Minnesota Wild fantasy preview 2026-27.
12 skaters and 2 goaltenders clear the pool line. Kirill Kaprizov leads at 2.62 blended ESPN points per game. The club ranks 7th in the league in blocks and 21st in hits. Every figure below is a completed season or a published calendar.
Every Minnesota name in the 2026-27 pool
Sorted by desk rank in the format selected above. Any header re-sorts. Counting columns are 2025-26 season totals. The value chip is consensus rank minus desk rank: mint means the desk is higher on him than the four published boards, coral means the room makes you pay.
| Pos | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8of 400 | Kirill Kaprizov | LW | 29 | 2.51 | 2.75 | 2.62 | +0.14 | 45-44-89 in 78 | 32 | 269 | 52 | 27 | 72% | 12 | +4 | |
| 14of 400 | Matt Boldy | LW | 25 | 2.66 | 2.16 | 2.45 | +0.14 | 42-43-85 in 76 | 30 | 254 | 60 | 58 | 65% | 14 | 0 | |
| 38of 400 | Quinn HughesNEW · VAN | D | 26 | 2.20 | 2.36 | 2.25 | +0.23 | 7-69-76 in 74 | 34 | 187 | 7 | 87 | 64% | 22 | -16 | |
| 99of 400 | Brock Faber | D | 24 | 2.08 | 1.51 | 1.89 | -0.41 | 15-36-51 in 80 | 11 | 173 | 33 | 148 | 46% | 98 | -1 | |
| 104of 400 | Joel Eriksson Ek | C | 29 | 1.79 | 1.92 | 1.88 | +0.11 | 19-32-51 in 70 | 16 | 194 | 106 | 34 | 51% | 123 | +19 | |
| 158of 400 | Ryan Hartman | RW | 32 | 1.84 | 1.22 | 1.64 | +0.53 | 23-20-43 in 76 | 7 | 167 | 64 | 95 | 43% | 182 | +24 | |
| 165of 400 | Blake ColemanNEW · CGY | LW | 34 | 1.63 | 1.54 | 1.63 | -0.06 | 20-15-35 in 69 | 1 | 176 | 152 | 48 | 41% | 173 | +8 | |
| 168of 400 | Jonas Brodin | D | 33 | 1.52 | 1.72 | 1.62 | -0.37 | 4-14-18 in 62 | 1 | 76 | 10 | 126 | 24% | — | n/r | |
| 175of 400 | Jared Spurgeon | D | 36 | 1.48 | 1.80 | 1.59 | -0.45 | 6-16-22 in 79 | 6 | 90 | 82 | 137 | 25% | — | n/r | |
| 313of 400 | Marcus Foligno | LW | 35 | 1.25 | 1.32 | 1.28 | +0.42 | 8-5-13 in 56 | 2 | 65 | 180 | 47 | — | — | n/r | |
| 358of 400 | Bobby Brink | RW | 25 | 1.27 | 1.14 | 1.21 | -0.43 | 15-15-30 in 68 | 7 | 104 | 80 | 39 | — | — | n/r | |
| 364of 400 | Olli MaattaNEW · CGY | D | 32 | 1.20 | 1.19 | 1.19 | +1.21 | 2-13-15 in 43 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 62 | — | — | n/r |
- 8 Kirill Kaprizov LW · age 29 · mkt 12 2.62blend 2.5125-26 2.7524-25 +0.14H2−H1 32PPP 269SOG 52HIT 27BLK 72%PG% 45-44-89 in 78+4
- 14 Matt Boldy LW · age 25 · mkt 14 2.45blend 2.6625-26 2.1624-25 +0.14H2−H1 30PPP 254SOG 60HIT 58BLK 65%PG% 42-43-85 in 760
- 38 Quinn Hughes D · age 26 · mkt 22 2.25blend 2.2025-26 2.3624-25 +0.23H2−H1 34PPP 187SOG 7HIT 87BLK 64%PG% 7-69-76 in 74-16
- 99 Brock Faber D · age 24 · mkt 98 1.89blend 2.0825-26 1.5124-25 -0.41H2−H1 11PPP 173SOG 33HIT 148BLK 46%PG% 15-36-51 in 80-1
