2022–23 Minnesota Wild season

The 2022–23 Minnesota Wild season was the 23rd season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 25, 1997. On April 3, 2023, the Wild clinched a playoff spot after a shootout loss to the Vegas Golden Knights and after the Dallas Stars defeated the Nashville Predators. The Wild lost their eighth consecutive playoff series on April 28, 2023, after the Stars eliminated them in six games.

Standings Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results

Regular season 2022–23 game logOctober: 4–4–1 (home: 1–3–0; road: 3–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 13 NY Rangers 7–3 Minnesota Fleury 18,612 0–1–0 0 2 October 15 Los Angeles 7–6 Minnesota Gustavsson 18,421 0–2–0 0 3 October 17 Colorado 6–3 Minnesota Gustavsson 17,437 0–3–0 0 4 October 20 Vancouver 3–4 Minnesota OT Fleury 17,323 1–3–0 2 5 October 22 Minnesota 3–4 Boston OT Fleury 17,850 1–3–1 3 6 October 25 Minnesota 3–1 Montreal Fleury 20,867 2–3–1 5 7 October 27 Minnesota 4–2 Ottawa Fleury 13,870 3–3–1 7 8 October 29 Minnesota 1–2 Detroit Gustavsson 17,364 3–4–1 7 9 October 30 Minnesota 4–3 Chicago SO Fleury 14,149 4–4–1 9 November: 6–5–1 (home: 4–3–1; road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 10 November 1 Montreal 1–4 Minnesota Fleury 16,385 5–4–1 11 11 November 3 Seattle 4–0 Minnesota Fleury 17,221 5–5–1 11 12 November 8 Minnesota 0–1 Los Angeles Fleury 13,558 5–6–1 11 13 November 9 Minnesota 4–1 Anaheim Gustavsson 14,803 6–6–1 13 14 November 11 Minnesota 1–0 Seattle Fleury 17,151 7–6–1 15 15 November 13 San Jose 3–2 Minnesota SO Gustavsson 17,105 7–6–2 16 16 November 15 Minnesota 1–2 Nashville Fleury 17,159 7–7–2 16 17 November 17 Pittsburgh 6–4 Minnesota Gustavsson 18,224 7–8–2 16 18 November 19 Carolina 1–2 Minnesota OT Gustavsson 18,278 8–8–2 18 19 November 23 Winnipeg 1–6 Minnesota Gustavsson 17,450 9–8–2 20 20 November 25 Toronto 4–3 Minnesota Fleury 18,997 9–9–2 20 21 November 27 Arizona 3–4 Minnesota Fleury 17,745 10–9–2 22 December: 11–4–0 (home: 6–1–0; road: 5–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 22 December 1 Edmonton 3–5 Minnesota Fleury 17,651 11–9–2 24 23 December 3 Anaheim 4–5 Minnesota SO Gustavsson 17,822 12–9–2 26 24 December 4 Minnesota 6–5 Dallas SO Fleury 18,120 13–9–2 28 25 December 7 Minnesota 3–5 Calgary Fleury 17,562 13–10–2 28 26 December 9 Minnesota 2–5 Edmonton Fleury 17,589 13–11–2 28 27 December 10 Minnesota 3–0 Vancouver Gustavsson 18,526 14–11–2 30 28 December 12 Edmonton 1–2 Minnesota Fleury 17,707 15–11–2 32 29 December 14 Detroit 1–4 Minnesota Gustavsson 18,324 16–11–2 34 30 December 16 Chicago 1–4 Minnesota Fleury 18,501 17–11–2 36 31 December 18 Ottawa 2–4 Minnesota Gustavsson 18,213 18–11–2 38 32 December 21 Minnesota 4–1 Anaheim Fleury 14,961 19–11–2 40 33 December 22 Minnesota 2–5 San Jose Gustavsson 13,128 19–12–2 40 34 December 27 Minnesota 4–1 Winnipeg Gustavsson 15,325 20–12–2 42 35 December 29 Dallas 4–1 Minnesota Fleury 19,316 20–13–2 42 36 December 31 Minnesota 5–2 St. Louis Fleury 18,096 21–13–2 44 January: 6–4–2 (home: 4–1–0; road: 2–3–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 37 January 4 Tampa Bay 1–5 Minnesota Gustavsson 18,427 