/p>\n

After matching our predictions against the best available odds, we can reveal our picks for each of the major markets. Plus, find our best bet for the game below:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NHL action continues on Saturday at 5:00 PM ET as the Minnesota Wild square off with the Nashville…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550257,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5119],"tags":[5,2409,231,5281,4,2410],"class_list":{"0":"post-550256","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nashville-predators","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-nashville","10":"tag-nashville-predators","11":"tag-nashvillepredators","12":"tag-nhl","13":"tag-predators"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116385813951114279","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550256","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=550256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}