The lone game on tonight’s Stanley Cup Playoffs slate comes with everything. High-octane offense? Check. Tough, physical play with bone-crushing hits? Double check. Elimination game stakes? You got it! The Minnesota Wild have been pushed to the brink with a 3-1 deficit in this second-round series, while the Colorado Avalanche are looking to close this affair out tonight in the Mile High City with the home crowd behind them. Will the Avs punch a ticket to the Western Conference Final?

Below, we’ll take a look at the best NHL player prop bets on DraftKings Sportsbook for the playoff action.

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Best NHL player prop bets for Wednesday 5/13/26

Mackenzie Blackwood over 24.5 saves (+100)

The Avalanche have something of a conundrum in the net now. After starting the first seven games of the postseason, starting goaltender Scott Wedgewood was benched due to a poor performance in Minnesota that saw him give up three goals on the first 12 shots he faced. He was replaced by backup Mackenzie Blackwood, who stepped in to stop the bleeding and then got the start in Game 4 of this series, delivering a win with 19 saves on 21 shots faced. It was a perfectly fine performance for the younger netminder, who started the first playoff series of his career last year and now has a little more experience under his belt. Here’s the deal. Wedgewood has the better numbers of the pair, and even though he struggled some in this series, he’s still the better goalie. Colorado seems content to stick with what worked last game though, so Blackwood gets the starting nod tonight with a 31-for-34 line (.912 SV%) and 1.95 GAA in his limited sample. His regular-season numbers weren’t bad with a .904 SV%, so assuming the Wild get plenty of shot volume, he should go over 24.5 saves tonight. Minnesota has been a higher-volume attack throughout the postseason with 29.5 shots on goal per game, so there should be enough for this over to cash.

Matt Boldy over 3.5 shots on goal (-115)

Your NHL shots on goal leader this postseason is none other than Wild star Matt Boldy, who’s put a whopping 43 pucks on the net across 10 games. I’m not great at math, but I do know that’s good for an average of 4.3 shots on goal per game, which is a lot. He’s been a very aggressive shooter (and is seeing the payoff of that with seven goals, tied for the playoff lead among all skaters), so with desperation setting in, there’s a lot to like about this over. The odds have shifted towards better value since last game, which is understandable given the context of this series — Boldy has only gone over it once in four games with totals of one, five, one, and three shots on goal. However, he did go over 3.5 SOG in every game of Minnesota’s first-round series, so we get a 7-for-10 hit rate overall in the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the forward on this line. With over 20 minutes of TOI all-but guaranteed and the pressure at the highest point possible, Boldy should come out looking to do some damage.