NHL matchup preview · Sunday, October 25

Minnesota Wild at Vancouver Canucks

9:00 PM CT · Rogers Arena · FUT. Official starter states, prior-season rates and the current approved-book market are shown separately.

Starting goalie boardAll NHL games
Experimental NHL model SR-NHL-0.2-shadow · shadow only · no official play

Current-season team scoring and defence rates are blended toward prior-season rates, with both shrunk toward league average. A small home-ice prior and sample-shrunk goalie adjustment are also applied when ESPN confirms both starters. This showed modest outcome-only improvement in a two-season chronological test, but has not passed market or CLV validation; it is not a recommended bet, edge, or playable price.

Starting goalies

Starter status is recorded with every forecast.

Minnesota Wild: Calvin Pickardconfirmed20252026 stats · SV% 87.1 · GAA 3.68 · 13 startsSource →
Vancouver Canucks: Leevi Merilainenexpected20252026 stats · SV% 86.0 · GAA 3.51 · 19 startsSource →
Full starting-goalie tracker →

Model baseline

Score projection

MIN 3.40 — 3.42 VAN
Away win estimate
49.7%
Home win estimate
50.3%
Modelled total
6.82
Both goalies confirmed
No — goalie adjustment withheld
NHL.com · current rates: 20262027 · shrinkage prior: 20252026 · method independent-poisson-score-matrix-v0.2-seasonal-shrinkage.

Current market

Paired prices

MoneylineMIN -184 · VAN +152FanDuel · refreshed 11:19 PM CT
Puck lineMIN -1.5 +128 · VAN 1.5 -158FanDuel · refreshed 11:19 PM CT
TotalOver 6.5 -110 · Under 6.5 -110FanDuel · refreshed 11:19 PM CT

NHL.com schedule and historical team rates · ESPN starting-goalie status · The Odds API market feed filtered to approved sportsbooks. Market feed status: The Odds API live sportsbook pairs.