22–13–2 46 38 January 7 Minnesota 5–6 Buffalo OT Fleury 19,070 22–13–3 47 39 January 8 St. Louis 3–0 Minnesota Gustavsson 18,745 22–14–3 47 40 January 10 Minnesota 3–4 NY Rangers SO Fleury 18,006 22–14–4 48 41 January 12 Minnesota 3–1 NY Islanders Gustavsson 17,255 23–14–4 50 42 January 14 Arizona 1–2 Minnesota Fleury 19,299 24–14–4 52 43 January 17 Minnesota 4–2 Washington Gustavsson 18,573 25–14–4 54 44 January 19 Minnesota 2–5 Carolina Fleury 18,013 25–15–4 54 45 January 21 Minnesota 3–5 Florida Gustavsson 16,759 25–16–4 54 46 January 24 Minnesota 2–4 Tampa Bay Fleury 19,092 25–17–4 54 47 January 26 Philadelphia 2–3 Minnesota SO Fleury 19,177 26–17–4 56 48 January 28 Buffalo 2–3 Minnesota SO Fleury 19,212 27–17–4 58 February: 7–4–2 (home: 6–2–1; road: 1–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 49 February 6 Minnesota 2–3 Arizona Fleury 4,600 27–18–4 58 50 February 8 Minnesota 1–4 Dallas Gustavsson 18,274 27–19–4 58 51 February 9 Vegas 5–1 Minnesota Fleury 18,797 27–20–4 58 52 February 11 New Jersey 2–3 Minnesota SO Gustavsson 19,065 28–20–4 60 53 February 13 Florida 2–1 Minnesota SO Gustavsson 17,453 28–20–5 61 54 February 15 Colorado 3–2 Minnesota Fleury 17,965 28–21–5 61 55 February 17 Dallas 1–2 Minnesota SO Gustavsson 19,239 29–21–5 63 56 February 19 Nashville 3–4 Minnesota Gustavsson 19,255 30–21–5 65 57 February 21 Los Angeles 1–2 Minnesota Gustavsson 18,012 31–21–5 67 58 February 23 Minnesota 2–0 Columbus Fleury 17,997 32–21–5 69 59 February 24 Minnesota 1–2 Toronto OT Gustavsson 18,575 32–21–6 70 60 February 26 Columbus 2–3 Minnesota OT Fleury 19,063 33–21–6 72 61 February 28 NY Islanders 1–2 Minnesota SO Gustavsson 18,431 34–21–6 74 March: 10–1–3 (home: 3–1–1; road: 7–0–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 62 March 2 Minnesota 2–1 Vancouver Fleury 18,903 35–21–6 76 63 March 4 Minnesota 3–0 Calgary Gustavsson 18,605 36–21–6 78 64 March 7 Calgary 1–0 Minnesota SO Gustavsson 18,998 36–21–7 79 65 March 8 Minnesota 4–2 Winnipeg Fleury 13,148 37–21–7 81 66 March 11 Minnesota 5–2 San Jose Fleury 17,562 38–21–7 83 67 March 12 Minnesota 4–5 Arizona OT Gustavsson 4,600 38–21–8 84 68 March 15 Minnesota 8–5 St. Louis Fleury 18,096 39–21–8 86 69 March 18 Boston 5–2 Minnesota Gustavsson 19,329 39–22–8 86 70 March 19 Washington 3–5 Minnesota Fleury 19,231 40–22–8 88 71 March 21 Minnesota 2–1 New Jersey OT Gustavsson 16,124 41–22–8 90 72 March 23 Minnesota 4–5 Philadelphia SO Fleury 18,495 41–22–9 91 73 March 25 Chicago 1–3 Minnesota Gustavsson 19,312 42–22–9 93 74 March 27 Seattle 1–5 Minnesota Fleury 19,291 43–22–9 95 75 March 29 Minnesota 4–2 Colorado Gustavsson 18,140 44–22–9 97 April: 2–3–2 (home: 1–1–1; road: 1–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 76 April 1 Minnesota 1–4 Vegas Fleury 18,398 44–23–9 97 77 April 3 Vegas 4–3 Minnesota SO Gustavsson 19,176 44–23–10 98 78 April 6 Minnesota 1–4 Pittsburgh Fleury 18,417 44–24–10 98 79 April 8 St. Louis 3–5 Minnesota Gustavsson 19,191 45–24–10 100 80 April 10 Minnesota 4–2 Chicago Gustavsson 15,268 46–24–10 102 81 April 11 Winnipeg 3–1 Minnesota Fleury 19,199 46–25–10 102 82 April 13 Minnesota 3–4 Nashville OT Gustavsson 17,519 46–25–11 103 Legend:

