Canadiens vs Wild Prediction 1/20/26 NHL Picks Today

The Minnesota Wild and Montreal Canadiens meet Tuesday in NHL action at the Bell Centre. Here’s a Canadiens vs Wild Prediction. This article will include a Canadiens vs Wild Pick.

Minnesota Wild Betting Preview

The Minnesota Wild beat the Sabres and Maple Leafs, and they play the Red Wings next. The Wild have lost 5 of their last 8 games.

The Minnesota Wild are averaging 3.16 goals per game and are scoring 23.2 percent of their power play opportunities. Matt Boldy leads Minnesota with 27 goals, Kirill Kaprizov has 32 assists and Joel Eriksson Ek has 133 shots on goal. Defensively, the Minnesota Wild are allowing 2.8 goals per game and are killing 76.6 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Filip Gustavsson has allowed 78 goals on 851 shots faced, and Jesper Wallstedt has given up 53 goals on 618 shots.

Montreal Canadiens Betting Preview

The Montreal Canadiens lost to the Sabres, beat the Senators, and they play the Sabres next. The Canadiens have won 8 of their last 12 games.

The Montreal Canadiens are averaging 3.39 goals per game and are scoring on 23.9 percent of their power play opportunities. Cole Caufield leads Montreal with 24 goals, Lane Hutson has 42 assists and Nick Suzuki has 106 shots on goal. Defensively, the Montreal Canadiens are allowing 3.27 goals per game and are killing 78.1 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Jakub Dobes has given up 63 goals on 565 shots faced, and Sam Montembeault has allowed 64 goals on 503 shots.

Why the Montreal Canadiens will win

• The Canadiens have won seven of their last eight home games following a road win.
• The Wild have lost three of their last four games on the second leg of a back-to-back.
• The Canadiens have covered the puck line in 12 of their last 14 night games.
• The Wild have failed to cover the puck line in five of their last six night games.
• The Canadiens have won the third period in each of their last eight home games against Western Conference opponents when leading after the second period.

Why the Minnesota Wild will win

• The Wild have won each of their last nine games against the Canadiens.
• The Canadiens have lost each of their last five games as favorites against opponents who are on the second leg of a back-to-back.
• The Wild have covered the puck line in each of their last nine games as road underdogs.
• The Canadiens have failed to cover the puck line in 10 of their last 11 games as favorites against Central Division opponents.
• The road team has won the first period in each of the Wild’s last four games.

Total Goals Facts

• Eleven of the Wild’s last 12 games have gone OVER the total goals line.
• Six of the last seven games between the Wild and Canadiens at Bell Centre have gone UNDER the total goals line.
• The ‘Over 1.5 Goals Period 3′ market has hit in each of the Canadiens’ last 16 games as favorites against opponents on a winning streak.
• The ‘Over 2.5 Goals Period 1’ market has hit in four of the Wild’s last five games.

Montreal Canadiens Player Prop Facts

• Josh Anderson has scored a goal in three of his last four appearances.
• Nick Suzuki has recorded an assist in six of the Canadiens’ last seven games against Central Division opponents.
• Cole Caufield ranks T2nd in the league for Game Winning Goals (6) this season.

Minnesota Wild Player Prop Facts

• Kirill Kaprizov has scored at least one goal in each of his last four appearances against the Canadiens.
• Quinn Hughes has recorded at least one assist in each of his last nine road appearances against Atlantic Division opponents.
• Quinn Hughes ranks 1st in the league for average time on ice (27:36) this season.

Matchup/League Facts

• The Montreal Canadiens rank 4th in the league for goals per game this season (3.39).
• The Montreal Canadiens rank 8th in the league in power play percentage this season (23.94%).
• The Minnesota Wild rank 27th in the league in penalty kill percentage this season (76.61%).
• The Minnesota Wild rank 7th in the league for goals against per game this season (2.80).

Canadiens vs Wild Prediction

The Canadiens are getting the benefit of the doubt because they’re at home, but you can argue the Wild have been terrible better team on the road this season. Also, the Wild have won 9 of the last 10 games against the Canadiens. The Habs haven’t beat the Wild since October 2019. The first Joker was in theaters back when that happened. The Wild are too good of a team to turn down in the plus money role, but it’s even easier given the one-sided history between these teams. Give me the Wild.