2017–18 Minnesota Wild season

The 2017–18 Minnesota Wild season was the 18th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference 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)	2017 preseason game log: 5–2–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2017 preseason game log: 5–2–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2017 preseason game log: 5–2–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2017 preseason game log: 5–2–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2017 preseason game log: 5–2–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2017 preseason game log: 5–2–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2017 preseason game log: 5–2–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2017 preseason game log: 5–2–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	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 	Recap
Notes:
 Game was played at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri.	
Notes:
 Game was played at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri.	
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 Game was played at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri.	
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 Game was played at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri.	
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 Game was played at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri.	
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 Game was played at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri.	
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 Game was played at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri.	
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 Game was played at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri.	
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 Game was played at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri.	
Notes:
 Game was played at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri.
===Regular season===
The regular season schedule was published on June 22, 2017.
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# 	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
===Playoffs===
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# 	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
==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	Milestone 	Reached
 	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	Milestone 	Reached
 	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 	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===
Date	Player 	Former team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
 	Landon Ferraro 	St. Louis Blues 	2-year, $1.4 million 	
 	Alex Grant 	Boston Bruins 	1-year, $700,000 	
 	Ryan Murphy 	Calgary Flames 	1-year, $700,000 	
 	Cal O'Reilly 	Buffalo Sabres 	2-year, $1.4 million 	
 	Kyle Quincey 	Columbus Blue Jackets	1-year, $1.25 million 	
 	Kyle Rau 	Florida Panthers 	1-year, $700,000 	
 	Niklas Svedberg	Salavat Yulaev Ufa 	1-year, $700,000 	
 	Matt Cullen 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	1-year, $1 million 	
 	Dereck Baribeau	Quebec Remparts 	3-year, $2.3 million entry-level contract 	
 	Brennan Menell 	Lethbridge Hurricanes	3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract	
 	Daniel Winnik 	Washington Capitals 	1-year, $660,000 	
 	Eric Martinsson	Växjö Lakers 	1-year, $925,000 entry-level contract 	
===Free agents lost===
Date	Player 	New team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	Christian Folin	Los Angeles Kings 	1-year, $850,000 	
 	Martin Hanzal 	Dallas Stars 	3-year, $14.25 million 	
 	Darcy Kuemper 	Los Angeles Kings 	1-year, $650,000 	
 	Brady Brassart 	Idaho Steelheads 	1-year 	
 	Alex Gudbranson	Toronto Marlies 	Unknown 	
 	Nate Prosser 	St. Louis Blues 	2-year, $1.3 million 	
 	Viktor Loov 	Jokerit 	1-year 	
 	Adam Vay 	Saryarka Karagandy	Unknown 	
 	Niklas Svedberg	Timrå 	2-year 	
 	Alex Grant 	Jokerit 	1-year 	
===Claimed via waivers===
Player 	Previous team 	Date	Ref
Nate Prosser	St. Louis Blues	 	
===Lost via waivers===
Player 	New team 	Date	Ref
Chris Stewart	Calgary Flames	 	
===Lost via retirement===
Date	Player 	Ref
 	Ryan Carter	
===Player signings===
Date	Player 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
 	Gustav Olofsson 	2-year, $1.45 million 	
 	Pat Cannone 	1-year, $650,000 	
 	Mike Reilly 	2-year, $1.45 million 	
 	Zach Palmquist 	1-year, $726,000 	
 	Kurtis Gabriel 	1-year, $715,000 	
 	Steve Michalek 	1-year, $715,000 	
 	Zack Mitchell 	1-year, $660,000 	
 	Nino Niederreiter	5-year, $26.25 million 	
 	Mikael Granlund 	3-year, $17.25 million 	
 	Marcus Foligno 	4-year, $11.5 million 	
 	Ivan Lodnia 	3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract	
 	Jordan Greenway 	3-year, $3.675 million entry-level contract	
 	Louis Belpedio 	2-year, $1.85 million entry-level contract 	
 	Mason Shaw 	3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract	
 	Sam Anas 	2-year, $1.35 million contract extension 	
 	Dmitri Sokolov 	3-year, $2.49 million entry-level contract 	
 	Kaapo Kahkonen 	2-year, entry-level contract 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the Minnesota Wild's selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality 	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
3 	85 	Ivan Lodnia 	RW 	United States	Erie Otters (OHL)
4 	971	Mason Shaw 	C 	Canada 	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
4 	116	Bryce Misley 	C 	Canada 	Oakville Blades (OJHL)
5 	147	Jacob Golden 	D 	Canada 	London Knights (OHL)
6 	178	Andrei Svetlakov	C 	Russia 	CSKA Moscow (KHL)
7 	209	Nick Swaney 	C 	United States	Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
Draft notes:
# The Arizona Coyotes' fourth-round pick went to the Minnesota Wild as the result of a trade on February 26, 2017 that sent Grayson Downing, a first-round pick in 2017, a second-round pick in 2018 and a conditional fourth-round pick in 2019 to Arizona in exchange for Martin Hanzal, Ryan White and this pick.
==References==
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