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Minnesota Wild at Seattle Kraken NHL Predictions

2025-03-04 • Climate Pledge Arena
Seattle Kraken 3 - 4 Minnesota Wild
🚨 Upset Loss (52% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
SEA: 52.5%
MIN: 47.5%
Expected Goals
SEA: 3.30
MIN: 2.99
Total Goals
Median: 5.8
Over 5.5: 59%
Over 6.5: 43%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

SEA
Joey Daccord - 10-9-5 | 0.903 SV% | 2.77 GAA
MIN
Filip Gustavsson - 13-8-4 | 0.912 SV% | 2.47 GAA
StatSEAMIN
Season SV%0.9030.912
Last 5 SV%
SV% vs Opponent
GAA2.772.47
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats. Confirmed goalie row used when available; otherwise current projected starter is shown.

Goalie Game Metrics

TeamGoalieSASavesGASV%xGAHD FacedGSAx
SEAJoey Daccord2016480.0%2.233-1.77
MINFilip Gustavsson3633391.7%4.0731.07
SA uses shots on goal plus goals. xGA, high-danger faced, and GSAx use modeled scoring attempts against. GSAx is xGA minus goals against.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 56% • SEA at home vs MIN: 0-5
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-04-07MIN 5 - 2 SEAMINMIN
2026-01-08SEA 2 - 3 MINMINMIN
2025-12-08SEA 1 - 4 MINMINSEA
2025-03-19MIN 4 - 0 SEAMINMIN
2025-03-04SEA 3 - 4 MINMINSEA

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1SEA1200.67
1MIN1510.70
2SEA2632.62
2MIN1310.71
3SEA2000.79
3MIN610.82
Shots are modeled attempts: shots on goal, goals, and missed shots. Blocked shots are excluded. High danger is xG >= 0.20.

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 52.5%
Total Goals
Actual: 7.0
Expected: 6.3
Score Breakdown
Seattle Kraken 3 - 4 Minnesota Wild
Expected: 3.3 - 3.0