2025–26 Minnesota Wild season

2025–26 Minnesota Wild
2025–26 Minnesota Wild
Division	Central
Conference	Western
2025–26 record	0–0–0
Home record	0–0–0
Road record	0–0–0
Goals for	0
Goals against	0
Team information
General manager	Bill Guerin
Coach	John Hynes
Captain	Jared Spurgeon
Alternate captains	Marcus Foligno; Kirill Kaprizov
Arena	Grand Casino Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)	Iowa Wild (AHL); Iowa Heartlanders (ECHL)
	← 2024–25 →

The 2025–26 Minnesota Wild season is the 26th season of operation (25th season of play) of the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.

During the offseason, the team's arena Xcel Energy Center was renamed to Grand Casino Arena on September 3, 2025.

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was released on July 13, 2025.^[1]

2025–26 Minnesota Wild preseason

2025 preseason game log: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location
1	September 21	Minnesota	–	Winnipeg	Canada Life Centre
2	September 23	Minnesota	–	Dallas	American Airlines Center
3	September 25	Dallas	–	Minnesota	Grand Casino Arena
4	September 28	Chicago	–	Minnesota	Grand Casino Arena
5	September 30	Winnipeg	–	Minnesota	Grand Casino Arena
6	October 3	Minnesota	–	Chicago	United Center

Legend

Win Loss OT/SO Loss

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on July 16, 2025.^[2]

2025–26 game log

October: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 9	Minnesota	–	St. Louis
2	October 11	Columbus	–	Minnesota
3	October 13	Los Angeles	–	Minnesota
4	October 14	Minnesota	–	Dallas
5	October 17	Minnesota	–	Washington
6	October 18	Minnesota	–	Philadelphia
7	October 20	Minnesota	–	NY Rangers
8	October 22	Minnesota	–	New Jersey
9	October 25	Utah	–	Minnesota
10	October 26	San Jose	–	Minnesota
11	October 28	Winnipeg	–	Minnesota
12	October 30	Pittsburgh	–	Minnesota

November: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
13	November 1	Vancouver	–	Minnesota
14	November 4	Nashville	–	Minnesota
15	November 6	Minnesota	–	Carolina
16	November 7	Minnesota	–	NY Islanders
17	November 9	Calgary	–	Minnesota
18	November 11	San Jose	–	Minnesota
19	November 15	Anaheim	–	Minnesota
20	November 16	Vegas	–	Minnesota
21	November 19	Carolina	–	Minnesota
22	November 21	Minnesota	–	Pittsburgh
23	November 23	Minnesota	–	Winnipeg
24	November 26	Minnesota	–	Chicago
25	November 28	Colorado	–	Minnesota
26	November 29	Buffalo	–	Minnesota

December: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
27	December 2	Minnesota	–	Edmonton
28	December 4	Minnesota	–	Calgary
29	December 6	Minnesota	–	Vancouver
30	December 8	Minnesota	–	Seattle
31	December 11	Dallas	–	Minnesota
32	December 13	Ottawa	–	Minnesota
33	December 14	Boston	–	Minnesota
34	December 16	Washington	–	Minnesota
35	December 18	Minnesota	–	Columbus
36	December 20	Edmonton	–	Minnesota
37	December 21	Colorado	–	Minnesota
38	December 23	Nashville	–	Minnesota
39	December 27	Minnesota	–	Winnipeg
40	December 29	Minnesota	–	Vegas
41	December 31	Minnesota	–	San Jose

January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
42	January 2	Minnesota	–	Anaheim
43	January 3	Minnesota	–	Los Angeles
44	January 5	Minnesota	–	Los Angeles
45	January 8	Minnesota	–	Seattle
46	January 10	NY Islanders	–	Minnesota
47	January 12	New Jersey	–	Minnesota
48	January 15	Winnipeg	–	Minnesota
49	January 17	Minnesota	–	Buffalo
50	January 19	Minnesota	–	Toronto
51	January 20	Minnesota	–	Montreal
52	January 22	Detroit	–	Minnesota
53	January 24	Florida	–	Minnesota
54	January 27	Chicago	–	Minnesota
55	January 29	Calgary	–	Minnesota
56	January 31	Minnesota	–	Edmonton

February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
57	February 2	Montreal	–	Minnesota
58	February 4	Minnesota	–	Nashville
59	February 26	Minnesota	–	Colorado
60	February 27	Minnesota	–	Utah

March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
61	March 1	St. Louis	–	Minnesota
62	March 3	Tampa Bay	–	Minnesota
63	March 6	Minnesota	–	Vegas
64	March 8	Minnesota	–	Colorado
65	March 10	Utah	–	Minnesota
66	March 12	Philadelphia	–	Minnesota
67	March 14	NY Rangers	–	Minnesota
68	March 15	Toronto	–	Minnesota
69	March 17	Minnesota	–	Chicago
70	March 19	Chicago	–	Minnesota
71	March 21	Dallas	–	Minnesota
72	March 24	Minnesota	–	Tampa Bay
73	March 26	Minnesota	–	Florida
74	March 28	Minnesota	–	Boston

April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
75	April 2	Vancouver	–	Minnesota
76	April 4	Minnesota	–	Ottawa
77	April 5	Minnesota	–	Detroit
78	April 7	Seattle	–	Minnesota
79	April 9	Minnesota	–	Dallas
80	April 11	Minnesota	–	Nashville
81	April 13	Minnesota	–	St. Louis
82	April 14	Anaheim	–	Minnesota

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Transactions

Trades

Players acquired

Players lost

Signings

Draft picks

References

^ "Minnesota Wild Release Preseason Schedule For 2025-26 Season". The Hockey News yahoo! sports. The Hockey News. July 13, 2025. Retrieved July 22, 2025.
^ "Minnesota Wild Schedule 2025-26". ESPN. NHL. July 16, 2025. Retrieved July 22, 2025.

[1] "Minnesota Wild Release Preseason Schedule For 2025-26 Season". The Hockey News yahoo! sports. The Hockey News. July 13, 2025. Retrieved July 22, 2025.

[2] "Minnesota Wild Schedule 2025-26". ESPN. NHL. July 16, 2025. Retrieved July 22, 2025.

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v t e Minnesota Wild
Franchise	General managers Coaches Players Draft picks expansion draft Seasons Current season
History	Ice hockey in Minnesota Records Award winners Broadcasters
Personnel	Owner(s) Minnesota Sports & Entertainment (Craig Leipold, chairman) General manager Bill Guerin Head coach John Hynes Team captain Jared Spurgeon
Arena	Xcel Energy Center
Affiliates	AHL Iowa Wild ECHL Iowa Heartlanders
Media	TV Bally Sports North Radio KFAN (100.3 FM)
Culture and lore	Nordy 2016 Stadium Series TRIA Rink 2022 Winter Classic
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2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
2020s	2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

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Central	Chicago Colorado Dallas Minnesota Nashville St. Louis Utah Winnipeg
Atlantic	Boston Buffalo Detroit Florida Montreal Ottawa Tampa Bay Toronto
Metropolitan	Carolina Columbus New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington
See also	Entry draft Winter Classic Stadium Series Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals Transactions Three Star Awards Suspensions and fines