2017–18 Minnesota Wild season

The 2017–18 Minnesota Wild season was the 18th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.

Standings

Schedule and results

Preseason The team's preseason schedule was released on June 13, 2017. 2017 preseason game log: 5–2–0 (Home: 3–0–0; Road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 18 Minnesota 3–2 Winnipeg SO Michalek 15,294 1–0–0 Recap 2 September 21 Winnipeg 0–1 Minnesota Stalock 16,518 2–0–0 Recap 3 September 23 Colorado 1–2 Minnesota Dubnyk 18,754 3–0–0 Recap 4 September 24 Minnesota 1–5 Colorado Michalek — 3–1–0 Recap 5 September 26 Minnesota 1–4 Dallas Stalock 11,373 3–2–0 Recap 6 September 28 Minnesota 3–2 St. Louis — — 4–2–0 Recap 7 September 30 Dallas 1–5 Minnesota Dubnyk 18,374 5–2–0 RecapNotes: Game was played at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri.

Regular season The regular season schedule was published on June 22, 2017. 2017–18 game log October: 4–4–2 (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 2–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 5 Minnesota 2–4 Detroit Dubnyk 19,515 0–1–0 0 Recap 2 October 7 Minnesota 4–5 Carolina SO Stalock 18,680 0–1–1 1 Recap 3 October 12 Minnesota 5–2 Chicago Dubnyk 21,386 1–1–1 3 Recap 4 October 14 Columbus 5–4 Minnesota OT Dubnyk 19,064 1–1–2 4 Recap 5 October 20 Minnesota 3–4 Winnipeg Dubnyk 15,321 1–2–2 4 Recap 6 October 21 Minnesota 4–2 Calgary Stalock 18,436 2–2–2 6 Recap 7 October 24 Vancouver 1–0 Minnesota Dubnyk 18,694 2–3–2 6 Recap 8 October 26 NY Islanders 4–6 Minnesota Dubnyk 18,824 3–3–2 8 Recap 9 October 28 Pittsburgh 1–2 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,064 4–3–2 10 Recap 10 October 31 Winnipeg 2–1 Minnesota Stalock 18,814 4–4–2 10 Recap November: 8–6–1 (Home: 5–1–1; Road: 3–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 11 November 2 Montreal 3–6 Minnesota Dubnyk 18,924 5–4–2 12 Recap 12 November 4 Chicago 2–0 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,218 5–5–2 12 Recap 13 November 6 Minnesota 3–5 Boston Dubnyk 17,565 5–6–2 12 Recap 14 November 8 Minnesota 2–4 Toronto Dubnyk 19,049 5–7–2 12 Recap 15 November 9 Minnesota 3–0 Montreal Dubnyk 21,302 6–7–2 14 Recap 16 November 11 Minnesota 1–0 Philadelphia Dubnyk 19,309 7–7–2 16 Recap 17 November 14 Philadelphia 0–3 Minnesota Dubnyk 18,768 8–7–2 18 Recap 18 November 16 Nashville 4–6 Minnesota Dubnyk 18,888 9–7–2 20 Recap 19 November 18 Minnesota 1–3 Washington Stalock 18,506 9–8–2 20 Recap 20 November 20 New Jersey 4–3 Minnesota OT Dubnyk 19,048 9–8–3 21 Recap 21 November 22 Minnesota 5–4 Buffalo Dubnyk 17,418 10–8–3 23 Recap 22 November 24 Colorado 2–3 Minnesota SO Stalock 19,084 11–8–3 25 Recap 23 November 25 Minnesota 3–6 St. Louis Dubnyk 18,610 11–9–3 25 Recap 24 November 27 Minnesota 2–7 Winnipeg Stalock 15,321 11–10–3 25 Recap 25 November 30 Vegas 2–4 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,084 12–10–3 27 Recap December: 8–6–0 (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 3–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 26 December 2 St. Louis 1–2 Minnesota OT Dubnyk 19,107 13–10–3 29 Recap 27 December 5 Minnesota 2–5 Los Angeles Dubnyk 18,230 13–11–3 29 Recap 28 December 8 Minnesota 3–2 Anaheim OT Dubnyk 16,471 14–11–3 31 Recap 29 December 10 Minnesota 4–3 San Jose OT Stalock 17,205 15–11–3 33 Recap 30 December 12 Calgary 1–2 Minnesota SO Stalock 18,767 16–11–3 35 Recap 31 December 14 Toronto 0–2 Minnesota Stalock 18,857 17–11–3 37 Recap 32 December 16 Edmonton 3–2 Minnesota Stalock 19,034 17–12–3 37 Recap 33 December 17 Minnesota 1–4 Chicago Stalock 21,813 17–13–3 37 Recap 34 December 19 Minnesota 6–4 Ottawa Stalock 13,804 18–13–3 39 Recap 35 December 22 Minnesota 2–4 Florida Stalock 13,259 18–14–3 39 Recap 36 December 23 Minnesota 0–3 Tampa Bay Stalock 19,092 18–15–3 39 Recap 37 December 27 Dallas 2–4 Minnesota Stalock 19,107 19–15–3 41 Recap 38 December 29 Nashville 