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Central Division · Est. 2000

Minnesota Wild

2025–26 · 46–24–12 · 104 pts · #3 Central

GM: Bill Guerin HC: John Hynes

Team xGF%

51.7

% · all situations · HighDanger xG

Identity

Kaprizov-led

Finally a contender

Contention window

Open

Hughes trade · Wallstedt breakout

Coach

Hynes

Defensive structure architect

Avg age · forwards

29.8

computed from roster

Team Identity

Kaprizov-led · Finally a contender

Kirill Kaprizov put up an MVP-caliber season alongside a healthy Matt Boldy, while Brock Faber continued cementing himself as one of the league's best young two-way defensemen. Bill Guerin's mid-season heist of Quinn Hughes from imploding Vancouver was the trade of the year, Hughes putting up a point-per-game pace and instantly becoming the Wild's #1 D. Rookie Jesper Wallstedt was a revelation, his .916 save percentage ranking second in the NHL with five shutouts in his first full season.

Cap situation · 2026-27

Cap committed

$102.98M

of $104.0M

Cap space

$1.02M

Players signed

24/23

1 over limit

Pending RFAs

team-controlled

Cap utilization99%

Lines · cap by group

Forwards13 signed · $54.76M committed

Line 1$24.97M

LW1Kirill Kaprizov

$17.0M · thru 2031 · NMC

78 GP · 45G · 44A · 89P

C1Danila Yurov

$972K · thru 2028 · ELC

73 GP · 12G · 15A · 27P

RW1Matt Boldy

$7.0M · thru 2030

76 GP · 42G · 43A · 85P

Line 2$9.3M

LW2Blake Coleman

$2.45M · thru 2027 · NTC

69 GP · 20G · 15A · 35P

C2Joel Eriksson Ek

$5.25M · thru 2029 · NMC

70 GP · 19G · 32A · 51P

RW2Maxim Shabanov

$1.6M · thru 2027

44 GP · 5G · 13A · 18P

Line 3$10.25M

LW3Yakov Trenin

$3.5M · thru 2028

82 GP · 6G · 17A · 23P

C3Ryan Hartman

$4.0M · thru 2027 · NTC

76 GP · 23G · 20A · 43P

RW3Bobby Brink

$2.75M · thru 2027

68 GP · 15G · 15A · 30P

Line 4$8.23M

LW4Marcus Foligno

$4.0M · thru 2028 · NTC

56 GP · 8G · 5A · 13P

C4Michael McCarron

$3.33M · thru 2032

79 GP · 8G · 9A · 17P

RW4Nick Foligno

$900K · thru 2027

54 GP · 4G · 11A · 15P

Press Box$2.0M

CNico Sturm

$2.0M · thru 2027

49 GP · 5G · 6A · 11P

Defense7 signed · $35.58M committed

Pair 1$16.35M

D1Quinn Hughes

$7.85M · thru 2028 · NMC

74 GP · 7G · 69A · 76P

D2Brock Faber

$8.5M · thru 2031

80 GP · 15G · 36A · 51P

Pair 2$13.57M

D3Jonas Brodin

$6.0M · thru 2028 · NMC

62 GP · 4G · 14A · 18P

D4Jared Spurgeon

$7.58M · thru 2028 · NTC

79 GP · 6G · 16A · 22P

Pair 3$4.75M

D5Olli Maatta

$3.5M · thru 2028 · NTC

43 GP · 2G · 13A · 15P

Press Box$900K

Goalies4 signed · $10.99M committed

G1Filip Gustavsson

$6.8M · thru 2031 · NMC

50 GP · 28-15-6 · .904 SV%

G2Jesper Wallstedt

$2.2M · thru 2027

35 GP · 18-9-6 · .916 SV%

G3Calvin Pickard

$1.0M · thru 2027

16 GP · 5-6-2 · .871 SV%

G4Filip Ruzicka

$988K · thru 2029

Cap Charges$1.67M committed

BUYZach Parise

$833K · thru 2029 · Buyout

BUYRyan Suter

$833K · thru 2029 · Buyout

5-year points history

Regular-season points, last five seasons.

Organization strength

Active NHL roster only. Bar = team vs league average (▼).

Forwards · 20 39.5

top Kirill Kaprizov (93.6) league 38.2 NHLe pts/82

Defense · 12 24.7

top Quinn Hughes (77.9) league 24.7 NHLe pts/82

Goalies · 5 .902

top Jesper Wallstedt (0.9147) league .896 SV%

Injury report (0)

via CBS Sports

No injuries reported - offseason (updated in September).

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