- 104 Joel Eriksson Ek C · age 29 · mkt 123 1.88blend 1.7925-26 1.9224-25 +0.11H2−H1 16PPP 194SOG 106HIT 34BLK 51%PG% 19-32-51 in 70+19
- 158 Ryan Hartman RW · age 32 · mkt 182 1.64blend 1.8425-26 1.2224-25 +0.53H2−H1 7PPP 167SOG 64HIT 95BLK 43%PG% 23-20-43 in 76+24
- 165 Blake Coleman LW · age 34 · mkt 173 1.63blend 1.6325-26 1.5424-25 -0.06H2−H1 1PPP 176SOG 152HIT 48BLK 41%PG% 20-15-35 in 69+8
- 168 Jonas Brodin D · age 33 · mkt n/r 1.62blend 1.5225-26 1.7224-25 -0.37H2−H1 1PPP 76SOG 10HIT 126BLK 24%PG% 4-14-18 in 62n/r
- 175 Jared Spurgeon D · age 36 · mkt n/r 1.59blend 1.4825-26 1.8024-25 -0.45H2−H1 6PPP 90SOG 82HIT 137BLK 25%PG% 6-16-22 in 79n/r
- 313 Marcus Foligno LW · age 35 · mkt n/r 1.28blend 1.2525-26 1.3224-25 +0.42H2−H1 2PPP 65SOG 180HIT 47BLK —PG% 8-5-13 in 56n/r
- 358 Bobby Brink RW · age 25 · mkt n/r 1.21blend 1.2725-26 1.1424-25 -0.43H2−H1 7PPP 104SOG 80HIT 39BLK —PG% 15-15-30 in 68n/r
- 364 Olli Maatta D · age 32 · mkt n/r 1.19blend 1.2025-26 1.1924-25 +1.21H2−H1 0PPP 34SOG 3HIT 62BLK —PG% 2-13-15 in 43n/r
Minnesota are 7th in blocks
Six categories, summed across every Minnesota skater in the pool for 2025-26, each drawn against the league average of the same sum. The tick on every track is that average. A middle club in both halves of a category league; the edge here is player-by-player, not roster-wide.
- G 206 lg avg 194 12th
- A 322 lg avg 329 19th
- PPP 147 lg avg 130 8th
- SOG 1789 lg avg 1644 9th
- HIT 829 lg avg 909 21st
- BLK 908 lg avg 789 7th
Where the blended points sit
Share of the club's total blended points per game contributed by forwards, defencemen and goaltenders in the pool. A club heavy in the D band is a club whose value survives a league that starts four defencemen.
Deep at defence, barren at centre
Ordered by blend inside each column, tinted by the same number on a fixed league-wide scale. Darker is better, and an empty column is the club telling you where you will have to shop elsewhere. Every tile links to the player.
Crease 2
Minnesota against the other 31
Draftable stock
4 Minnesota skaters inside the desk's top 100 — 11th of 32
Every club, sorted. DAL lead with 5; the thinnest club has 0. A tall bar is a roster you will keep bumping into in the first eight rounds.
Power-play concentration
65.3% held by the top three — 5th-most concentrated
Above the league median of 55.2%. The names outside the top three are even-strength assets.
Gustavsson is a workhorse
Last season's starts, split between the goaltenders the pool ranks here. The calendar puts 10 back-to-backs in front of them, and those are the nights the starter does not get.
