Wild vs Capitals Prediction, Player Props & Odds (Nov 1, 2026)

Minnesota Wild logo

Wild9-6 · 9-6 ATS2nd in the West
FINAL5 – 1
Washington Capitals logo

Capitals8-4 · 5-7 ATS11th in the East

NHL · Sunday, November 1, 2026 · 3:30 PM ET · Capital One Arena

Final score by period

Team 1 2 3 T
Wild 2 0 3 5
Capitals 0 1 0 1

How the bets settled

MoneylineWild wonClosed at -122
SpreadWild coveredWild -1.5, by 2.5
TotalUnder 6.56 scored, 0.5 under

Closing line, DraftKings.

Game review

Minnesota Wild beat Washington Capitals 5-1 on November 1, swinging the game with a three-goal third period after building a first-period lead and carrying a one-goal edge into the final frame. Michael McCarron scored for the Wild and Joel Eriksson Ek had two assists, while Justin Sourdif scored Washington’s lone goal and Cole Hutson assisted.

Minnesota’s power play converted at 40.0 percent and blocked 20 shots, while Washington went 0.0 percent with the man advantage and spent 20 penalty minutes. Washington won 56.9 percent of faceoffs but could not turn that into enough offense. For bettors, Minnesota covered the closing 1.5-goal spread by 2.5 and the game went under the 6.5 total by 0.5.

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Against the spread, start to finish

CapitalsWild
The score margin against the closing spread (Capitals +1.5). Blue: Capitals covering. Orange: Wild covering.
+2.5Largest MIN cover
61%MIN covering
+1.5Largest WSH cover
39%WSH covering

Top performers

Wild

  • GoalsMichael McCarron1
  • AssistsJoel Eriksson Ek2
  • PointsJoel Eriksson Ek2

Capitals

  • GoalsJustin Sourdif1
  • AssistsCole Hutson1
  • PointsJustin Sourdif1

Team stats

WildCapitals
28Shots27
43.1%Faceoffs won56.9%
2Power play goals0
22Hits24
20Blocked shots20
4Takeaways3
13Giveaways14
2Penalty minutes20

Box score

Minnesota Wild

Forwards

Player G A SOG S +/- TOI SHFT HT BS TK GV PIM FO%
Matt Boldy LW 0 1 0 3 1 21:16 19 1 0 0 1 0 0.0
Bobby Brink RW 0 2 0 4 1 16:11 17 2 1 1 0 2 0.0
Blake Coleman LW 0 1 0 1 1 16:14 18 3 0 0 0 0 0.0
Joel Eriksson Ek C 0 2 0 3 1 19:33 18 0 0 0 0 0 42.1
Ryan Hartman RW 0 0 0 3 0 13:38 14 1 1 0 0 0 42.9
Kirill Kaprizov LW 1 0 0 2 0 21:43 18 0 0 1 1 0 0.0
Michael McCarron C 1 0 0 1 1 13:38 16 3 2 0 1 0 37.5
Tyler Pitlick C 0 0 0 1 1 9:59 11 3 2 0 0 0 0.0
Maxim Shabanov RW 1 0 0 3 0 14:11 13 2 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nico Sturm C 0 1 0 0 1 9:22 13 3 0 0 1 0 40.0
Yakov Trenin C 0 0 0 1 -1 12:02 14 2 1 0 0 0 100.0
Danila Yurov RW 1 0 0 2 0 14:51 16 0 0 0 0 0 55.6

Defenses

Player G A SOG S +/- TOI SHFT HT BS TK GV PIM FO%
Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 0 1 18:25 22 0 3 1 2 0 0.0
Jonas Brodin D 0 1 0 0 0 23:55 26 0 3 0 0 0 0.0
Quinn Hughes D 1 0 0 3 0 29:41 24 1 1 1 4 0 0.0
Matt Kiersted D 0 0 0 0 1 11:44 15 1 1 0 0 0 0.0
Olli Maatta D 0 0 0 1 1 19:10 23 0 5 0 1 0 0.0
David Spacek D 0 1 0 0 1 12:27 16 0 0 0 1 0 0.0

