Wild vs. Blackhawks NHL Predictions, Picks and Odds - Nov. 26

The Minnesota Wild and Chicago Blackhawks -- the former coming off a victory, the latter a loss -- will meet on Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. ET, at United Center in Chicago. The Blackhawks are underdogs despite being at home, at +114, and the Wild are -135.

Minnesota claimed a 3-0 victory on the road its last time out on Nov. 23 against the Winnipeg Jets. Yakov Trenin (one assist) and Mats Zuccarello (one assist) were among the seven Wild players who recorded one point each.

Chicago lost 1-0 at home against the Colorado Avalanche in its most recent game on Nov. 23. Arvid Soderblom made zero saves and gave up zero goals in that outing.

Here's our prediction for who will secure the victory in Wednesday's matchup.

Wild vs. Blackhawks Predictions & Pick

For insights on the upcoming game between the Minnesota Wild and Chicago Blackhawks, computer-derived moneyline, over/under, and score predictions are below, per Dunkel Index.

• Prediction: Blackhawks 2 - Wild 1
• Pick OU: Under 5.5 (Dunkel projecting 2.96 goals)
  

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Wild vs. Blackhawks Moneylines

Grab a peek below at the most recent moneylines for the Wild-Blackhawks matchup.

• Favorite: Wild (-135)
• Underdog: Blackhawks (+114)

Wild Betting Insights

• The Wild have gone 4-5 this season when listed as a moneyline favorite.
• Minnesota is 3-4 (winning 42.9% of its games) when playing with moneyline odds of -135 or shorter.
• The Wild have a 57.4% chance (based on the moneyline's implied probability) to win this contest.
• Minnesota and its opponent have gone over 5.5 combined goals in 11 of 23 games this season.

Blackhawks Betting Insights

• This season the Blackhawks have been an underdog 21 times, and won 10, or 47.6%, of those games.
• Chicago has a record of 7-10, a 41.2% win rate, when it's been set as an underdog of +114 or more by bookmakers this season.
• Bookmakers have implied, given the moneyline set for this matchup, that the Blackhawks have a 46.7% chance to win.
• Chicago has played nine games this season with more than 5.5 goals.

Wild Key Stats

• Minnesota's 66 total goals (2.9 per game) rank 22nd in the league.
• Defensively, the Wild are allowing 64 total goals (2.8 per game) to rank 12th in NHL action.
• It has the league's 13th-ranked goal differential at +2.
• The 21 power-play goals the Wild have put up this season (on 82 power-play chances) are the second-most in the NHL.
• Minnesota's 25.61% power-play conversion rate is the fifth-best in the league.
• The Wild have scored two shorthanded goals this season.
• Minnesota has the league's 25th-ranked penalty-kill percentage (75.93%).
• Minnesota wins 47.9% of its faceoffs (25th in NHL).
• The Wild have a 10.3% shooting percentage as a team, which ranks 26th in the league.

Blackhawks Key Stats

• Chicago's 69 goals on the season (3.1 per game) rank 13th in the NHL.
• The Blackhawks give up 2.8 goals per game (61 in total), the eighth-fewest in the NHL.
• Its +8 goal differential is the eighth-best in the league.
• With 15 power-play goals (on 62 chances), the Blackhawks are 12th in the NHL.
• Chicago's power-play percentage (24.19) puts the team sixth in the league.
• The Blackhawks have one shorthanded goal (18th in league).
• The 83.33% penalty-kill percentage of Chicago is eighth in the league.
• At 46.7%, Chicago has the league's 27th-ranked faceoff win percentage.
• The 12.6% shooting percentage of the Blackhawks is third in the league.