The tick is the league median busiest-goaltender share, 64.7% across the 32 clubs with a pool-ranked crease. Gustavsson sits at 59.8%.
| Goaltender | GS | W | SO | GAA | SV% | Blend | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filip Gustavssonage 28 · mkt 52 | 49 | 28 | 4 | 2.69 | 0.903 | 2.34 | Starter |
| Jesper Wallstedtage 23 · mkt 88 | 33 | 18 | 4 | 2.61 | 0.915 | 2.93 | Tandem |
Power-play points are concentrated in Minnesota
- 1 Quinn Hughes D 34 PPP · 23.1% · 44.7% of his own points
- 2 Kirill Kaprizov LW 32 PPP · 21.8% · 36.0% of his own points
- 3 Matt Boldy LW 30 PPP · 20.4% · 35.3% of his own points
A top three holding 65.3% is a closed first unit. The fourth name was not on it last season.
1 in, 4 out
Only moves that changed a ranked player's club are tracked. Every blend on this page is computed from the player's own history, so a summer arrival brings his numbers with him.
Arrivals
- Quinn Hughes for Marco Rossi, Zeev Buium, Liam Ohgren + 2026 1st; UFA after 2026-27; joins Kaprizov/Boldy/Faber
Departures
- Mats Zuccarello PP2/second line; ~50 pts projected; ESPN ranks list still showed MIN
- Marco Rossi part of Quinn Hughes return
- Zeev Buium part of Quinn Hughes return
- Liam Ohgren part of Quinn Hughes return
The Minnesota schedule edge
The only input on this page that is already known. It does nothing to a first-round pick and a great deal to your last two bench spots.
Season opens 2026-10-01. Mint tiles help you; coral tiles cost you.
What this roster already did
Kirill Kaprizov put up 3-3-6 with 7 shots on 2024-02-19 for MIN, worth 12.2 ESPN points. It is the 1st-biggest single game in the desk's ten-season file.
Kirill Kaprizov owns the 6th-best LW season in the ten-year file: 2021-22, 81 games, 47-61-108, 2.73 ESPN points per game.
1 Minnesota name to keep on the shelf
Where they play now and their NHL games so far. None of these are draft-night picks in a standard 12-team league. They are the names that change this page next August.
- Jesper Wallstedt Minnesota Wild NHL 40 GP · 1 P 40 NHL games
Reading the Minnesota board
12 Minnesota skaters clear the pool line, plus 2 goaltenders. Kirill Kaprizov sets the ceiling: 2.62 a night, 8th in the pool. Matt Boldy (2.45) sits 0.17 back. A shared top, not an anchor.
Shape: 7th in blocks, 21st in hits. A middle club in both halves of a category league; the edge here is player-by-player, not roster-wide.
Ryan Hartman is the widest gap: desk 158, market 182. 24 slots in your favour.
Three players hold 65.3% of the club's 147 power-play points. That is a closed first unit. Everyone below it is an even-strength asset until deployment says otherwise.
26 off-nights of 84, 26th in the league. 10 back-to-backs, 4th-fewest. Hold the last bench spot for somebody else.
Filip Gustavsson started 49 at 2.69 and 0.903. Workhorse volume, and volume is most of what a fantasy goalie is.
1 in, 4 out on the tracked ledger, headlined by Quinn Hughes. Average pool age 30.0. 2 trending up, 5 down. Next in line: Jesper Wallstedt.
What this page does not know
Caveats, printed as the builder wrote them
- There is no projection here. Every rate is a weighted blend of what already happened, 0.6 on 2025-26, 0.3 on 2024-25, 0.1 on 2023-24, so a player whose role is about to change will be mispriced by exactly the amount his role changes.
- The DNA bars are club sums, not rates. A club with more pool-ranked skaters sums higher, which is the point: it measures the fantasy roster you can draft, not the average player on it.
- Power-play share is a proxy for first-unit time, not a measurement of it. It reads last season's points, so a club that rebuilt its top unit in the summer will read wrong until the season corrects it.
- The depth chart uses the pool's listed position. It is not a line-combination projection and no club has confirmed any of it.
- PG% is joined from a 250-player game-level build. Where a skater is missing from that build the column is blank rather than estimated.
- Roster membership follows the live NHL roster feed as of 2026-08-31. Training-camp cuts, waiver claims and September trades are not in it.
- Goaltender start counts are last season's, from whatever club the goaltender played for. They are workload evidence, not a depth-chart declaration.