Goalies

Player GA SA SOS SOSA SV SV% ESSV PPSV SHSV TOI YTDG PIM
Jesper Wallstedt G 1 27 0 0 26 .963 25 0 1 60:00 0 0

Washington Capitals

Forwards

Player G A SOG S +/- TOI SHFT HT BS TK GV PIM FO%
Anthony Beauvillier LW 0 1 0 1 -1 10:22 14 2 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pierre-Luc Dubois LW 0 0 0 3 -1 17:22 18 0 0 0 0 0 66.7
Boone Jenner C 0 0 0 0 0 14:59 19 1 1 1 1 0 70.0
Jordan Kyrou RW 0 0 0 0 0 14:56 19 0 0 1 1 2 0.0
Ryan Leonard RW 0 0 0 3 0 12:18 15 2 1 0 0 0 0.0
Alex Ovechkin LW 0 0 0 2 -2 13:08 16 0 1 0 1 0 0.0
Aliaksei Protas C 0 0 0 1 0 16:59 19 1 0 0 2 0 0.0
Ilya Protas LW 0 0 0 1 -1 8:44 11 0 0 0 1 0 33.3
Justin Sourdif RW 1 0 0 2 0 13:04 15 3 1 0 1 0 60.0
Dylan Strome C 0 0 0 0 -1 18:28 18 0 1 0 1 0 53.3
Alex Tuch RW 0 0 0 4 -1 18:15 19 1 2 1 0 0 0.0
Tom Wilson RW 0 0 0 2 -1 18:01 20 3 1 0 1 14 0.0

Defenses

Player G A SOG S +/- TOI SHFT HT BS TK GV PIM FO%
Jakob Chychrun D 0 0 0 4 0 27:16 22 1 6 0 0 0 0.0
Martin Fehervary D 0 0 0 0 -1 20:27 22 4 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cole Hutson D 0 1 0 1 0 19:58 20 2 1 0 1 0 0.0
Timothy Liljegren D 0 0 0 0 -1 13:47 19 0 3 0 2 2 0.0
Matt Roy D 0 0 0 0 0 21:07 21 4 2 0 0 0 0.0
Jack St. Ivany D 0 0 0 3 -1 15:16 19 0 0 0 2 2 0.0

Goalies

Player GA SA SOS SOSA SV SV% ESSV PPSV SHSV TOI YTDG PIM
Logan Thompson G 4 27 0 0 23 .852 20 3 0 58:52 0 0

Attendance 17,393 · Officials: Riley Brace, Peter MacDougall, Jonathan Deschamps, CJ Murray

Recap: 2 early goals lift Minnesota to a 5-1 win over Washington, snapping the Capitals’ 3-game run (ESPN)

Highlights

Play-by-play on ESPN

StatsBench picks

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Betting trends

From each team’s last 10 games and recent meetings, against the closing line.

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Wild vs Capitals pre-game preview

Sunday’s matchup has Washington as a slight moneyline favorite at -109, Minnesota at -107, and the total at 6.5. Minnesota won the last meeting 5-0 at home on December 16, 2025. The Wild are 6-4 in their last 10 and 5-5 against the spread, most recently losing 3-4 to the New York Islanders on October 29. Washington is 7-3 in its last 10 and 4-6 against the spread, most recently winning 4-3 at Nashville on October 29.

One useful angle is the defensive gap: Minnesota allows 2.33 goals per game (4th), 25.13 shots per game (7th) and 6.2 points per game (3rd), while Washington allows 3.08 goals (15th), 28.08 shots (23rd) and 8.17 points (13th). On the prop side, Kirill Kaprizov’s over 0.5 goals at +100 has cleared in 7 of his last 10.

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Player stats and form

Season averages and each player’s last 5 games, newest first. Splits: per-game averages (games in brackets); vs the opponent covers this season and last, newest game first.

