2024–25 Minnesota Wild season

The 2024–25 Minnesota Wild season was 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	4th Central
Conference	7th Western
2024–25 record	45–30–7
Home record	22–17–2
Road record	23–13–5
Goals for	228
Goals against	239
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	Matt Boldy (26)
Assists	Matt Boldy (45)
Points	Matt Boldy (71)
Penalty minutes	Marcus Foligno Ryan Hartman (75)
Plus/minus	Kirill Kaprizov (+19)
Wins	Filip Gustavsson (31)
Goals against average	Filip Gustavsson (2.57)
← 2023–24 2025–26 →

On April 15, 2025, the Wild clinched a playoff spot after an overtime win against the Anaheim Ducks. They faced the Vegas Golden Knights in the first round and were defeated in six games.

Standings

Divisional standings

Central Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Winnipeg Jets	82	56	22	4	43	277	191	+86	116
2	x – Dallas Stars	82	50	26	6	41	277	224	+53	106
3	x – Colorado Avalanche	82	49	29	4	40	277	234	+43	102
4	x – Minnesota Wild	82	45	30	7	33	228	239	−11	97
5	x – St. Louis Blues	82	44	30	8	32	254	233	+21	96
6	Utah Hockey Club	82	38	31	13	30	241	251	−10	89
7	Nashville Predators	82	30	44	8	24	214	274	−60	68
8	Chicago Blackhawks	82	25	46	11	20	226	296	−70	61

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)
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot

Conference standings

Western Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CE	x – Minnesota Wild	82	45	30	7	33	228	239	−11	97
2	CE	x – St. Louis Blues	82	44	30	8	32	254	233	+21	96
3	PA	Calgary Flames	82	41	27	14	31	225	238	−13	96
4	PA	Vancouver Canucks	82	38	30	14	28	236	253	−17	90
5	CE	Utah Hockey Club	82	38	31	13	30	241	251	−10	89
6	PA	Anaheim Ducks	82	35	37	10	24	221	263	−42	80
7	PA	Seattle Kraken	82	35	41	6	28	247	265	−18	76
8	CE	Nashville Predators	82	30	44	8	24	214	274	−60	68
9	CE	Chicago Blackhawks	82	25	46	11	20	226	296	−70	61
10	PA	San Jose Sharks	82	20	50	12	14	210	315	−105	52

