Minnesota Wild 2025-26 NHL Betting Lines
Perhaps the most exciting offseason news from the Minnesota Wild is that they will be sporting flashy new uniforms reminiscent of the Minnesota North Stars of yesteryear. However, the players wearing those new threads won’t be much better than before. After missing the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Minnesota Wild returned in 2025. Minnesota has been a consistent playoff franchise with 11 appearances in the past 13 campaigns. However, the Wild had never gotten past the first round in their most recent seven playoff appearances entering this spring. Head coach John Hynes has proven to be a good fit after taking over early in the 2023-24 season. Still, Minnesota did not have the metrics of a serious championship contender. While progress has been made, it has been minimal. The 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs were more of the same, with a first-round loss to the Vegas Golden Knights.
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Team Overview
To conclude the regular season, the Minnesota Wild were 45-30-7 straight up and 35-43-4 over/under the total. Minnesota was also 7th in the Western Conference playoff standings, 19 points behind the Winnipeg Jets.
Minnesota ranked 25th in the NHL for goals scored and 20th for power play efficiency. In comparison, on defense, the Wild had NHL rankings of 16th for goals against and 31st for penalty killing.
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Off-Season Moves for 2025-26
In: Vladimir Tarasenko, Nico Sturm
Out: Gustav Nyquist, Frederick Gaudreau, Declan Chisholm
The Wild spent the summer rearranging deck chairs. Vladimir Tarasenko and Nico Sturm are pretty close in impact to Gustav Nyquist and Frederick Gaudreau. The real wild card here will be how much value Zeev Buium can bring in from the jump. The Wild moved Declan Chisholm to make room for the rookie defender.
Moving on from Gaudreau provided the Wild a cushion that allowed them to trade for Tarasenko, who gives them a potential top-six forward in a market in which most potential options remained in place.
Bringing back a two-time Stanley Cup champion in Sturm after a three-year hiatus provides additional bottom-six depth, while serving as a potential Gaudreau replacement.
However, there are still other items that need to be addressed. There's a new contract for RFA Marco Rossi, along with decisions on how to use that cap space. Now the question is whether they should bring in veterans to fill holes in their lineup or save it for later by relying on prospects from one of the NHL's strongest farm systems.
Key Players
LW Kirill Kaprizov had 46 goals and 50 assists last year. In 2024, he was named to the All-Star Game for the third straight season. This past season, Kaprizov recorded 25 goals, 31 assists, 56 points, and a plus-19 rating.
C Joel Eriksson Ek was the Wild's 20th overall pick in the 2015 NHL Draft. In 2024, he scored 30 goals. This past season, he has scored 14 goals, recorded 15 assists, accumulated 29 points, and posted a +9 rating.
In 2025, Matt Boldy emerged with 27 goals, 46 assists, 73 points, and a +1, while Marco Rossi contributed 24 goals, 36 assists, 60 points, and a +3.
D Brock Faber has emerged as an asset as the top Minnesota blueliner. He continues to improve as a power play quarterback. In 2024, he scored eight goals with 39 assists. This past season, Faber scored 10 goals, had 19 assists, 29 points, and a -2 rating.
Goaltenders
Filip Gustavsson is in his third season with Minnesota. This past year, he has had a 2.56 goals against average with a .914 save percentage. His record is 31-19-6 with five shutouts.
Head Coach
Head coach John Hynes previously held the same role with the New Jersey Devils and the Nashville Predators. His career record is 362-309-75.
Season-by-Season Record (Last 7)
| SEASON |
GAMES |
WINS |
LOSSES |
FINISH |
PLAYOFFS |
| 2024–25 |
82 |
45 |
30 |
4th, Central |
Lost in First Round, 2–4 (Golden Knights) |
| 2023–24 |
82 |
39 |
33 |
6th, Central |
Did not qualify |
| 2022–23 |
82 |
46 |
25 |
3rd, Central |
Lost in First Round, 2–4 (Stars) |
| 2021–22 |
82 |
53 |
22 |
2nd, Central |
Lost in First Round, 2–4 (Blues) |
| 2020–21 |
56 |
35 |
16 |
3rd, West |
Lost in First Round, 3–4 (Golden Knights) |
| 2019–20 |
69 |
35 |
27 |
6th, Central |
Lost in Qualifying Round, 1–3 (Canucks) |
| 2018–19 |
82 |
37 |
36 |
7th, Central |
Did not qualify |
Minnesota Wild History
The Minnesota Wild was founded in 2000 as an NHL expansion team. They arrived after seven dark seasons without the National Hockey League in the Twin Cities and the self-proclaimed “State of Hockey.” Minnesota went to the 2003 Conference Final as a Cinderella team. Since then, the Wild has never gone past the second round ever since. Under the guidance of General Manager Craig Leipold and Head Coach Dean Evason, the Wild is playing a much more entertaining style of hockey. For most of their existence, they were known as one of the most boring teams in the game.
The Wild is the second NHL team to operate in Minnesota. The first NHL franchise in the Twin Cities was the Minnesota North Stars. The North Stars were part of the “second six.” Meaning that Minnesota was one of the six teams that were part of the 1967 Great Expansion. That year, the NHL doubled in size from six to 12 teams. The North Stars began with great success and were one of the top drawing teams in the immediate years after expansion. But Minnesota was never dominant on the ice, and fans were tired of the mediocre play. Eventually, the North Stars began to lose big money in the late 1970s. Following a resurgence in the 1980s, they struggled financially again and relocated to Dallas in 1993.
When the Minnesota Wild were born, they moved into a sparkling Xcel Energy Center, a modern arena that opened up additional revenue streams. The Wild has also done a far better job than the North Stars of community involvement and marketing. But a serious championship run remains an elusive goal in the State of Hockey.
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