Minnesota Wild

Kirill Kaprizov L1.6 PTS · 3.3 SOG · 0.9 G per game
Date Opp TOI G A SOG HIT
11/1 @ WSH 21:43 1 0 2 0
10/29 vs NYI 21:50 0 1 3 2
10/27 @ UTA 24:36 1 1 4 2
10/25 @ VAN 21:53 1 1 2 1
10/24 @ SEA 17:54 1 1 4 0
Splits Season Road 2025-26 vs WSH
PTS 1.6 (16) 1.5 (11) 1.2 (89) 0.7 (3)
1 · 1 · 0
SOG 3.3 (16) 2.9 (11) 3.3 (89) 2.3 (3)
2 · 4 · 1

Quinn Hughes D1.3 PTS · 2.9 SOG · 0.3 G per game
Date Opp TOI G A SOG HIT
11/1 @ WSH 29:41 1 0 3 1
10/29 vs NYI 33:41 1 1 4 1
10/27 @ UTA 29:54 0 2 2 0
10/25 @ VAN 26:10 1 1 3 1
10/24 @ SEA 22:49 0 1 1 0
Splits Season Road 2025-26 vs WSH
PTS 1.3 (16) 1.2 (11) 1.1 (85) 1.0 (3)
1 · 1 · 1
SOG 2.9 (16) 2.6 (11) 2.4 (85) 2.0 (3)
3 · 2 · 1

Joel Eriksson Ek C0.9 PTS · 3.4 SOG · 0.3 G per game
Date Opp TOI G A SOG HIT
11/1 @ WSH 19:33 0 2 3 0
10/29 vs NYI 17:12 1 0 3 2
10/27 @ UTA 21:21 1 0 4 0
10/25 @ VAN 20:10 0 1 5 3
10/24 @ SEA 15:08 1 1 2 0
Splits Season Road 2025-26 vs WSH
PTS 0.9 (16) 0.7 (11) 0.7 (76) 1.0 (3)
2 · 1 · 0
SOG 3.4 (16) 3.7 (11) 2.9 (76) 2.3 (3)
3 · 1 · 3

Washington Capitals

Alex Tuch R0.9 PTS · 2.8 SOG · 0.8 G per game
Date Opp TOI G A SOG HIT
11/1 vs MIN 18:15 0 0 4 1
10/29 @ NSH 17:18 1 0 1 2
10/28 vs PHI 18:41 2 0 5 1
10/24 vs BUF 22:32 2 0 3 2
10/20 vs LAK 18:59 0 0 2 2
Splits Season Home 2025-26 vs MIN
PTS 0.9 (13) 1.0 (9) 0.8 (92) 0.7 (3)
0 · 1 · 1
SOG 2.8 (13) 3.3 (9) 2.6 (92) 3.3 (3)
4 · 2 · 4

Dylan Strome C0.9 PTS · 2.0 SOG · 0.2 G per game
Date Opp TOI G A SOG HIT
11/1 vs MIN 18:28 0 0 0 0
10/29 @ NSH 15:54 0 0 0 0
10/28 vs PHI 15:48 0 3 2 0
10/24 vs BUF 20:59 2 1 5 0
10/20 vs LAK 18:59 0 0 4 0
Splits Season Home 2025-26 vs MIN
PTS 0.9 (13) 1.0 (9) 0.7 (80) 1.3 (3)
0 · 0 · 4
SOG 2.0 (13) 2.4 (9) 1.8 (80) 2.3 (3)
0 · 2 · 5

Pierre-Luc Dubois C0.9 PTS · 1.8 SOG · 0.1 G per game
Date Opp TOI G A SOG HIT
11/1 vs MIN 17:22 0 0 3 0
10/29 @ NSH 17:07 0 1 2 1
10/28 vs PHI 13:00 0 2 1 1
10/24 vs BUF 18:08 0 0 2 1
10/9 vs NYR 20:02 0 0 1 2
Splits Season Home 2025-26 vs MIN
PTS 0.9 (8) 0.8 (5) 0.7 (29) 0.0 (1)
0
SOG 1.8 (8) 2.0 (5) 1.4 (29) 3.0 (1)
3

Records

Team Record ATS O/U Home Away
Wild 9-6 9-6 5-10 4-1 5-5
Capitals 8-4 5-7 8-4 6-2 2-2

This season, regular season. ATS and O/U against each game’s closing line.