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)
x – Clinched playoff spot

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: 10–3–2 (Home: 5–3–0; Road: 5–0–2) # 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 0–3 Minnesota Gustavsson 17,012 11–2–3 25 [20] 17 November 16 Dallas 2–1 Minnesota Gustavsson 18,143 11–3–3 25 [21] 18 November 19 Minnesota 4–2 St. Louis Gustavsson 16,463 12–3–3 27 [22] 19 November 21 Minnesota 5–3 Edmonton Fleury 18,347 13–3–3 29 [23] 20 November 23 Minnesota 3–4 Calgary SO Gustavsson 17,116 13–3–4 30 [24] 21 November 25 Winnipeg 4–1 Minnesota Gustavsson 17,686 13–4–4 30 [25] 22 November 27 Minnesota 1–0 Buffalo Gustavsson 17,326 14–4–4 32 [26] 23 November 29 Chicago 2–3 Minnesota Fleury 18,532 15–4–4 34 [27] 24 November 30 Nashville 2–3 Minnesota OT Gustavsson 19,064 16–4–4 36 [28]
December: 7–7–0 (Home: 4–5–0; Road: 3–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 3 Vancouver 2–3 Minnesota OT Gustavsson 18,076 17–4–4 38 [29] 26 December 6 Minnesota 5–1 Anaheim Gustavsson 15,171 18–4–4 40 [30] 27 December 7 Minnesota 1–4 Los Angeles Fleury 18,145 18–5–4 40 [31] 28 December 10 Minnesota 5–4 Utah SO Gustavsson 11,131 19–5–4 42 [32] 29 December 12 Edmonton 7–1 Minnesota Gustavsson 18,394 19–6–4 42 [33] 30 December 14 Philadelphia 1–4 Minnesota Fleury 18,076 20–6–4 44 [34] 31 December 15 Vegas 3–2 Minnesota Wallstedt 18,771 20–7–4 44 [35] 32 December 18 Florida 6–1 Minnesota Fleury 17,423 20–8–4 44 [36] 33 December 20 Utah 2–1 Minnesota Fleury 18,088 20–9–4 44 [37] 34 December 21 Minnesota 0–5 Winnipeg Wallsedt 15,225 20–10–4 44 [38] 35 December 23 Chicago 3–4 Minnesota Gustavsson 19,067 21–10–4 46 [39] 36 December 27 Minnesota 3–2 Dallas OT Gustavsson 18,532 22–10–4 48 [40] 37 December 29 Ottawa 3–1 Minnesota Gustavsson 18,989 22–11–4 48 [41] 38 December 31 Nashville 3–5 Minnesota Gustavsson 19,145 23–11–4 50 [42]
January: 8–6–0 (Home: 1–4–0; Road: 7–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 39 January 2 Minnesota 4–3 Washington SO Fleury 18,573 24–11–4 52 [43] 40 January 4 Minnesota 4–0 Carolina Gustavsson 18,891 25–11–4 54 [44] 41 January 7 St. Louis 4–6 Minnesota Fleury 18,464 26–11–4 56 [45] 42 January 9 Colorado 6–1 Minnesota Gustavsson 18,979 26–12–4 56 [46] 43 January 11 Minnesota 3–1 San Jose Fleury 17,435 27–12–4 58 [47] 44 January 12 Minnesota 1–4 Vegas Gustavsson 17,921 27–13–4 58 [48] 45 January 15 Edmonton 5–3 Minnesota Gustavsson 18,212 27–14–4 58 [49] 46 January 18 Minnesota 2–6 Nashville Fleury 17,615 27–15–4 58 [50] 47 January 20 Minnesota 3–1 Colorado Fleury 18,072 28–15–4 60 [51] 48 January 23 Utah 4–0 Minnesota Gustavsson 18,071 28–16–4 60 [52] 49 January 25 Calgary 5–4 Minnesota Fleury 19,212 28–17–4 60 [53] 50 January 26 Minnesota 4–2 Chicago Gustavsson 18,701 29–17–4 62 [54] 51 January 29 Minnesota 3–1 Toronto Gustavsson 18,544 30–17–4 64 [55] 52 January 30 Minnesota 4–0 Montreal Fleury 21,105 31–17–4 66 [56]
February: 3–5–0 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 1–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 53 February 1 Minnesota 0–6 Ottawa Gustavsson 18,822 31–18–4 66 [57] 54 February 4 Minnesota 0–3 Boston Fleury 17,850 31–19–4 66 [58] 55 February 6 Carolina 1–2 Minnesota Gustavsson 18,273 32–19–4 68 [59] 56 February 8 NY Islanders 3–6 Minnesota Gustavsson 18,539 33–19–4 70 [60] 57 February 22 Minnesota 4–3 Detroit OT Fleury 19,515 34–19–4 72 [61] 58 February 25 Detroit 3–2 Minnesota Gustavsson 18,618 34–20–4 72 [62] 59 February 27 Minnesota 1–6 Utah Fleury 11,131 34–21–4 72 [63] 60 February 28 Minnesota 2–5 Colorado Gustavsson 18,091 34–22–4 72 [64]
March: 7–6–2 (Home: 6–4–1; Road: 1–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 61 March 2 Boston 0–1 Minnesota Gustavsson 18,447 35–22–4 74 [65] 62 March 4 Minnesota 4–3 Seattle Gustavsson 17,151 36–22–4 76 [66] 63 March 7 Minnesota 3–1 Vancouver Gustavsson 18,885 36–23–4 76 [67] 64 March 9 Pittsburgh 3–1 Minnesota Fleury 18,717 36–24–4 76 [68] 65 March 11 Colorado 1–2 Minnesota SO Gustavsson 18,901 37–24–4 78 [69] 66 March 13 NY Rangers 3–2 Minnesota OT Gustavsson 18,976 37–24–5 79 [70] 67 March 15 St. Louis 5–1 Minnesota Gustavsson 18,568 37–25–5 79 [71] 68 March 17 Los Angeles 1–3 Minnesota Gustavsson 18,033 38–25–5 81 [72] 69 March 19 Seattle 0–4 Minnesota Gustavsson 17,579 39–25–5 83 [73] 70 March 22 Buffalo 1–4 Minnesota Gustavsson 18,379 40–25–5 85 [74] 71 March 24 Minnesota 0–3 Dallas Gustavsson 18,532 40–26–5 85 [75] 72 March 25 Vegas 5–1 Minnesota Fleury 17,734 40–27–5 85 [76] 73 March 27 Washington 2–4 Minnesota Gustavsson 19,108 41–27–5 87 [77] 74 March 29 New Jersey 5–2 Minnesota Gustavsson 19,265 41–28–5 87 [78] 75 March 31 Minnesota 2–3 New Jersey SO Gustavsson 15,468 41–28–6 88 [79]
April: 4–2–1 (Home: 3–0–0; Road: 1–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 76 April 2 Minnesota 4–5 NY Rangers OT Gustavsson 17,492 41–28–7 89 [80] 77 April 4 Minnesota 1–3 NY Islanders Gustavsson 15,742 41–29–7 89 [81] 78 April 6 Dallas 2–3 Minnesota OT Gustavsson 18,548 42–29–7 91 [82] 79 April 9 San Jose 7–8 Minnesota OT Fleury 18,675 43–29–7 93 [83] 80 April 11 Minnesota 2–4 Calgary Gustavsson 18,566 43–30–7 93 [84] 81 April 12 Minnesota 3–2 Vancouver OT Gustavsson 18,844 44–30–7 95 [85] 82 April 15 Anaheim 2–3 Minnesota OT Fleury 19,029 45–30–7 97 [86]
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

