2024–25 Minnesota Wild season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	2024–25
Year:	2024
Team:	Minnesota Wild
Division:	Central
Conference:	Western
Record:	17–4–4
Homerecord:	7–3–1
Roadrecord:	10–1–3
Goalsfor:	80
Goalsagainst:	60
Coach:	John Hynes
Captain:	Jared Spurgeon
Altcaptain:	Marcus Foligno Kirill Kaprizov
Arena:	Xcel Energy Center
Minorleague:	Iowa Wild (AHL) Iowa Heartlanders (ECHL)
Goalsleader:	Kirill Kaprizov (16)
Assistsleader:	Kirill Kaprizov (23)
Pointsleader:	Kirill Kaprizov (39)
Plusminusleader:	Kirill Kaprizov (+19)
Pimleader:	Zach Bogosian Matt Boldy (17)
Winsleader:	Filip Gustavsson (12)
Gaaleader:	Filip Gustavsson (2.04)

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]

Standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was released on June 24, 2024.^[2] |- style="background:#cfc;"| 1 || September 21 || Minnesota || 5–2 || Winnipeg || || Canada Life Centre || 13,787 || 1–0–0 |- style="background:#cfc;"| 2 || September 25 || Minnesota || 2–5 || Dallas || || American Airlines Center || 14,311 || 2–0–0|- style="background:#cfc;"| 3 || September 27 || Winnipeg || 5–8 || Minnesota || || Xcel Energy Center || 16,560 || 3–0–0 |- style="background:#fcc;"| 4 || September 29 || Dallas || 4–2 || Minnesota || || Xcel Energy Center || 17,373 || 3–1–0 |- style="background:#cfc;"| 5 || October 1 || Chicago || 2–7 || Minnesota || || Xcel Energy Center || 16,873 || 4–1–0|- style="background:#cfc;"| 6 || October 4 || Minnesota || 6–1 || Chicago || || United Center || 10,292 || 5–1–0|-|- style="text-align:center;"|Legend

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 2–3 Minnesota 18,613 1–0–0 2 ^[3] 2 October 12 5–4 Minnesota SO 18,421 1–0–1 3 ^[4] 3 October 13 Minnesota 1–2 OT Gustavsson 12,916 1–0–2 4 ^[5] 4 October 15 Minnesota 4–1 Gustavsson 18,096 2–0–2 6 ^[6] 5 October 19 Minnesota 3–1 Columbus Gustavsson 16,876 3–0–2 8 ^[7] 6 October 22 Minnesota 5–1 Gustavsson 18,264 4–0–2 10 ^[8] 7 October 24 Minnesota 4–2 Fleury 19,092 5–0–2 12 ^[9] 8 October 26 Minnesota 5–7 Gustavsson 18,238 5–1–2 12 ^[10] 9 October 29 Minnesota 5–3 Fleury 18,195 6–1–2 14 ^[11]
November: 10–3–2 (Home: 5–3–0; Road: 5–0–2) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 10 November 1 3–5 Minnesota 18,104 7–1–2 16 ^[12] 11 November 3 1–2 Minnesota OT Gustavsson 18,096 8–1–2 18 ^[13] 12 November 5 5–1 Minnesota Gustavsson 17,617 8–2–2 18 ^[14] 13 November 7 Minnesota 5–2 10,526 9–2–2 20 ^[15] 14 November 8 Minnesota 5–2 Gustavsson 14,706 10–2–2 22 ^[16] 15 November 10 Minnesota 1–2 OT Gustavsson 19,657 10–2–3 23 ^[17] 16 November 14 0–3 Minnesota Gustavsson 17,012 11–2–3 25 ^[18] 17 November 16 2–1 Minnesota Gustavsson 18,143 11–3–3 25 ^[19] 18 November 19 Minnesota 4–2 Gustavsson 16,463 12–3–3 27 ^[20] 19 November 21 Minnesota 5–3 Fleury 18,347 13–3–3 29 ^[21] 20 November 23 Minnesota 3–4 SO Gustavsson 17,116 13–3–4 30 ^[22] 21 November 25 4–1 Minnesota Gustavsson 17,686 13–4–4 30 ^[23] 22 November 27 Minnesota 1–0 Gustavsson 17,326 14–4–4 32 ^[24] 23 November 29 Chicago 2–3 Minnesota Fleury 18,532 15–4–4 34 ^[25] 24 November 30 2–3 Minnesota OT Gustavsson 19,064 16–4–4 36 ^[26]
December: 1–0–0 (Home: 1–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 3 2–3 Minnesota OT 18,076 17–4–4 38 ^[27] 26 December 6 Minnesota – 27 December 7 Minnesota – 28 December 10 Minnesota – 29 December 12 – Minnesota 30 December 14 – Minnesota 31 December 15 – Minnesota 32 December 18 – Minnesota 33 December 20 Utah – Minnesota 34 December 21 Minnesota – 35 December 23 – Minnesota 36 December 27 Minnesota – 37 December 29 – Minnesota 38 December 31 – 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 – 40 January 4 Minnesota – 41 January 7 – Minnesota 42 January 9 – Minnesota 43 January 11 Minnesota – 44 January 12 Minnesota – 45 January 15 – Minnesota 46 January 18 Minnesota – 47 January 20 Minnesota – Colorado 48 January 23 – Minnesota 49 January 25 – Minnesota 50 January 26 Minnesota – 51 January 29 Minnesota – 52 January 30 Minnesota –
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 – 54 February 4 Minnesota – 55 February 6 – Minnesota 56 February 8 – Minnesota 57 February 22 Minnesota – 58 February 25 Detroit – Minnesota 59 February 27 Minnesota – 60 February 28 Minnesota –
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 – Minnesota 62 March 4 Minnesota – 63 March 7 Minnesota – 64 March 9 – Minnesota 65 March 11 – Minnesota 66 March 13 – Minnesota 67 March 15 – Minnesota 68 March 17 – Minnesota 69 March 19 Seattle – Minnesota 70 March 22 – Minnesota 71 March 24 Minnesota – 72 March 25 – Minnesota 73 March 27 – Minnesota 74 March 29 – 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 – 77 April 4 Minnesota – 78 April 6 – Minnesota 79 April 9 – Minnesota 80 April 11 Minnesota – 81 April 12 Minnesota – 82 April 15 – Minnesota
Legend:

