2024–25 Minnesota Wild season

The 2024–25 Minnesota Wild season is the 25th season of operation (24th season of play) of the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.^[1]

2024–25 Minnesota Wild
Division	Central
Conference	Western
2024–25 record	10–2–3
Home record	3–1–1
Road record	7–1–2
Goals for	53
Goals against	39
Team information
General manager	Bill Guerin
Coach	John Hynes
Captain	Jared Spurgeon
Alternate captains	Marcus Foligno Kirill Kaprizov
Arena	Xcel Energy Center
Minor league affiliate(s)	Iowa Wild (AHL) Iowa Heartlanders (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Kirill Kaprizov Matt Boldy (9)
Assists	Kirill Kaprizov (19)
Points	Kirill Kaprizov (28)
Penalty minutes	Zach Bogosian Yakov Trenin (10)
Plus/minus	Kirill Kaprizov (+14)
Wins	Filip Gustavsson (7)
Goals against average	Filip Gustavsson (2.27)
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Standings

Divisional standings

Central Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Winnipeg Jets	16	15	1	0	12	73	34	+39	30
2	Minnesota Wild	15	10	2	3	9	53	39	+14	23
3	Dallas Stars	14	9	5	0	8	46	33	+13	18
4	Colorado Avalanche	17	9	8	0	7	59	63	−4	18
5	Utah Hockey Club	16	7	6	3	4	45	52	−7	17
6	St. Louis Blues	16	7	9	0	5	40	55	−15	14
7	Chicago Blackhawks	16	6	9	1	4	41	49	−8	13
8	Nashville Predators	16	5	9	2	4	39	53	−14	12

Updated to game(s) played on November 13, 2024. 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)

Conference standings

Western Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	PA	Calgary Flames	17	8	6	3	5	47	51	−4	19
2	CE	Colorado Avalanche	17	9	8	0	7	59	63	−4	18
3	PA	Edmonton Oilers	16	8	7	1	5	44	51	−7	17
4	CE	Utah Hockey Club	16	7	6	3	4	45	52	−7	17
5	PA	Seattle Kraken	16	7	8	1	4	49	50	−1	15
6	CE	St. Louis Blues	16	7	9	0	5	40	55	−15	14
7	CE	Chicago Blackhawks	16	6	9	1	4	41	49	−8	13
8	PA	San Jose Sharks	17	5	9	3	3	40	60	−20	13
9	PA	Anaheim Ducks	15	5	8	2	4	33	46	−13	12
10	CE	Nashville Predators	16	5	9	2	4	39	53	−14	12

Updated to game(s) played on November 13, 2024. Source: National Hockey League^[3]
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 June 24, 2024.^[4]

2024–25 Minnesota Wild preseason
2024 preseason game log: 5–1–0 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 3–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Location Attendance Record 1 September 21 Minnesota 5–2 Winnipeg Canada Life Centre 13,787 1–0–0 2 September 25 Minnesota 2–5 Dallas American Airlines Center 14,311 2–0–0 3 September 27 Winnipeg 5–8 Minnesota Xcel Energy Center 16,560 3–0–0 4 September 29 Dallas 4–2 Minnesota Xcel Energy Center 17,373 3–1–0 5 October 1 Chicago 2–7 Minnesota Xcel Energy Center 16,873 4–1–0 6 October 4 Minnesota 6–1 Chicago United Center 10,292 5–1–0
Legend   Win   Loss   OT/SO Loss

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on July 2, 2024.