Playoffs

2023 Stanley Cup playoffsWestern Conference first round vs. (C2) Dallas Stars: Dallas won 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 17 Minnesota 3–2 Dallas 2OT Gustavsson 18,532 1–0 2 April 19 Minnesota 3–7 Dallas Fleury 18,532 1–1 3 April 21 Dallas 1–5 Minnesota Gustavsson 19,309 2–1 4 April 23 Dallas 3–2 Minnesota Gustavsson 19,331 2–2 5 April 25 Minnesota 0–4 Dallas Gustavsson 18,532 2–3 6 April 28 Dallas 4–1 Minnesota Gustavsson 19,389 2–4 Legend:

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season Player 67 40 35 75 +4 45 78 22 45 67 −3 26 81 31 32 63 +1 39 78 23 38 61 +4 44 82 19 19 38 +10 10 59 15 22 37 +7 90 79 11 23 34 +32 14 62 3 26 29 −17 22 65 10 18 28 +11 18 65 7 14 21 −6 97 81 6 12 18 −5 50 † 20 6 12 18 +6 0 59 7 10 17 −1 79 † 61 5 10 15 −1 31 79 3 12 15 +15 72 79 4 10 14 −8 81 60 3 11 14 +13 30 73 2 10 12 −2 38 51 9 1 10 +6 42 † 17 2 7 9 +3 4 † 15 3 4 7 0 8 ‡ 45 2 5 7 −3 26 46 2 4 6 −9 16 † 3 1 4 5 +2 0 10 1 2 3 0 2 12 0 3 3 −4 11 9 1 1 2 −1 0 4 1 0 1 0 4 19 0 1 1 −7 8 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 +2 0 9 0 0 0 −2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 −1 0

Playoffs Player 5 2 3 5 +3 16 6 2 3 5 −2 4 6 0 5 5 +4 2 4 1 3 4 +2 0 6 3 0 3 0 4 6 0 3 3 −5 4 6 2 0 2 −5 0 5 1 1 2 +1 2 6 0 2 2 −2 8 6 0 2 2 0 4 6 0 2 2 −6 4 6 1 0 1 −3 12 1 1 0 1 +2 0 6 1 0 1 −1 35 6 0 0 0 +3 0 6 0 0 0 −2 0 6 0 0 0 −2 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0 0 0 +1 2 6 0 0 0 −1 14

Goaltenders Regular season Player 46 45 2,654:17 24 16 4 126 2.85 1,367 .908 2 0 1 2 39 37 2,310:56 22 9 7 81 2.10 1,173 .931 3 0 1 0

Playoffs Player 5 5 308:32 2 3 12 2.33 151 .921 0 0 0 0 2 1 76:41 0 1 7 5.48 37 .811 0 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 2022–23 season.

Key:

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

Trades Date Details Ref To Ottawa SenatorsCam Talbot To Minnesota WildFilip Gustavsson To Anaheim DucksDmitry Kulikov To Minnesota WildFuture considerations To New York Rangers5th-round pick in 2025 To Minnesota WildRyan Reaves To St. Louis BluesJosh Pillar To Minnesota WildRyan O'Reilly To Toronto Maple LeafsRyan O'Reilly To Minnesota Wild4th-round pick in 2025 To Anaheim DucksNikita NesterenkoAndrej Sustr4th-round pick in 2025 To Minnesota WildJohn Klingberg* To Buffalo SabresJordan Greenway To Minnesota WildVGK 2nd-round pick in 20235th-round pick in 2024 To Detroit Red Wings5th-round pick in 2023 To Minnesota WildOskar Sundqvist

Players acquired Date Player Former team Term Via Ref Brandon Baddock Montreal Canadiens 1-year Free agency Steven Fogarty Boston Bruins 2-year Nic Petan Vancouver Canucks Andrej Sustr Anaheim Ducks 1-year Samuel Walker Minnesota Golden Gophers (B1G) 2-year Sam Steel Anaheim Ducks 1-year

Players lost Date Player New team Term Via Ref Nick Bjugstad Arizona Coyotes 1-year Free agency Nicolas Deslauriers Philadelphia Flyers 4-year Jordie Benn Toronto Maple Leafs 1-year Jon Lizotte Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL) Fedor Gordeev Providence Bruins (AHL) Nolan Stevens Utica Comets (AHL) Dominic Turgeon Porin Ässät (Liiga) Kyle Rau Abbotsford Canucks (AHL) Tyson Jost Buffalo Sabres Waivers

Signings Date Player Term Ref Marc-Andre Fleury 2-year Zane McIntyre 1-year Liam Ohgren 3-year Mitchell Chaffee 1-year Nick Swaney 1-year Michael Milne 3-year Matt Boldy 7-year Caedan Bankier 3-year Hunter Haight 3-year David Spacek 3-year Kyle Masters 3-year Brock Faber 3-year Frederick Gaudreau 5-year Marcus Johansson 2-year Hunter Jones 1-year

Draft picks

Below are the Minnesota Wild's selections at the 2022 NHL entry draft, which was held on July 7 to 8, 2022, at Bell Centre in Montreal.

Round # Player Pos. Nationality Team (League)119 Liam Ohgren LW Djurgårdens IF (SHL)24 Danila Yurov C Metallurg Magnitogorsk (KHL)247 Hunter Haight C Barrie Colts (OHL)56 Rieger Lorenz LW Okotoks Oilers (AJHL)389 Michael Milne LW Winnipeg Ice (WHL)4121 Ryan Healey D Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)5153 David Spacek D Sherbrooke Phoenix (QMJHL)6185 Servac Petrovsky C Owen Sound Attack (OHL)

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