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
	To Boston Bruins Vinni Lettieri 4th-round pick in 2024	To Minnesota Wild Jakub Lauko 4th-round pick in 2024	^[28]
	To Columbus Blue Jackets Daemon Hunt conditional 1st-round pick in 2025 or 1st-round pick in 2026 COL 3rd-round pick in 2026 TOR 4th-round pick in 2026 2nd-round pick in 2027	To Minnesota Wild David Jiricek 5th-round pick in 2025	^[29]

Notes

• This pick is top five protected, Columbus will receive a first-round pick in 2025 if Minnesota's first-round pick is outside the top five. If Minnesota's first-round pick is inside the top five then Columbus will receive a first-round pick in 2026.

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
			1-year	Free agency	^[30]
			1-year	Free agency
		Utah Hockey Club	1-year	Free agency
			2-year	Free agency
			1-year	Free agency
			1-year	Free agency
			2-year	Free agency
			1-year	Free agency
			4-year	Free agency	^[31]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Term	Via	Ref
			2-year	Free agency	^[32]
			1-year	Free agency	^[33]
			1-year	Free agency	^[34]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Ref
		4-year	^[35]
		1-year	^[36]
		1-year
		1-year	^[37]
		1-year	^[38]
		8-year	^[39]

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		Denver Pioneers (NCHC)
2	45	Ryder Ritchie	RW		Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
4	122		D		HIFK (Liiga)
5	140	Sebastian Soini	D		Ilves (U20 SM-sarja)
5	142	Chase Wutzke	G		Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
6	174	Stevie Leskovar	D		Mississauga Steelheads (OHL)

Notes:

