- 1 Philadelphia Flyers vs Minnesota Wild: the Central leaders and the NHL’s top goalscorer visit the bottom of the Metropolitan
- 2 Philadelphia Flyers: 1.93 goals a game, 23 shots a night and three forwards on the injury list
- 3 Minnesota Wild: Kaprizov on 14 goals, Wallstedt on .916 and a blue line missing Faber and Spurgeon
- 4 Free NHL Prediction: Philadelphia Flyers vs Minnesota Wild
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Philadelphia Flyers vs Minnesota Wild: the Central leaders and the NHL’s top goalscorer visit the bottom of the Metropolitan 
Philadelphia beat Minnesota twice last season and needed extra time both nights: 2-1 in overtime at home on 18 October 2025, with Noah Cates scoring the winner, and 3-2 in a shootout in Saint Paul on 12 March 2026, settled by Travis Konecny. Dan Vladar was in goal for both.
The rematch, the first meeting of 2026-27, comes on Tuesday 3 November, puck drop 7:00pm ET at Xfinity Mobile Arena. The two teams arrive from opposite ends of the standings.
Minnesota are 9-3-3 with 21 points, first in the Central. They’ve scored 47 goals and conceded 35 in 15 games. Philadelphia are 3-8-4 with 10 points, last in the Metropolitan, with 29 goals scored and 50 conceded over the same number of games.
Kirill Kaprizov leads the NHL with 14 goals. Before 27 October he had scored in eight of his previous nine games, and his 14 goals are one more than Philadelphia’s two leading scorers, Matvei Michkov and Trevor Zegras, have managed between them.
Both teams play on Sunday, Minnesota in Washington and Philadelphia at home to Utah, so both arrive on one day of rest. For the Wild, Tuesday ends a two-game trip before they host San Jose on Friday.
Last season’s two results are the strongest thing Philadelphia can point to. I don’t give them much weight against goal differences of +12 and -21 this season.
Philadelphia Flyers: 1.93 goals a game, 23 shots a night and three forwards on the injury list 
The Flyers opened the season 0-6-3. Three straight wins followed, 3-1 over Ottawa, 3-2 over Colorado and 3-1 in Buffalo between 17 and 21 October, and then three more games without a win: 5-4 at home to Anaheim, 4-3 in overtime to Columbus and 5-2 in Washington on 28 October.
The scoring numbers are low across the board. Philadelphia average 1.93 goals and around 23 shots a game while allowing about 30, and they’ve had under 43% of five-on-five shot attempts. The power play converts 16.33%.
Zegras leads them with 13 points (4-9-13). Michkov has nine goals, including a power-play goal in Washington, and Porter Martone has six points. After those three, nobody has more than five.
The injuries hit the forward group hardest. Konecny (lower body) hasn’t played since 8 October; he returned to practice in a non-contact jersey on Friday, so Tuesday may come too soon. Owen Tippett is on injured reserve, and defenceman Rasmus Ristolainen has been out since 3 October.
In goal, Joseph Woll is 1-5-2 with a 3.13 goals-against average and an .899 save percentage, and Vladar is 2-3-2 with 3.26 and .888. They’ve been splitting starts, Vladar against Columbus and Woll in Washington.
The penalty kill, at 82.0%, is the one unit doing its job. It’ll be facing a Minnesota power play that scores on a quarter of its chances.
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Minnesota Wild: Kaprizov on 14 goals, Wallstedt on .916 and a blue line missing Faber and Spurgeon 
Kaprizov has 14 goals and 24 points in 15 games. He scored his 14th in a 3-1 win in Utah on 27 October, the last of a five-game road trip that finished 3-1-1, and the Wild power play he drives is converting 25.0%.
Quinn Hughes has four goals and 16 assists from the blue line. Matt Boldy has 13 points and Joel Eriksson Ek 12; Eriksson Ek was listed day-to-day late in the week but played and scored in the 4-3 overtime defeat to the Islanders on 29 October.
Jesper Wallstedt has made 13 of the 15 starts: 8-2-3, a 2.14 goals-against average and a .916 save percentage. With Filip Gustavsson out until at least 19 November with a hip problem, the back-up is Calvin Pickard, who has an .833 save percentage in two games.
The defence is short. Brock Faber fractured his skull when he was hit by a puck in pre-season and has no return date beyond “at least 3 November”, and captain Jared Spurgeon left the Utah game after blocking two shots and is out until at least 6 November. Marcus and Nick Foligno are both listed out until at least Tuesday.
Minnesota have still conceded 2.33 goals a game. The trip west ended with wins of 5-1 in Seattle, 4-2 in Vancouver and 3-1 in Utah, a run in which Kaprizov kept scoring and the defence gave up four goals in three games.
The one doubt is who starts in goal, since Minnesota play in Washington on Sunday. Wallstedt or Pickard changes the Flyers’ chances more than any skater does.
Probable lineup Philadelphia Flyers: Not announced at time of publication
Probable lineup Minnesota Wild: Not announced at time of publication
Free NHL Prediction: Philadelphia Flyers vs Minnesota Wild
Our prediction: Kirill Kaprizov to score
No prices for Tuesday had been posted at the time of writing. I’d take Kaprizov to score at any time at 2.00 or better, rather than the Minnesota moneyline.
He leads the league with 14 goals in 15 games and plays on a power play that scores at 25.0%. Philadelphia concede 3.33 goals a game and about 30 shots a night, with goalies at .899 and .888, and they’ll be without Konecny, Tippett and Ristolainen if nothing changes.
The Flyers’ two wins over Minnesota last season both went past regulation, which is a fair warning against a straight win bet on the Wild. A goal from Kaprizov doesn’t need Minnesota to win, and he scored in eight of nine games before 27 October.
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