Minnesota Wild
The Minnesota Wild this season: record, standing, recent form, roster, advanced stats, salary cap, injuries and schedule, from the NHL’s official data updated daily.
Team leaders · 2026–27
Points, goals and assists count games with this team; the other stats are season totals for players now on the roster. The NHL doesn’t track passes; assists are the closest measure.
Points
Goals
Assists
Hits
Blocked shots
Takeaways
Faceoff %
50+ faceoffsExpected goals (xG)
Save %
4+ GP
Advanced stats 2026–27
Longer bar = better league rank (already flipped where lower is better). The tick marks the league median.
Physical
Chances (expected goals)
Ranks of 32 teams.
Tracking data
NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, 19 tracked games this season · updated Nov 8
Longer bar = better league rank among the 32 teams. The tick marks the middle of the league.
Territory
- Offensive-zone timeLeague avg 41.5%41.8%#9 of 32
- Offensive-zone time, even strengthLeague avg 41.4%41.3%#10 of 32
- Defensive-zone time (less is better)League avg 41.5%41.0%#16 of 32
- Offensive-zone time, power playLeague avg 58.2%61.1%#7 of 32
- Offensive-zone time, penalty killLeague avg 27.1%25.7%#21 of 32
- Shot-attempt differential per game+4.1#6 of 32
Speed
- Average shot speedLeague avg 59.2 mph58.3 mph#25 of 32
- Hardest shotLeague avg 96.4 mph93.4 mph#30 of 32
- Skating bursts over 20 mphLeague avg 392324#26 of 32
- Top skating speedLeague avg 23.3 mph22.9 mph#28 of 32
Where the shots come from
Close = crease, low slot and net sides. Mid = high slot and faceoff circles. Long = points and outside the circles.
Schematic rink; area borders are approximate.
- Left corner: 2 shots
- Behind the net: 4 shots
- Right corner: 1 shots
- Left side of the net: 20 shots
- Crease: 29 shots
- Right side of the net: 25 shots
- Low slot: 124 shots
- Left circle: 51 shots
- Right circle: 40 shots
- High slot: 51 shots
- Outside left: 32 shots
- Outside right: 35 shots
- Left point: 29 shots
- Centre point: 44 shots
- Right point: 39 shots
- Neutral zone: 20 shots
- Beyond the red line: 18 shots
- Close-range shotsLeague avg 134153#6 of 32
- Close-range shooting %League avg 20.0%15.0%#29 of 32
- Mid-range shotsLeague avg 139142#10 of 32
- Mid-range shooting %League avg 12.4%17.6%#1 of 32
- Long-range shotsLeague avg 921125th most
- Long-range shooting %League avg 4.0%4.5%#9 of 32
Source: NHL EDGE (api-web.nhle.com).
Faceoffs · 2026–27
Faceoff leaders →FO%
48.8%
Faceoffs won
534
1,094 taken
League rank
#23
of 32 teams
By zone
- Offensive zone47.4% · 189/399
- Neutral zone51.1% · 159/311
- Defensive zone48.4% · 186/384
By situation
- Even strength48.2% · 411/852
- Power play56.5% · 74/131
- Shorthanded44.1% · 49/111
Coaching Staff
John Hynes
2 seasons with teamActive
2026-27
0‑0‑0
0 GP
Salary Cap
2026-27 upper limit $104.0MContract and payroll data not yet available for this team.
Injuries
League injury report →Man-games lost
64
Injured now
4
Games played
19
- Michael McCarronUpper Body2 GMOut
out · Nov 7
- Filip GustavssonHip (Surgery)11 GMLong-Term IR
Gustavsson (hip) will travel with the Wild during the team's upcoming three-game road trip, per Joe Smith of The Athletic. · Nov 5
- Jared SpurgeonLower Body5 GMInjured Reserve
Spurgeon (lower body) is expected to travel with the team for its upcoming three-game road trip starting Tuesday against Montreal, Joe Smith of The Athletic reports. · Nov 5
- Brock FaberSkull (Surgery)19 GMInjured Reserve
Faber (skull) skated with his teammates for the first time Thursday, Joe Smith of The Athletic reports. · Nov 5
Most games missed this season
- Brock Faber19
- Nick Folignoreturned14
- Marcus Folignoreturned13
- Filip Gustavsson11
- Jared Spurgeon5
GM = team games missed in the current stint. HabsMetrics Analytics — for educational/analytics purposes only, not gambling advice. Injury reports sourced from ESPN's public NHL injury feed.