Notes and References

1. Book: National Hockey League . The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2014 . 2013 . Diamond Sports Data, Inc. . 73 . 978-1-894801-26-3 .
2. Web site: Minnesota Wild Announces 2024-25 Preseason Schedule.
3. Web site: Columbus Blue Jackets - Minnesota Wild - Oct 10, 2024 . NHL.com . October 11, 2024 . October 10, 2024.
4. Web site: Minnesota Wild - Seattle Kraken - Oct 12, 2024 . NHL.com . October 13, 2024 . October 12, 2024.
5. Web site: Minnesota Wild - Winnipeg Jets - Oct 13, 2024 . NHL.com . October 14, 2024 . October 13, 2024.
6. Web site: Minnesota Wild - St. Louis Blues - Oct 15, 2024 . NHL.com . October 15, 2024 . October 15, 2024.
7. Web site: Columbus Blue Jackets - Minnesota Wild - Oct 19, 2024 . NHL.com . October 19, 2024 . October 19, 2024.
8. Web site: Florida Panthers - Minnesota Wild - Oct 22, 2024 . NHL.com . October 22, 2024 . October 22, 2024.
9. Web site: Minnesota Wild - Tampa Bay Lightning - Oct 24, 2024 . NHL.com . October 24, 2024 . October 24, 2024.
10. Web site: Minnesota Wild - Philadelphia Flyers - Oct 26, 2024 . NHL.com . October 26, 2024 . October 26, 2024.
11. Web site: Minnesota Wild - Pittsburgh Penguins - Oct 29, 2024 . NHL.com . October 29, 2024 . October 29, 2024.
12. Web site: Minnesota Wild - Tampa Bay Lightning - Nov 1, 2024 . NHL.com . November 1, 2024 . November 1, 2024.
13. Web site: Minnesota Wild - Toronto Maple Leafs - Nov 3, 2024 . NHL.com . November 3, 2024 . November 3, 2024.
14. Web site: Los Angeles Kings - Minnesota Wild - Nov 5, 2024 . NHL.com . November 5, 2024 . November 5, 2024.
15. Web site: Minnesota Wild - San Jose Sharks - Nov 7, 2024 . NHL.com . November 7, 2024 . November 7, 2024.
16. Web site: Anaheim Ducks – Minnesota Wild – Nov 8, 2024 . NHL.com . November 8, 2024 . November 8, 2024.
17. Web site: Minnesota Wild – Chicago Blackhawks – Nov 10, 2024 . NHL.com . November 10, 2024 . November 10, 2024.
18. Web site: Montréal Canadiens - Minnesota Wild - Nov 14, 2024 . NHL.com . November 14, 2024 . November 14, 2024.
19. Web site: Dallas Stars – Minnesota Wild – Nov 16, 2024 . NHL.com . November 16, 2024 . November 16, 2024.
20. Web site: Minnesota Wild – St. Louis Blues – Nov 19, 2024 . NHL.com . November 19, 2024 . November 19, 2024.
21. Web site: Minnesota Wild - Edmonton Oilers - Nov 21, 2024 . NHL.com . November 21, 2024 . November 21, 2024.
22. Web site: Minnesota Wild – Calgary Flames – Nov 23, 2024 . NHL.com . November 23, 2024 . November 23, 2024.
23. Web site: Winnipeg Jets - Minnesota Wild - Nov 25, 2024. NHL.com . November 25, 2024 . November 25, 2024.
24. Web site: Buffalo Sabres – Minnesota Wild – Nov 27, 2024 . NHL.com . November 27, 2024 . November 27, 2024.
25. Web site: Chicago Blackhawks – Minnesota Wild – Nov 29, 2024 . NHL.com . November 29, 2024 . November 29, 2024.
26. Web site: Minnesota Wild - Nashville Predators - Nov 30, 2024 . NHL.com . November 30, 2024 . November 30, 2024.
27. Web site: Minnesota Wild - Vancouver Canucks - Dec 3, 2024 . NHL.com . December 3, 2024 . December 3, 2024.
28. Web site: Minnesota Wild Acquires Forward Jakub Lauko from the Boston Bruins in Exchange for Forward Vinni Lettieri. NHL.com. Minnesota Wild. June 29, 2024. August 3, 2024.
29. Web site: Minnesota Wild acquires defenseman David Jiricek from Columbus. NHL.com. Minnesota Wild. November 30, 2024. December 2, 2024.
30. Web site: Minnesota Wild Agrees to Terms with Eight Players. NHL.com. Minnesota Wild. July 1, 2024. August 3, 2024.
31. Web site: Minnesota Wild Signs Center Yakov Trenin to a Four-Year Contract. NHL.com. Minnesota Wild. July 1, 2024. August 3, 2024.
32. Web site: Predators Agree to Terms with Four Free Agents. NHL.com. Nashville Predators. July 1, 2024. August 3, 2024.
33. Web site: Maple Leafs Sign Three Players. NHL.com. Toronto Maple Leafs. July 2, 2024. August 3, 2024.
34. Web site: Jets sign Haydn Fleury and Mason Shaw to one-year, two-way contracts. NHL.com. Winnipeg Jets. July 3, 2024. August 3, 2024.
35. Web site: Minnesota Wild Signs Jake Middleton to a Four-Year Contract Extension. NHL.com. Minnesota Wild. July 2, 2024. August 3, 2024.
36. Web site: Minnesota Wild Re-Signs Defenseman Declan Chisholm and forward Adam Raska to One-Year Contracts. NHL.com. Minnesota Wild. July 9, 2024. August 3, 2024.
37. Web site: Minnesota Wild Re-Signs Forward Sammy Walker to a One-Year, Two-Way Contract. NHL.com. Minnesota Wild. July 11, 2024. August 3, 2024.
38. Web site: Minnesota Wild Signs Forward Graeme Clarke to a One-Year, Two-Way Contract. NHL.com. Minnesota Wild. July 23, 2024. August 3, 2024.
39. Web site: Minnesota Wild Signs Brock Faber to an Eight-year Contract Extension. NHL.com. Minnesota Wild. July 29, 2024. August 3, 2024.