The 2023–24 Minnesota Wild season was the 24th season of operation (23rd season of play) of the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 25, 1997. The Wild played two games in Stockholm at the Avicii Arena on November 18 and 19 as part of the NHL Global Series.

On April 9, 2024, the Wild were eliminated from playoff contention for the first time since the 2018–19 season (and only the second time since 2011–12) after a 5–2 loss to the Colorado Avalanche.

Standings Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results Preseason The Minnesota Wild preseason schedule was released on June 23, 2023.

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 || September 24 || Minnesota || 4–3 || Colorado || Ball Arena || 14,501 || 1–0–0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 || September 26 || Minnesota || 1–6 || Dallas || American Airlines Center || 14,114 || 1–1–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 || September 28 || Colorado || 3–4 || Minnesota || Xcel Energy Center || 16,215 || 2–1–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 4 || September 30 || Chicago || 2–3 || Minnesota || Xcel Energy Center || 18,199 || 3–1–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 5 || October 5 || Minnesota || 3–2 || Chicago || United Center || 12,766 || 4–1–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 6 || October 7 || Dallas || 0–4 || Minnesota || Xcel Energy Center || 18,205 || 5–1–0

|- style="text-align:center;" | Legend:      = Win      = Loss      = OT/SO Loss

Regular season The regular season schedule was released on June 27, 2023. 2023–24 game logOctober: 3–4–2 (Home: 2–1–1; Road: 1–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 12 Florida 0–2 Minnesota Gustavsson 18,976 1–0–0 2 2 October 14 Minnesota 4–7 Toronto Gustavsson 18,903 1–1–0 2 3 October 17 Minnesota 5–2 Montreal Fleury 21,105 2–1–0 4 4 October 19 Los Angeles 7–3 Minnesota Fleury 18,689 2–2–0 4 5 October 21 Columbus 5–4 Minnesota OT Gustavsson 18,479 2–2–1 5 6 October 24 Edmonton 4–7 Minnesota Gustavsson 17,064 3–2–1 7 7 October 26 Minnesota 2–6 Philadelphia Gustavsson 17,144 3–3–1 7 8 October 27 Minnesota 2–3 Washington SO Fleury 16,602 3–3–2 8 9 October 29 Minnesota 3–4 New Jersey Fleury 16,514 3–4–2 8 November: 4–6–2 (Home: 2–3–1; Road: 2–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 10 November 2 New Jersey 5–3 Minnesota Gustavsson 18,399 3–5–2 8 11 November 4 NY Rangers 4–5 Minnesota SO Fleury 18,678 4–5–2 10 12 November 7 Minnesota 4–2 NY Islanders Fleury 13,527 5–5–2 12 13 November 9 Minnesota 1–4 NY Rangers Fleury 18,006 5–6–2 12 14 November 10 Minnesota 2–3 Buffalo Gustavsson 17,031 5–7–2 12 15 November 12 Dallas 8–3 Minnesota Fleury 18,509 5–8–2 12 16 November 18 Minnesota 1–2 Ottawa SO Gustavsson 13,213 5–8–3 13 17 November 19 Toronto 4–3 Minnesota OT Fleury 13,356 5–8–4 14 18 November 24 Colorado 3–2 Minnesota Gustavsson 19,057 5–9–4 14 19 November 26 Minnesota 1–4 Detroit Gustavsson 18,833 5–10–4 14 20 November 28 St. Louis 1–3 Minnesota Gustavsson 17,563 6–10–4 16 21 November 30 Minnesota 6–1 Nashville Gustavsson 17,159 7–10–4 18 December: 9–5–0 (Home: 6–1–0; Road: 3–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 22 December 3 Chicago 1–4 Minnesota Fleury 19,301 8–10–4 20 23 December 5 Minnesota 5–2 Calgary Gustavsson 16,661 9–10–4 22 24 December 7 Minnesota 0–2 Vancouver Gustavsson 18,667 9–11–4 22 25 December 8 Minnesota 3–4 Edmonton Fleury 18,173 9–12–4 22 26 December 10 Minnesota 3–0 Seattle Gustavsson 17,151 10–12–4 24 27 December 14 Calgary 2–3 Minnesota SO Gustavsson 18,167 11–12–4 26 28 December 16 Vancouver 1–2 Minnesota SO Gustavsson 18,519 12–12–4 28 29 December 18 Minnesota 3–4 Pittsburgh Gustavsson 18,200 12–13–4 28 30 December 19 Minnesota 4–3 