Blue Jackets vs Wild Prediction 12/18/25 NHL Picks Today

The Minnesota Wild and the Columbus Blue Jackets meet Thursday in NHL action from Nationwide Arena. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Blue Jackets vs Wild Prediction.

Minnesota Wild Recap

The Minnesota Wild come into this game looking to add on to their 5-0 win over Washington last time out to sit at 20-9-5 this season. After this game, Minnesota will head home for a game against the Edmonton Oilers.

Wild Win 5 In A Row

Matt Boldy leads the Wild in scoring with 38 points coming on 19 goals and a team-high 19 assists while Kirill Kaprizov has 38 points with a team-high 21 goals and 17 assists as well. Marcus Johansson has 26 points with 11 goals and 15 assists. Joel Eriksson Ek has 24 points with 7 goals and 17 assists while Brock Faber has 18 points with 6 goals and 12 assists. Filip Gustavsson’s gone 11-8-3 with a 2.49 GAA and a .912 save percentage while Jesper Wallstedt is 9-1-2 with a 1.95 GAA and a .937 save percentage in goal for Minnesota this season. 

Why the Minnesota Wild will win

• The Wild have won each of their last five games.
• The Blue Jackets have lost each of their last four games following a home win.
• The road team has covered the puck line in seven of the last eight games between the Wild and Blue Jackets.
• The Blue Jackets have failed to cover the puck line in six of their last seven home games.

Minnesota Wild Player Prop Facts

• Kirill Kaprizov has scored at least one goal in each of his last five appearances with the Wild as favorites against Metropolitan Division opponents.
• Quinn Hughes has recorded at least one assist in each of his last nine appearances against the Blue Jackets.
• Quinn Hughes has recorded at least one point in each of his last nine appearances against the Blue Jackets.

Columbus Blue Jackets Recap

The Columbus Blue Jackets come into this game looking to add on to their 4-3 OT win over Anaheim last time out to sit at 14-13-6 this season. After this game, Columbus will head on the road for their rematch with the Ducks.

Blue Jackets Snap Five-Game Slide

Going into the game against Anaheim, Zach Werenski has 33 points with 9 goals and a team-high 24 assists while Dmitri Voronkov has 12 goals and 10 assists for his 22 points. Kirill Marchenko has 26 points with 10 goals and 16 assists and Charlie Coyle has 20 points with 15 assists. Adam Fantilli has 21 points with 11 goals and 10 assists of his own while Sean Monahan has 17 points with 5 goals and 12 assists. Jet Greaves has gone 7-8-5 with a 2.75 GAA and a .905 save percentage while Elvis Merzlikins has gone 6-5-1 with a 4.04 GAA and an .879 save percentage between the pipes for Columbus so far this season. 

Why the Columbus Blue Jackets will win

• The Blue Jackets have won five of their last six games as home underdogs against opponents on a winning streak.
• The Wild have lost four of their last five games as favorites against Metropolitan Division opponents.
• The Blue Jackets have covered the puck line in each of their last 10 games as home underdogs against opponents on a winning streak.
• The Wild have failed to cover the puck line in five of their last six games as road favorites.

Columbus Blue Jackets Player Prop Facts

• Zach Werenski has recorded at least one point in each of the Blue Jackets’ last 11 home games.
• Sean Monahan has scored at least one goal in three of the Blue Jackets’ last four home games against Central Division opponents.
• Zach Werenski has recorded at least one assist in 10 of the Blue Jackets’ last 11 home games.

Total Goals Facts

• Fourteen of the Blue Jackets’ last 15 home games after coming off overtime have gone OVER the total goals line.
• Each of the Wild’s last seven road games against the Blue Jackets following a win have gone UNDER the total goals line.

Blue Jackets vs Wild Prediction

I’m on the Wild in this one. Columbus is coming off of a solid home win over Anaheim, but the Blue Jackets have still been disappointing as of late, and it’s still hard for me to feel excellent about where this team is at. The Wild made quite the splash by trading for Quinn Hughes, and I think it’s immediately vaulted them amongst some of the best in the West right now. Give me the Wild here.