2–4 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,147 20–15–3 43 Recap 39 December 30 Minnesota 0–3 Nashville Stalock 17,459 20–16–3 43 Recap January: 7–2–2 (Home: 5–0–2; Road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 40 January 2 Florida 1–5 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,029 21–16–3 45 Recap 41 January 4 Buffalo 2–6 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,017 22–16–3 47 Recap 42 January 6 Minnesota 2–7 Colorado Dubnyk 18,046 22–17–3 47 Recap 43 January 9 Calgary 3–2 Minnesota OT Stalock 19,011 22–17–4 48 Recap 44 January 10 Minnesota 2–1 Chicago Dubnyk 21,721 23–17–4 50 Recap 45 January 13 Winnipeg 1–4 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,207 24–17–4 52 Recap 46 January 14 Vancouver 3–2 Minnesota OT Dubnyk 18,927 24–17–5 53 Recap 47 January 20 Tampa Bay 2–5 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,007 25–17–5 55 Recap 48 January 22 Ottawa 1–3 Minnesota Stalock 18,907 26–17–5 57 Recap 49 January 25 Minnesota 3–6 Pittsburgh Dubnyk 18,453 26–18–5 57 Recap 50 January 30 Minnesota 3–2 Columbus SO Dubnyk 17,734 27–18–5 59 Recap February: 9–2–2 (Home: 5–1–2; Road: 4–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 February 2 Vegas 2–5 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,057 28–18–5 61 Recap 52 February 3 Minnesota 1–6 Dallas Stalock 18,532 28–19–5 61 Recap 53 February 6 Minnesota 6–2 St. Louis Dubnyk 17,821 29–19–5 63 Recap 54 February 8 Arizona 4–3 Minnesota OT Dubnyk 18,816 29–19–6 64 Recap 55 February 10 Chicago 0–3 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,227 30–19–6 66 Recap 56 February 13 NY Rangers 2–3 Minnesota Dubnyk 18,887 31–19–6 68 Recap 57 February 15 Washington 5–2 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,027 31–20–6 68 Recap 58 February 17 Anaheim 3–2 Minnesota SO Dubnyk 19,192 31–20–7 69 Recap 59 February 19 Minnesota 5–3 NY Islanders Dubnyk 15,342 32–20–7 71 Recap 60 February 22 Minnesota 4–2 New Jersey Stalock 13,316 33–20–7 73 Recap 61 February 23 Minnesota 4–1 NY Rangers Dubnyk 18,006 34–20–7 75 Recap 62 February 25 San Jose 2–3 Minnesota OT Dubnyk 19,105 35–20–7 77 Recap 63 February 27 St. Louis 3–8 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,261 36–20–7 79 Recap March: 7–5–3 (Home: 4–1–2; Road: 3–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 64 March 1 Minnesota 3–5 Arizona Stalock 10,904 36–21–7 79 Recap 65 March 2 Minnesota 1–7 Colorado Dubnyk 17,325 36–22–7 79 Recap 66 March 4 Detroit 1–4 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,037 37–22–7 81 Recap 67 March 6 Carolina 2–6 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,017 38–22–7 83 Recap 68 March 9 Minnesota 5–2 Vancouver Dubnyk 17,918 39–22–7 85 Recap 69 March 10 Minnesota 1–4 Edmonton Dubnyk 18,347 39–23–7 85 Recap 70 March 13 Colorado 5–1 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,171 39–24–7 85 Recap 71 March 16 Minnesota 4–2 Vegas Stalock 18,295 40–24–7 87 Recap 72 March 17 Minnesota 3–1 Arizona Dubnyk 13,735 41–24–7 89 Recap 73 March 19 Los Angeles 4–3 Minnesota OT Dubnyk 19,081 41–24–8 90 Recap 74 March 24 Nashville 1–4 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,303 42–24–8 92 Recap 75 March 25 Boston 2–1 Minnesota OT Stalock 19,183 42–24–9 93 Recap 76 March 27 Minnesota 1–2 Nashville SO Dubnyk 17,424 42–24–10 94 Recap 77 March 29 Dallas 2–5 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,350 43–24–10 96 Recap 78 March 31 Minnesota 1–4 Dallas Dubnyk 18,532 43–25–10 96 Recap April: 2–1–1 (Home: 1–0–0; Road: 1–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 79 April 2 Edmonton 0–3 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,189 44–25–10 98 Recap 80 April 4 Minnesota 1–3 Anaheim Dubnyk 17,495 44–26–10 98 Recap 81 April 5 Minnesota 4–5 Los Angeles OT Stalock 18,230 44–26–11 99 Recap 82 April 7 Minnesota 6–3 San Jose Dubnyk 17,562 45–26–11 101 RecapLegend:

