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
Schedule and results
Preseason
The team's preseason schedule was released on June 13, 2017.Regular season
The regular season schedule was published on June 22, 2017.Playoffs
Player statistics
As of April 21, 2018;Skaters
| 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 |
| 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
| 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 |
| 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
| Player | Award | Awarded |
| NHL All-Star game selection | January 10, 2018 | |
| NHL First Star of the Month | March 1, 2018 |
Milestones
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| 600th career NHL game | October 7, 2017 | |
| 1st career NHL game | October 14, 2017 | |
| 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point | October 14, 2017 | |
| 1st career NHL assist 1st 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 assist 1st 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 assist 200th 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 game 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point | April 7, 2018 | |
| 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point | April 7, 2018 |
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| 1st career playoff game | April 11, 2018 | |
| 1st career playoff game 1st career playoff assist 1st 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 assist 1st career playoff point | April 15, 2018 | |
| 1st career playoff assist 1st career playoff point | April 15, 2018 | |
| 1st career playoff goal 1st 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
;Notes- The Vegas Golden Knights will select Erik Haula in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft
Free agents acquired
Free agents lost
Claimed via waivers
Lost via waivers
Lost via retirement
Player signings
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 |
| 3 | 85 | Ivan Lodnia | RW |  United States | Erie Otters |
| 4 | 971 | Mason Shaw | C |  Canada | Medicine Hat Tigers |
| 4 | 116 | Bryce Misley | C | Canada | Oakville Blades |
| 5 | 147 | Jacob Golden | D | Canada | London Knights |
| 6 | 178 | Andrei Svetlakov | C |  Russia | CSKA Moscow |
| 7 | 209 | Nick Swaney | C | United States | Waterloo Black Hawks |
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.