2025–26 Minnesota Wild season

2025–26 Minnesota Wild
DivisionCentral
ConferenceWestern
2025–26 record21–9–5
Home record12–3–4
Road record9–6–1
Goals for109
Goals against89
Team information
General managerBill Guerin
CoachJohn Hynes
CaptainJared Spurgeon
Alternate captainsMarcus Foligno
Kirill Kaprizov
ArenaGrand Casino Arena
Minor league affiliatesIowa Wild (AHL)
Iowa Heartlanders (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsKirill Kaprizov (22)
AssistsMatt Boldy (21)
PointsMatt Boldy
Kirill Kaprizov (41)
Penalty minutesJacob Middleton (35)
Plus/minusMarcus Johansson (+15)
WinsFilip Gustavsson (11)
Goals against averageJesper Wallstedt (1.96)

The 2025–26 Minnesota Wild season is the 26th season of operation (25th season of play) of the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.

During the offseason, the team's arena Xcel Energy Center was renamed to Grand Casino Arena on September 3, 2025.

Standings

Divisional standings

Central Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 Colorado Avalanche 33 24 2 7 22 133 77 +56 55
2 Dallas Stars 35 23 7 5 19 120 93 +27 51
3 Minnesota Wild 35 21 9 5 14 104 87 +17 47
4 Utah Mammoth 36 17 16 3 13 111 106 +5 37
5 St. Louis Blues 36 13 15 8 13 88 125 −37 34
6 Winnipeg Jets 33 15 16 2 13 98 100 −2 32
7 Chicago Blackhawks 34 13 15 6 12 94 105 −11 32
8 Nashville Predators 33 13 16 4 9 93 115 −22 30
Updated to game(s) played on December 18, 2025. Source: National Hockey League[1]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Conference standings

Western Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 PA Los Angeles Kings 33 14 10 9 9 86 89 −3 37
2 PA San Jose Sharks 35 17 15 3 9 105 118 −13 37
3 CE Utah Mammoth 36 17 16 3 13 111 106 +5 37
4 CE St. Louis Blues 36 13 15 8 13 88 125 −37 34
5 CE Winnipeg Jets 33 15 16 2 13 98 100 −2 32
6 CE Chicago Blackhawks 34 13 15 6 12 94 105 −11 32
7 PA Calgary Flames 35 14 17 4 11 91 105 −14 32
8 PA Seattle Kraken 32 12 14 6 7 79 102 −23 30
9 CE Nashville Predators 33 13 16 4 9 93 115 −22 30
10 PA Vancouver Canucks 33 13 17 3 9 92 112 −20 29
Updated to game(s) played on December 18, 2025. Source: National Hockey League[2]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was released on July 13, 2025.[3]

2025–26 Minnesota Wild preseason
2025 preseason game log: 3–2–1 (Home: 1–2–0; Road: 2–0–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Location Attendance Record Recap
1 September 21 Minnesota 3–2 Winnipeg OT Canada Life Centre 14,481 1–0–0 [4]
2 September 23 Minnesota 2–3 Dallas OT American Airlines Center 14,514 1–0–1 [5]
3 September 25 Dallas 5–2 Minnesota Grand Casino Arena 16,755 1–1–1 [6]
4 September 28 Chicago 4–1 Minnesota Grand Casino Arena 17,808 1–2–1 [7]
5 September 30 Winnipeg 2–3 Minnesota Grand Casino Arena 16,487 2–2–1 [8]
6 October 3 Minnesota 3–2 Chicago United Center 9,569 3–2–1 [9]
Legend

  Win   Loss   OT/SO Loss

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on July 16, 2025.[10]

2025–26 game log
December: 7–2–0 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 3–2–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
27 December 2 Minnesota 1–0 Edmonton Wallstedt 19,173 15–7–5 35 [37]
28 December 4 Minnesota 1–4 Calgary Gustavsson 16,924 15–8–5 35 [38]
29 December 6 Minnesota 2–4 Vancouver Wallstedt 18,629 15–9–5 35 [39]
30 December 8 Minnesota 4–1 Seattle Gustavsson 17,151 16–9–5 37 [40]
31 December 11 Dallas 2–5 Minnesota Gustavsson 17,109 17–9–5 39 [41]
32 December 13 Ottawa 2–3 Minnesota Wallstedt 18,058 18–9–5 41 [42]
33 December 14 Boston 2–6 Minnesota Gustavsson 18,322 19–9–5 43 [43]
34 December 16 Washington 0–5 Minnesota Gustavsson 18,044 20–9–5 45 [44]
35 December 18 Minnesota 5–2 Columbus Wallstedt 14,845 21–9–5 47 [45]
36 December 20 Edmonton – Minnesota
37 December 21 Colorado – Minnesota
38 December 23 Nashville – Minnesota
39 December 27 Minnesota – Winnipeg
40 December 29 Minnesota – Vegas
41 December 31 Minnesota – San Jose

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Transactions

The Wild have been involved in the following transactions during the 2025–26 season.

Key:

 †  Contract is entry-level.
 ‡  Contract initially takes effect in the 2026–27 season.

Trades

Date Details Ref
June 26, 2025 (2025-06-26) To Seattle Kraken
Frederick Gaudreau 		To Minnesota Wild
4th-round pick in 2025 		[46]
June 26, 2025 (2025-06-26) To Columbus Blue Jackets
Brendan Gaunce 		To Minnesota Wild
Cameron Butler 		[47]
December 12, 2025 (2025-12-12) To Vancouver Canucks
Marco Rossi
Liam Ohgren
Zeev Buium
1st-round pick in 2026 		To Minnesota Wild
Quinn Hughes 		[48]

Players acquired

Date Player Former team Term Via Ref
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01) Nico Sturm Florida Panthers 2-year Free agency [49]
July 2, 2025 (2025-07-02) Nicolas Aube-Kubel New York Rangers 1-year Free agency [50]
Ben Gleason Philadelphia Flyers 1-year Free agency [50]
Matt Kiersted Florida Panthers 2-year Free agency [50]
Cal Petersen Philadelphia Flyers 1-year Free agency [50]
Tyler Pitlick Boston Bruins 2-year Free agency [50]

Players lost

Date Player New team Term Via Ref
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01) Travis Boyd Toronto Maple Leafs 1-year Free agency [51]
Justin Brazeau Pittsburgh Penguins 2-year Free agency [52]
July 2, 2025 (2025-07-02) Graeme Clarke Washington Capitals 1-year Free agency [53]
Gustav Nyquist Winnipeg Jets 1-year Free agency [54]
August 25, 2025 (2025-08-25) Cameron Crotty Ottawa Senators 2-year Free agency [55]

Signings

Date Player Term Ref
June 2, 2025 (2025-06-02) Marcus Johansson 1-year [56]
August 22, 2025 (2025-08-22) Marco Rossi 3-year [57]
September 30, 2025 (2025-09-30) Kirill Kaprizov 8-year‡ [58]
October 4, 2025 (2025-10-04) Filip Gustavsson 5-year‡ [59]

Draft picks

See also: List of Minnesota Wild draft picks

Below are the Minnesota Wild selections at the 2025 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 27 and 28, 2025, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
2 52 Theodor Hallquisth D  Sweden Örebro HK J20 (J20 Nationell)
4 102 Adam Benak C  Czech Republic Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)
4 121 Lirim Amidovski RW  Canada North Bay Battalion (OHL)
4 123 Carter Klippenstein C  Canada Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
5 141 Justin Kipkie D  Canada Victoria Royals (WHL)

Notes:

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