Playoffs

2018 Stanley Cup playoffs Western Conference first round vs. (C2) Winnipeg Jets: Winnipeg won 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 11 Minnesota 2–3 Winnipeg Dubnyk 15,321 0–1 Recap 2 April 13 Minnesota 1–4 Winnipeg Dubnyk 15,321 0–2 Recap 3 April 15 Winnipeg 2–6 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,175 1–2 Recap 4 April 17 Winnipeg 2–0 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,277 1–3 Recap 5 April 20 Minnesota 0–5 Winnipeg Dubnyk 15,321 1–4 Recap Legend:

Player statistics As of April 21, 2018 Skaters

Regular season Player 82 42 34 76 8 42 77 21 46 67 13 18 82 33 31 64 8 44 78 6 45 51 −1 34 82 14 36 50 15 41 82 14 31 45 9 46 66 11 26 37 8 18 61 9 28 37 −6 8 63 18 14 32 14 36 42 15 9 24 0 14 77 8 15 23 2 72 81 6 17 23 5 27 79 11 11 22 −1 20 73 8 14 22 −1 12 73 6 15 21 23 30 75 6 10 16 2 22 ‡ 47 9 4 13 −1 27 ‡ 38 2 8 10 −6 18 56 3 6 9 8 19 41 0 8 8 0 14 23 3 2 5 −2 4 21 2 3 5 8 16 19 2 2 4 −3 13 22 0 4 4 10 21 18 0 3 3 −4 28 2 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 −2 2 1 0 0 0 0 2

Playoffs Player 5 0 4 4 −2 2 3 3 0 3 0 2 5 1 2 3 −1 0 5 1 1 2 −3 2 5 1 1 2 −3 2 5 1 1 2 −4 4 5 1 1 2 2 0 5 0 2 2 1 7 5 0 2 2 −3 2 5 1 0 1 −2 16 5 0 1 1 0 5 5 0 1 1 −4 0 5 0 1 1 −1 14 5 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 −4 0 5 0 0 0 −3 2 5 0 0 0 −4 0 4 0 0 0 −3 0 1 0 0 0 −1 0 1 0 0 0 −1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player 60 59 3,450:19 35 16 7 145 2.52 1,769 .918 5 0 3 12 28 23 1,495:16 10 10 4 71 2.85 787 .910 1 0 0 0

Playoffs Player 5 5 247:56 1 4 14 3.39 152 .908 0 0 0 0 1 0 48:01 0 0 1 1.25 16 .938 0 0 0 0

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season Player Award Awarded NHL All-Star game selection January 10, 2018 NHL First Star of the Month March 1, 2018

Milestones

Regular season Player MilestoneReached 600th career NHL game October 7, 2017 1st career NHL game October 14, 2017 1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point October 14, 2017 1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point October 21, 2017 1st career NHL game October 24, 2017 1st career NHL goal October 26, 2017 1st career NHL goal October 26, 2017 100th career NHL goal November 2, 2017 500th career NHL assist November 9, 2017 400th career NHL game November 14, 2017 1,400th career NHL game December 22, 2017 300th career NHL game January 6, 2018 100th career NHL point January 10, 2018 700th career NHL point January 20, 2018 300th career NHL game February 3, 2018 400th career NHL game February 8, 2018 200th career NHL point February 10, 2018 1st career NHL game February 13, 2018 400th career NHL game February 13, 2018 900th career NHL game February 15, 2018 100th career NHL goal February 15, 2018 1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point February 22, 2018 900th career NHL point February 22, 2018 500th career NHL game February 23, 2018 200th career NHL point February 25, 2018 400th career NHL game February 27, 2018 100th career NHL assist200th career NHL point March 4, 2018 300th career NHL game March 17, 2018 200th career NHL win March 17, 2018 500th career NHL win March 24, 2018 1st career NHL game March 27, 2018 400th career NHL game March 31, 2018 100th career NHL point March 31, 2018 400th career NHL start April 2, 2018 1st career NHL game1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point April 7, 2018 1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point April 7, 2018

Playoffs Player MilestoneReached 1st career playoff game April 11, 2018 1st career playoff game1st career playoff assist1st career playoff point April 11, 2018 1st career playoff game April 11, 2018 1st career playoff game April 11, 2018 1st career playoff goal April 15, 2018 1st career playoff assist1st career playoff point April 15, 2018 1st career playoff assist1st career playoff point April 15, 2018 1st career playoff goal1st career playoff point April 15, 2018 1st career playoff game April 20, 2018 1st career playoff game April 20, 2018

Transactions The Wild have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017–18 season.

Trades Date Details Ref To Vegas Golden KnightsAlex Tuch To Minnesota Wildconditional 3rd-round pick in 2017 or 2018Expansion Draft considerations To Columbus Blue JacketsJordan Schroeder To Minnesota WildDante Salituro To Buffalo SabresJason PominvilleMarco Scandella4th-round pick in 2018 To Minnesota WildTyler EnnisMarcus Foligno3rd-round pick in 2018 To New Jersey DevilsChristoph BertschyMario Lucia To Minnesota WildViktor Loov To Montreal CanadiensMike Reilly To Minnesota Wild5th-round pick in 2019 Notes The Vegas Golden Knights will select Erik Haula in the 2017 NHL expansion draft

Free agents acquired