Calgary Flames vs Minnesota Wild Prediction & Picks - NHL
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by Taavi Pailk | in NHL Picks
The Calgary Flames will hope to cool down a surging Minnesota Wild team on Thursday night at the Scotiabank Saddledome.
The Wild lost just three games last month and started December strongly, beating the Edmonton Oilers 1-0 on the road on Tuesday. Jesper Wallstedt stopped 33 pucks to become the fourth rookie goaltender in NHL history with four shutouts over a six-game span.
This Wild team has been all about Kirill Kaprizov in recent seasons, but the goaltenders have come up big this term. Filip Gustavsson has also posted multiple shutdowns in 2025-26, giving the team six clean sheets through 27 games.
Minnesota's defense might get another easy night on Thursday, as the team will face the NHL's lowest-scoring team. The Flames have mustered just 2.29 goals per game. Their power play stands at 14.0 percent, and it's tough to see how things might improve up front, as the team doesn't have much offensive talent.
To beat the Wild, Calgary likely needs to get a big performance from its defense and goaltender. With Dustin Wolf struggling this season, Devin Cooley has recently taken over the crease. He has lost his last couple of starts but has done solid work overall. Cooley holds a 3-2-2 record and has allowed 2.17 goals with a .920 save percentage.
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Calgary Flames vs Minnesota Wild Form
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Calgary Flames and Minnesota Wild Latest Matches
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Calgary Flames against Minnesota Wild : Head to Head (H2H)
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Players list
D. Cooley
D. Wolf
K. Bahl
Y. Kuznetsov
J. Bean
R. Andersson
M. Weegar
J. Hanley
A. Klapka
J. Farabee
Y. Sharangovich
M. Frost
R. Lomberg
J. Beecher
M. Coronato
C. Zary
J. Huberdeau
N. Kadri
M. Backlund
B. Coleman
J. Wallstedt
F. Gustavsson
B. Faber
J. Spurgeon
J. Brodin
Z. Bogosian
J. Middleton
Z. Buium
M. Zuccarello
N. Sturm
B. Jones
M. Boldy
L. Ohgren
V. Tarasenko
M. Johansson
Y. Trenin
J. Eriksson Ek
K. Kaprizov
T. Pitlick
R. Hartman
Calgary Flames - Minnesota Wild Key Points
- Minnesota beat Calgary 2-0 in this season's first meeting.
- The Flames own a 4-4-2 home record in 2025-26.
- The Wild have won five consecutive road games, improving to 7-4-1 away from home.
- Minnesota's Jesper Wallstedt leads the NHL with a 1.74 goals-against average and a .944 save percentage.
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Our Calgary Flames vs Minnesota Wild Prediction
The Flames have the worst record in the Western Conference at 9-15-4 and will likely find it very difficult to improve it against one of the best the West has to offer. Minnesota sits third in the Conference with a 15-7-6 record and has dropped only a handful of games since the start of last month.
Wallstedt has been in sensational form, and the rest of the team appears to feed off it. In 10 starts, Wallstedt has yet to suffer a regulation defeat this season, going 8-0-2. He is only the third rookie netminder in the last 45 years to begin a season with a point streak of at least 10 games.
Our prediction for Minnesota Wild vs. Calgary Flames : Wild to win.
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