Main article: 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs

2025 Stanley Cup playoffs
Western Conference first round vs. (P1) Vegas Golden Knights: Vegas won 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 20 Minnesota 2–4 Vegas Gustavsson 18,016 0–1 [87] 2 April 22 Minnesota 5–2 Vegas Gustavsson 18,311 1–1 [88] 3 April 24 Vegas 2–5 Minnesota Gustavsson 19,058 2–1 [89] 4 April 26 Vegas 4–3 Minnesota OT Gustavsson 19,324 2–2 [90] 5 April 29 Minnesota 2–3 Vegas OT Fleury 18,441 2–3 [91] 6 May 1 Vegas 3–2 Minnesota Gustavsson 19,047 2–4 [92]
Legend:   Win   Loss

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	[93]
November 30, 2024 (2024-11-30)	To Columbus Blue Jackets Daemon Hunt conditional 1st-round pick in 2025 or 1st-round pick in 20261 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	[94]
February 3, 2025 (2025-02-03)	To Utah Hockey Club Sammy Walker	To Minnesota Wild Future considerations	[95]
March 1, 2024 (2024-03-01)	To Nashville Predators 2nd-round pick in 2026	To Minnesota Wild Gustav Nyquist2	[96]

Notes

1. 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.
2. Nashville retains 50% of Nyqvist's remaining contract.

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)	Travis Boyd	Utah Hockey Club	1-year	Free agency	[97]
	Joseph Cecconi	Buffalo Sabres	1-year	Free agency	[97]
	Cameron Crotty	Utah Hockey Club	1-year	Free agency	[97]
	Brendan Gaunce	Columbus Blue Jackets	2-year	Free agency	[97]
	Troy Grosenick	Nashville Predators	1-year	Free agency	[97]
	Reese Johnson	Chicago Blackhawks	1-year	Free agency	[97]
	Ben Jones	Calgary Flames	2-year	Free agency	[97]
	Devin Shore	Seattle Kraken	1-year	Free agency	[97]
	Yakov Trenin	Colorado Avalanche	4-year	Free agency	[98]
December 13, 2024 (2024-12-13)	Travis Dermott	Edmonton Oilers		Waivers	[99]
February 5, 2025 (2025-02-05)	Vinnie Hinostroza	Nashville Predators		Waivers	[100]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)	Jake Lucchini	Nashville Predators	2-year	Free agency	[101]
July 2, 2024 (2024-07-02)	Dakota Mermis	Toronto Maple Leafs	1-year	Free agency	[102]
July 3, 2024 (2024-07-03)	Mason Shaw	Winnipeg Jets	1-year	Free agency	[103]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Ref
July 2, 2024 (2024-07-02)	Jacob Middleton	4-year‡	[104]
July 9, 2024 (2024-07-09)	Declan Chisholm	1-year	[105]
	Adam Raska	1-year	[105]
July 11, 2024 (2024-07-11)	Sammy Walker	1-year	[106]
July 23, 2024 (2024-07-23)	Graeme Clarke	1-year	[107]
July 29, 2024 (2024-07-29)	Brock Faber	8-year‡	[108]

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: