Columbus
Blue Jackets
3-3
Moneyline
+160
NHL Predictions
Columbus Blue Jackets vs Minnesota Wild Predictions
Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 6:00pm EST at Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul, MN
@
Minnesota
Wild
5-2-1
Moneyline
-192
20%
80%
Spread
Columbus Blue Jackets +1.5
Minnesota Wild -1.5
Moneyline
Columbus Blue Jackets +160
Minnesota Wild -192
Total
Over 6.5 (+102)
Under 6.5 (-122)
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Blue Jackets vs. Wild Prediction: Injuries Make Minnesota -185 a Pass
Analysis updated October 18, 2026 at 7:24 AM CDT
Minnesota is the likely winner Sunday, but its injury report leaves too much uncertainty to back the Wild at -185.
Wild injuries weaken the case for laying -185
FOX Sports / Associated Press lists six Minnesota players out, including goaltender Filip Gustavsson and defenseman Brock Faber. Jared Spurgeon and Kirill Kaprizov are day-to-day. With two important players uncertain and no confirmed starting goalies available, Minnesota’s -185 moneyline is difficult to justify.
The Wild still have the stronger results entering Sunday. They are 5-2-1 overall and 3-0-0 at home, while Columbus is 3-3 and 0-1-0 on the road. Those records make Minnesota the likelier winner, but they don’t erase the risk created by its absences.
Columbus also enters short-handed
Columbus has four players listed out: Caleb MacDonald, Dante Fabbro, Isac Lundestrom and Ivan Provorov. The Blue Jackets did beat the Rangers 1-0 in overtime in their previous game, but one result and Minnesota’s injury list aren’t enough to support Columbus at +154.
SPF lists Minnesota -1.5 on the puck line and the total at 6.5, with the over at +102 and the under at -122. The available evidence doesn’t support either market without confirmed goalies, so the betting lean is Pass.
Pick
Minnesota Wild
Confidence
low
Betting lean
Pass