Boston OT Fleury 17,850 13–13–4 30 31 December 21 Montreal 3–4 Minnesota OT Gustavsson 18,387 14–13–4 32 32 December 23 Boston 2–3 Minnesota Fleury 19,183 15–13–4 34 33 December 27 Detroit 3–6 Minnesota Gustavsson 19,105 16–13–4 36 34 December 30 Minnesota 2–4 Winnipeg Gustavsson 15,225 16–14–4 36 35 December 31 Winnipeg 3–2 Minnesota Fleury 19,129 16–15–4 36 January: 5–8–1 (Home: 2–6–1; Road: 3–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 36 January 2 Calgary 3–1 Minnesota Fleury 18,456 16–16–4 36 37 January 4 Tampa Bay 4–1 Minnesota Fleury 18,689 16–17–4 36 38 January 6 Minnesota 4–3 Columbus OT Fleury 18,771 17–17–4 38 39 January 8 Dallas 4–0 Minnesota Fleury 18,087 17–18–4 38 40 January 10 Minnesota 2–7 Dallas Wallstedt 18,532 17–19–4 38 41 January 12 Philadelphia 4–3 Minnesota OT Fleury 18,473 17–19–5 39 42 January 13 Arizona 6–0 Minnesota Gustavsson 18,812 17–20–5 39 43 January 15 NY Islanders 0–5 Minnesota Fleury 18,231 18–20–5 41 44 January 18 Minnesota 3–7 Tampa Bay Gustavsson 19,092 18–21–5 41 45 January 19 Minnesota 6–4 Florida Gustavsson 19,595 19–21–5 43 46 January 21 Minnesota 5–2 Carolina Gustavsson 18,749 20–21–5 45 47 January 23 Washington 3–5 Minnesota Gustavsson 18,437 21–21–5 47 48 January 25 Nashville 3–2 Minnesota Gustavsson 18,254 21–22–5 47 49 January 27 Anaheim 3–2 Minnesota Gustavsson 19,053 21–23–5 47 February: 7–3–1 (Home: 2–1–1; Road: 5–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 50 February 7 Minnesota 2–1 Chicago Gustavsson 17,230 22–23–5 49 51 February 9 Pittsburgh 2–3 Minnesota Fleury 19,329 23–23–5 51 52 February 12 Minnesota 5–3 Vegas Gustavsson 18,207 24–23–5 53 53 February 14 Minnesota 3–1 Arizona Fleury 4,600 25–23–5 55 54 February 17 Buffalo 3–2 Minnesota OT Gustavsson 19,276 25–23–6 56 55 February 19 Vancouver 7–10 Minnesota Fleury 19,024 26–23–6 58 56 February 20 Minnesota 3–6 Winnipeg Fleury 14,707 26–24–6 58 57 February 23 Minnesota 4–2 Edmonton Gustavsson 18,347 27–24–6 60 58 February 24 Minnesota 5–2 Seattle Fleury 17,151 28–24–6 62 59 February 27 Carolina 3–2 Minnesota Gustavsson 18,775 28–25–6 62 60 February 29 Minnesota 1–6 Nashville Gustavsson 17,159 28–26–6 62 March: 7–3–3 (Home: 5–1–1; Road: 2–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 61 March 2 Minnesota 1–3 St. Louis Fleury 18,096 28–27–6 62 62 March 3 San Jose 3–4 Minnesota Gustavsson 18,879 29–27–6 64 63 March 7 Minnesota 5–2 Arizona Fleury 4,600 30–27–6 66 64 March 8 Minnesota 1–2 Colorado OT Gustavsson 18,134 30–27–7 67 65 March 10 Nashville 3–4 Minnesota OT Fleury 18,800 31–27–7 69 66 March 12 Arizona 1–4 Minnesota Fleury 18,231 32–27–7 71 67 March 14 Anaheim 0–2 Minnesota Fleury 18,376 33–27–7 73 68 March 16 Minnesota 2–3 St. Louis SO Fleury 18,096 33–27–8 74 69 March 19 Minnesota 4–0 Anaheim Gustavsson 16,239 34–27–8 76 70 March 20 Minnesota 0–6 Los Angeles Gustavsson 17,086 34–28–8 76 71 March 23 St. Louis 5–4 Minnesota OT Fleury 19,090 34–28–9 77 72 March 28 San Jose 1–3 Minnesota Gustavsson 18,589 35–28–9 79 73 March 30 Vegas 2–1 Minnesota OT Gustavsson 19,178 35–29–9 79 April: 4–5–0 (Home: 1–3–0; Road: 3–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 74 April 2 Ottawa 2–3 Minnesota Fleury 18,056 36–29–9 81 75 April 4 Colorado 5–2 Minnesota Gustavsson 18,803 36–30–9 81 76 April 6 Winnipeg 4–2 Minnesota Fleury 18,989 36–31–9 81 77 April 7 Minnesota 4–0 Chicago Wallstedt 19,636 37–31–9 83 78 April 9 Minnesota 2–5 Colorado Gustavsson 18,097 37–32–9 83 79 April 12 Minnesota 2–7 Vegas Fleury 18,415 37–33–9 83 80 April 13 Minnesota 6–2 San Jose Wallstedt 17,435 38–33–9 85 81 April 15 Minnesota 3–1 Los Angeles Gustavsson 17,654 39–33–9 87 82 April 18 Seattle 4–3 Minnesota Fleury 19,138 39–34–9 87 Legend:

Notes: Game was played at Avicii Arena in Stockholm, Sweden.