2024–25 game log
October: 6–1–2 (Home: 1–0–1; Road: 5–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 10 Columbus 2–3 Minnesota Gustavsson 18,613 1–0–0 2 [5] 2 October 12 Seattle 5–4 Minnesota SO Fleury 18,421 1–0–1 3 [6] 3 October 13 Minnesota 1–2 Winnipeg OT Gustavsson 12,916 1–0–2 4 [7] 4 October 15 Minnesota 4–1 St. Louis Gustavsson 18,096 2–0–2 6 [8] 5 October 19 Minnesota 3–1 Columbus Gustavsson 16,876 3–0–2 8 [9] 6 October 22 Minnesota 5–1 Florida Gustavsson 18,264 4–0–2 10 [10] 7 October 24 Minnesota 4–2 Tampa Bay Fleury 19,092 5–0–2 12 [11] 8 October 26 Minnesota 5–7 Philadelphia Gustavsson 18,238 5–1–2 12 [12] 9 October 29 Minnesota 5–3 Pittsburgh Fleury 18,195 6–1–2 14 [13]
November: 4–1–1 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 2–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 10 November 1 Tampa Bay 3–5 Minnesota Gustavsson 18,104 7–1–2 16 [14] 11 November 3 Toronto 1–2 Minnesota OT Gustavsson 18,096 8–1–2 18 [15] 12 November 5 Los Angeles 5–1 Minnesota Gustavsson 17,617 8–2–2 18 [16] 13 November 7 Minnesota 5–2 San Jose Fleury 10,526 9–2–2 20 [17] 14 November 8 Minnesota 5–2 Anaheim Gustavsson 14,706 10–2–2 22 [18] 15 November 10 Minnesota 1–2 Chicago OT Gustavsson 19,657 10–2–3 23 [19] 16 November 14 Montreal – Minnesota 17 November 16 Dallas – Minnesota 18 November 19 Minnesota – St. Louis 19 November 21 Minnesota – Edmonton 20 November 23 Minnesota – Calgary 21 November 25 Winnipeg – Minnesota 22 November 27 Minnesota – Buffalo 23 November 29 Chicago – Minnesota 24 November 30 Nashville – Minnesota
December: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 3 Vancouver – Minnesota 26 December 6 Minnesota – Anaheim 27 December 7 Minnesota – Los Angeles 28 December 10 Minnesota – Utah 29 December 12 Edmonton – Minnesota 30 December 14 Philadelphia – Minnesota 31 December 15 Vegas – Minnesota 32 December 18 Florida – Minnesota 33 December 20 Utah – Minnesota 34 December 21 Minnesota – Winnipeg 35 December 23 Chicago – Minnesota 36 December 27 Minnesota – Dallas 37 December 29 Ottawa – Minnesota 38 December 31 Nashville – Minnesota
January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 39 January 2 Minnesota – Washington 40 January 4 Minnesota – Carolina 41 January 7 St. Louis – Minnesota 42 January 9 Colorado – Minnesota 43 January 11 Minnesota – San Jose 44 January 12 Minnesota – Vegas 45 January 15 Edmonton – Minnesota 46 January 18 Minnesota – Nashville 47 January 20 Minnesota – Colorado 48 January 23 Utah – Minnesota 49 January 25 Calgary – Minnesota 50 January 26 Minnesota – Chicago 51 January 29 Minnesota – Toronto 52 January 30 Minnesota – Montreal
February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 53 February 1 Minnesota – Ottawa 54 February 4 Minnesota – Boston 55 February 6 Carolina – Minnesota 56 February 8 NY Islanders – Minnesota 57 February 22 Minnesota – Detroit 58 February 25 Detroit – Minnesota 59 February 27 Minnesota – Utah 60 February 28 Minnesota – Colorado
March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 61 March 2 Boston – Minnesota 62 March 4 Minnesota – Seattle 63 March 7 Minnesota – Vancouver 64 March 9 Pittsburgh – Minnesota 65 March 11 Colorado – Minnesota 66 March 13 NY Rangers – Minnesota 67 March 15 St. Louis – Minnesota 68 March 17 Los Angeles – Minnesota 69 March 19 Seattle – Minnesota 70 March 22 Buffalo – Minnesota 71 March 24 Minnesota – Dallas 72 March 25 Vegas – Minnesota 73 March 27 Washington – Minnesota 74 March 29 New Jersey – Minnesota 75 March 31 Minnesota – New Jersey
April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 76 April 2 Minnesota – NY Rangers 77 April 4 Minnesota – NY Islanders 78 April 6 Dallas – Minnesota 79 April 9 San Jose – Minnesota 80 April 11 Minnesota – Calgary 81 April 12 Minnesota – Vancouver 82 April 15 Anaheim – Minnesota
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Roster

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Updated November 12, 2024^[20][21]

