Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild NHL team page: upcoming games with our picks and odds, recent results and the roster.

Minnesota Wild play in the Central Central.

Minnesota Wild overview

Minnesota calls itself the State of Hockey, and the Wild have played to sellout-heavy crowds at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul since entering the league in 2000. The franchise competes in the Central Division and has not yet won a Stanley Cup; its deepest run was a trip to the 2003 Western Conference Final. NHL hockey returned to the Twin Cities seven years after the North Stars left for Dallas. For bettors, the Wild are a Central time zone team whose games often turn on goaltending, structure, and special teams rather than run-and-gun offense.

Betting insights

Minnesota's identity has often leaned toward structured, defense-first hockey, which tends to produce tighter games, but there is no substitute for checking the confirmed goalies before betting a total. Xcel Energy Center crowds are knowledgeable and loud, and the Wild usually price as modest home favorites when competitive. Central Division trips to Colorado and Utah add altitude for road games, and the Wild's trips to the West Coast cross two time zones. When the Wild are favored, consider whether the moneyline or a regulation-time bet offers better value than laying -1.5 on the puck line.

Upcoming games

Minnesota Wild at Buffalo Sabres, October 6, 2026, 6:00 PM
Minnesota Wild at Tampa Bay Lightning, October 8, 2026, 6:00 PM
Minnesota Wild at Florida Panthers, October 10, 2026, 5:00 PM
Vegas Golden Knights at Minnesota Wild, October 12, 2026, 7:00 PM
Minnesota Wild at Winnipeg Jets, October 13, 2026, 7:15 PM

Minnesota Wild roster

#14 Joel Eriksson Ek Centers
#47 Michael McCarron Centers
#15 Charlie Stramel Centers
#78 Nico Sturm Centers
#13 Yakov Trenin Centers
#12 Matt Boldy Left Wings
#20 Blake Coleman Left Wings
#17 Marcus Foligno Left Wings
#71 Nick Foligno Left Wings
#97 Kirill Kaprizov Left Wings
#10 Bobby Brink Right Wings
#38 Ryan Hartman Right Wings
#49 Maxim Shabanov Right Wings
#22 Danila Yurov Right Wings
#24 Zach Bogosian Defense
#25 Jonas Brodin Defense
#7 Brock Faber Defense
#6 Viking Gustafsson Nyberg Defense
#43 Quinn Hughes Defense
#48 Daemon Hunt Defense
#3 Olli Maatta Defense
#82 David Spacek Defense
#46 Jared Spurgeon Defense
#31 Calvin Pickard Goalies
#30 Jesper Wallstedt Goalies

Injuries

Brock Faber, I.L. - Skull, I.L.
Filip Gustavsson, I.L. - Hip, I.L.