Player statistics As of April 18, 2024

Skaters Regular season Player 75 46 50 96 +11 36 75 29 40 69 +5 48 77 30 34 64 +18 60 69 12 51 63 –5 30 82 8 39 47 –1 26 74 21 24 45 +4 72 82 21 19 40 –4 47 78 11 19 30 –15 22 62 7 20 27 +22 16 80 7 18 25 –15 77 55 10 12 22 +10 59 ‡ 49 4 12 16 60 67 5 10 15 –23 12 ‡ 57 10 4 14 20 † 61 3 11 14 +11 63 65 4 7 11 0 30 36 0 10 10 –8 18 46 5 4 9 –7 24 ‡ 62 4 4 8 66 † 29 3 5 8 −8 18 47 3 5 8 −2 33 40 2 3 5 –3 23 ‡ 12 0 5 5 6 16 0 5 5 +5 2 16 1 3 4 −3 6 20 1 2 3 0 34 4 1 1 2 0 0 11 0 2 2 –2 12 ‡ 6 0 2 2 2 12 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player 45 43 2,526:33 20 18 4 129 3.06 1,283 .899 3 0 1 0 40 36 2,232:40 17 15 5 111 2.98 1,056 .895 2 0 1 4 3 3 179:17 2 1 0 9 3.01 87 .897 1 0 0 0

†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Wild. Stats reflect time with the Wild only. ‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Wild only. Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Transactions The Wild have been involved in the following transactions during the 2023–24 season.

Key:

Contract is entry-level. Contract initially takes effect in the 2023–24 season.

Trades Date Details Ref To Tampa Bay Lightning7th-round pick in 2024To Minnesota WildMaxim CajkovicPatrick Maroon (20% retained) To San Jose SharksCalen AddisonTo Minnesota WildAdam Raska5th-round pick in 2026 To Tampa Bay Lightning7th-round pick in 2025To Minnesota WildZach Bogosian To Pittsburgh PenguinsMaxim CajkovicTo Minnesota WildWill Butcher To Colorado AvalancheBrandon Duhaime To Minnesota Wild3rd-round pick in 2026 To Boston BruinsPatrick Maroon To Minnesota WildLuke ToporowskiConditional 6th-round pick in 2026 To New York RangersNic Petan To Minnesota WildTurner Elson To Toronto Maple LeafsConnor Dewar To Minnesota WildDmitri Ovchinnikov4th-round pick in 2026 To New Jersey DevilsAdam BeckmanTo Minnesota WildGraeme Clarke

Players acquired Date Player Former team Term Via Ref Vinni Lettieri Boston Bruins 2-year Free agency Jake Lucchini Ottawa Senators 1-year Free agency Jujhar Khaira Chicago Blackhawks 1-year Free agency Declan Chisholm Winnipeg Jets Waivers

Players lost Date Player New team Term Via Ref Mitchell Chaffee Tampa Bay Lightning 1-year Free agency John Klingberg Toronto Maple Leafs 1-year Free agency Gustav Nyquist Nashville Predators 2-year Free agency Ryan Reaves Toronto Maple Leafs 3-year Free agency Sam Steel Dallas Stars 1-year Free agency Joe Hicketts Los Angeles Kings 1-year Free agency Damien Giroux Rochester Americans (AHL) 1-year Free agency Oskar Sundqvist St. Louis Blues 1-year Free agency Matt Dumba Arizona Coyotes 1-year Free agency

Signings Date Player Term Ref Zane McIntyre 1-year Dakota Mermis 1-year Nick Swaney 1-year Brandon Duhaime 1-year Filip Gustavsson 3-year Marcus Foligno 4-year Mats Zuccarello 2-year Ryan Hartman 3-year Zach Bogosian 2-year Rasmus Kumpulainen 3-year

Draft picks

Below are the Minnesota Wild selections at the 2023 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 28 and 29, 2023, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)121 Charlie Stramel C Wisconsin Badgers (B1G)253 Rasmus Kumpulainen C Lahti Pelicans (U20 SM-sarja) 264 Riley Heidt C Prince George Cougars (WHL) 5149 Aaron Pionk D Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL) 6181 Kalem Parker D Victoria Royals (WHL) 7213 James Clark LW Green Bay Gamblers (USHL) Notes:

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