Minnesota Wild
2026-27: 2-0-1 · 5 pts · 5th in the NHL · 2nd in the Central · L10 2-0-1 · OT1
2025-26: 46-24-12 · 104 pts · 7th in the NHL · 3rd in the Central
at Tampa Bay · 7:00 PM ETPrices after the game-day snapshotExpected in goal: Jesper Wallstedt 81%Game preview →Minnesota are 2-0-1 after 3 games of 2026-27, 2nd in the Central. Last season they finished 7th in the league with 104 points.
2nd in the Central after 3 games
League rank after every game of 2026-27, drawn against last season's month-end ranks. With fewer than ten games played, the order still moves a lot from night to night.
League rank through the season
See all: League rank through the season →2026-27 · 5th in the league · 2-0-1 · 5 pts
StandingsPoints in line with the goal difference
Three views derived from the 2026-27 results. Small sample: every split here rests on fewer than ten games.
Expected vs actual points
See all: Expected vs actual points →Points the goal difference is worth = GF^1.8 ÷ (GF^1.8 + GA^1.8) × 2 × GP × 1.115, the league's points a game, from 9 goals for and 5 against in 3 games. Last season: 104 points against 101.7. Expected points from shot quality (xG) are in the Shots section.
MethodClose games
Splits
Three home, three away next
Next six
See all: Next six →Tampa Bay Lightning106 pts · 5th10 Oct@
Florida Panthers84 pts · 25th12 Octvs
Vegas Golden Knights95 pts · 13th13 Oct@
Winnipeg Jets82 pts · 26th15 Octvs
St. Louis Blues86 pts · 22nd18 Octvs
Columbus Blue Jackets92 pts · 17thDifficulty is how often the opponent would beat an average team, from shot quality (our season model, which leans on last season early on). Red is the top quarter of the league, green the bottom quarter. Hover a bar for the numbers.
Next six: these opponents would beat an average team 51.2% of the time. 2 of the six made the 2025-26 playoffs.
Full scheduleLast results
See all: Last results →
Buffalo2–3 OT20–28OTL3 Octvs
Boston4–130–27W1 Oct@
Nashville3–130–20WScores Quinn Hughes leads with 4 points in 3 games
2026-27 scoring, with last season's line for every player on the roster. Status tags come from the league-wide injury report.
Moves since July
See all: Moves since July →2026-27 roster
See all: 2026-27 roster →$1.15M of cap space under a $104M ceiling
Cap hit against the ceiling
Biggest cap hits
See all: Biggest cap hits →Out of contract in summer 2027
See all: Out of contract in summer 2027 →As of 2 Oct 2026. Cap hit is the average annual charge against the cap, not a yearly salary. The team figure is a projection that can include players off the roster; space below zero is before long-term injured reserve and other relief, which this data does not include.
Who dressed at Buffalo on 6 Oct
Every player who dressed, ordered by ice time. The league publishes who played, not the line combinations, so this is depth by minutes rather than lines.
The same 20 players who dressed on 3 Oct.
Forwards · by ice time
Defence · by ice time
Goalies · by ice time
Did not dress
On the roster but not in the lineup: injured players carry the report’s status, the rest were scratched or are away from the team.
A 9th power play and a 1st penalty kill
Small sample after 3 games. Last season: power play 25.2%, penalty kill 79.8%.
2026-27
Dashed line: league average. Scale 0–100%.
Minnesota attempt more from the wing than anywhere else
Every Minnesota attempt in 2026-27, attacking right (3 games). Crease: within 8 ft of the goal. Slot: inside the faceoff dots below the circles. Point: the top 20 ft of the zone.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games with located shots. Ranks are league-wide (1st = best). Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 82 games with located shots. Ranks are league-wide (1st = best).
Expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength (our model, trained on 2025-26). Above zero on finishing or goaltending means better than the chances.
Team xG tableBy zone
163 att · 80 on goal · 9 G
By shot type
Minnesota Wild rank 21st for 22+ mph bursts and 14th for shot-attempt differential
How fast Minnesota Wild skated, how hard they shot and where the puck spent its time, ranked against the other 31 teams.