Wild vs Capitals head-to-head

Wild are 4-2, 2-1 ATS, O/U 1-2 in the last 6 meetings. Last time: Wild won 5-0 on December 16, 2025.

Date Venue Wild result ATS O/U
Dec 16, 25 Wild home W 5-0 W -1.5 U 5.5
Oct 17, 25 Capitals home L 1-5 – –
Mar 27, 25 Wild home W 4-2 – –
Jan 2, 25 Capitals home W 4-3 – –
Jan 23, 24 Wild home W 5-3 W -1.5 O 5.5
Oct 27, 23 Capitals home L 2-3 L -1.5 U 5.5

Recent form

Minnesota Wild: last 10 (6-4, 5-5 ATS, O/U 5-5)

Date Opponent Result ATS O/U
Oct 29, 26 vs NYI L 3-4 L -1.5 O 5.5
Oct 27, 26 @ UTA W 3-1 W +1.5 U 6.5
Oct 25, 26 @ VAN W 4-2 W -1.5 U 6.5
Oct 24, 26 @ SEA W 5-1 W -1.5 U 6.5
Oct 22, 26 @ CGY L 1-2 L -1.5 U 6.5
Oct 20, 26 @ EDM L 3-4 W +1.5 O 6.5
Oct 18, 26 vs CBJ W 2-1 L -1.5 U 6.5
Oct 15, 26 vs STL W 5-4 L -1.5 O 5.5
Oct 13, 26 @ WPG L 2-5 L -1.5 O 6.5
Oct 12, 26 vs VGK W 4-2 W -1.5 O 5.5

Washington Capitals: last 10 (7-3, 4-6 ATS, O/U 7-3)

Date Opponent Result ATS O/U
Oct 29, 26 @ NSH W 4-3 L -1.5 O 6.5
Oct 28, 26 vs PHI W 5-2 W -1.5 O 5.5
Oct 24, 26 vs BUF W 4-3 L -1.5 O 6.5
Oct 20, 26 vs LA L 2-5 L -1.5 O 5.5
Oct 17, 26 vs NJ W 4-2 W -1.5 U 6.5
Oct 14, 26 vs MTL W 5-4 L -1.5 O 6.5
Oct 13, 26 @ CAR L 2-4 L +1.5 U 6.5
Oct 11, 26 vs SEA L 3-5 L -1.5 O 6.5
Oct 9, 26 vs NYR W 3-1 W -1.5 U 5.5
Oct 7, 26 vs PIT W 5-3 W -1.5 O 6.5

Injury report

Minnesota Wild

  • Nick Foligno (L): Injured Reserve, Upper Body
  • Marcus Foligno (L): Injured Reserve, Lower Body
  • Brock Faber (D): Injured Reserve, Faber
  • Jared Spurgeon (D): Injured Reserve, Lower Body
  • Filip Gustavsson (G): Injured Reserve, Head coach John Hynes said Sunday that Gustavsson

Washington Capitals

  • Vincent Desharnais (D): Injured Reserve, Abdomen
  • Rasmus Sandin (D): Injured Reserve, Sandin

Matchup ranks

What each defense allows per game this season. Rank 1 allows the fewest, so a high number means a softer matchup for the other team’s overs.

Wild defense Capitals defense
Goals allowed per game 2.25 (3rd of 32) 3.23 (18th of 32)
Shots on goal allowed per game 25.25 (8th of 32) 28.08 (22nd of 32)
Points allowed per game 6 (3rd of 32) 8.62 (17th of 32)
Power-play points allowed per game 1.56 (9th of 32) 1.92 (15th of 32)
Pace (possessions) 56.1 (7th) 55.9 (11th)

Venue and weather

Capital One Arena · Washington, DCIndoor, weather won’t matter
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Wild vs Capitals odds

Line movement from the open

Line Open Close Move
Capitals spread -1.5 +1.5 +3
Total 6.5 6.5 –
Wild moneyline -102 -122 +4.5% win chance
Capitals moneyline -118 +102 -4.6% win chance

DraftKings opening and closing numbers via ESPN.

Line movement chart

Capitals spread -1.5 → +1.5
Total 6.5 → 6.5
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