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
24		Zach Bogosian	D	R	34	2023	Massena, New York
12		Matt Boldy	RW	L	23	2019	Millis, Massachusetts
25		Jonas Brodin	D	L	31	2011	Karlstad, Sweden
47		Declan Chisholm	D	L	24	2024	Bowmanville, Ontario
14		Joel Eriksson Ek	C	L	27	2015	Karlstad, Sweden
7		Brock Faber	D	R	22	2022	Maple Grove, Minnesota
29		Marc-Andre Fleury	G	L	39	2022	Sorel-Tracy, Quebec
17		Marcus Foligno (A)	RW	L	33	2017	Buffalo, New York
89		Frederick Gaudreau	C	R	31	2021	Bromont, Quebec
32		Filip Gustavsson	G	L	26	2022	Skellefteå, Sweden
38		Ryan Hartman	C	R	30	2019	Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
48		Daemon Hunt	D	L	22	2020	Brandon, Manitoba
90		Marcus Johansson	C	L	34	2023	Landskrona, Sweden
97		Kirill Kaprizov (A)	LW	L	27	2015	Novokuznetsk, Russia
22		Marat Khusnutdinov	C	L	22	2020	Moscow, Russia
94		Jakub Lauko	LW	L	24	2024	Prague, Czech Republic
4		Jon Merrill	D	L	32	2021	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
5		Jacob Middleton	D	L	28	2022	Stratford, Ontario
60		Michael Milne	LW	L	22	2022	Abbotsford, British Columbia
23		Marco Rossi	C	L	23	2020	Feldkirch, Austria
46		Jared Spurgeon (C)	D	R	34	2010	Edmonton, Alberta
13		Yakov Trenin	C	R	27	2024	Chelyabinsk, Russia
36		Mats Zuccarello	RW	L	37	2019	Oslo, Norway

Transactions

The Wild have been involved in the following transactions during the 2024–25 season.

Key:

 †  Contract is entry-level.
 ‡  Contract initially takes effect in the 2025–26 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 29, 2024 (2024-06-29)	To Boston Bruins Vinni Lettieri 4th-round pick in 2024	To Minnesota Wild Jakub Lauko 4th-round pick in 2024	[22]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)	Travis Boyd	Utah Hockey Club	1-year	Free agency	[23]
	Joseph Cecconi	Buffalo Sabres	1-year	Free agency	[23]
	Cameron Crotty	Utah Hockey Club	1-year	Free agency	[23]
	Brendan Gaunce	Columbus Blue Jackets	2-year	Free agency	[23]
	Troy Grosenick	Nashville Predators	1-year	Free agency	[23]
	Reese Johnson	Chicago Blackhawks	1-year	Free agency	[23]
	Ben Jones	Calgary Flames	2-year	Free agency	[23]
	Devin Shore	Seattle Kraken	1-year	Free agency	[23]
	Yakov Trenin	Colorado Avalanche	4-year	Free agency	[24]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)	Jake Lucchini	Nashville Predators	2-year	Free agency	[25]
July 2, 2024 (2024-07-02)	Dakota Mermis	Toronto Maple Leafs	1-year	Free agency	[26]
July 3, 2024 (2024-07-03)	Mason Shaw	Winnipeg Jets	1-year	Free agency	[27]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Ref
July 2, 2024 (2024-07-02)	Jacob Middleton	4-year‡	[28]
July 9, 2024 (2024-07-09)	Declan Chisholm	1-year	[29]
	Adam Raska	1-year	[29]
July 11, 2024 (2024-07-11)	Sammy Walker	1-year	[30]
July 23, 2024 (2024-07-23)	Graeme Clarke	1-year	[31]
July 29, 2024 (2024-07-29)	Brock Faber	8-year‡	[32]

Draft picks

See also: List of Minnesota Wild draft picks

Below are the Minnesota Wild selections at the 2024 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 28 and 29, 2024, at the Sphere in Paradise, Nevada.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	12	Zeev Buium	D	United States	Denver Pioneers (NCHC)
2	45	Ryder Ritchie	RW	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
4	122	Aron Kiviharju	D	Finland	HIFK (Liiga)
5	140	Sebastian Soini	D	Finland	Ilves (U20 SM-sarja)
5	142	Chase Wutzke	G	Canada	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
6	174	Stevie Leskovar	D	Canada	Mississauga Steelheads (OHL)

Notes:

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