Fastest skaters
- 22.07Kirill Kaprizov@NSH1 Oct · 1st 10:42
- 21.31Blake Coleman@NSH1 Oct · 1st 00:22
- 21.11Daemon Hunt@NSH1 Oct · 2nd 14:01
- 21.06Quinn HughesvsBOS3 Oct · 2nd 13:56
- 20.97Bobby Brink@NSH1 Oct · 1st 08:10
- 20.96Danila YurovvsBOS3 Oct · 3rd 15:17
- 20.84Olli MaattavsBOS3 Oct · 1st 03:19
- 20.83Matt BoldyvsBOS3 Oct · 3rd 16:05
Each Minnesota Wild skater's fastest burst, the top eight, in mph.
Hardest shots
- 87.08Joel Eriksson EkvsBOS3 Oct · 1st 13:43
- 85.40Matt Boldy@NSH1 Oct · 2nd 19:58
- 83.55Quinn HughesvsBOS3 Oct · 2nd 10:51
- 83.28Zach BogosianvsBOS3 Oct · 2nd 10:11
- 79.77Marcus Foligno@NSH1 Oct · 2nd 13:42
- 79.36Kirill Kaprizov@NSH1 Oct · 3rd 08:19
- 76.83Yakov TreninvsBOS3 Oct · 2nd 17:42
- 76.15Ryan Hartman@NSH1 Oct · 2nd 09:50
Each Minnesota Wild skater's hardest shot, the top eight, in mph.
Territory
Ranks are league-wide, 1st = best.
Jesper Wallstedt has started 3 of 3
Starts, save percentage and goals against for every goalie who has played for the club this season, with last season for context.
2026-27
2025-26
Three on the injury list
Injury report
See all: Injury report →Updated 7 Oct, 7:46 AM ET
InjuriesTransactions
See all: Transactions →Waived for the purpose of assignment to Iowa (AHL) Ds Matt Kiersted, Carson Lambos, and Roman Schmidt and Fs Caedan Bankier, Dylan Gambrell, Justin Kirkland, Tyler Pitlick, and Mason Shaw. Assigned Ds Ben Dexheimer and Viking Gustafsson Nyberg and Fs Jagger Joshua, Hunter Haight, Riley Heidt, Rasmus Kumpulainen, and Rieger Lorenz to Iowa.
Signed G Filip Ruzicka to a three-year, entry-level contract.
Signed D Filip Ruzicka to a three-year contract.
Signed F Caedan Bankier and Ds Carson Lambos and David Spacek to one-year, two-way contracts.
Signed D Roman Schmidt to a one-year, two-way contract.
Signed D Roman Schmidt to a one-year contract.
Signed D Daemon Hunt to a one-year contract.
2026 draft class
See all: 2026 draft class →Priced at 83% to make the playoffs
Every season-long market the venues list for the Minnesota Wild, as the venue-average implied chance with each venue's price to buy Yes.
Make the playoffs: market vs last season
A 107-point pace (last season's points % over 84 games) maps to about 89%; the market sits 6 points lower.
Season points: the market's ladder
5 points from 3 games so far. A points pace is shown from game 10.
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Polymarket
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Colorado is the most-played rivalry: 164 meetings
Minnesota against every Central rival, from each pairing's first meeting in the index, including 2026-27.
Colorado Avalanche
Dallas Stars
Chicago Blackhawks
Utah Mammoth15 playoff trips in the last 30 seasons
Playoff depth season by season since 1996-97, the franchise scoring leaders since 1990-91 and its earliest draft picks since 1980. Hover a square for the season.
The last 30 seasons
Points leaders since 1990-91
Regular season, with this franchise only.
Retired numbers
Numbers retired by the franchise, as of October 2026. Maintained by hand, outside the stats feed.
Top picks since 1980
The 6 highest first-round picks of 26 since 1980.
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct