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Ice Breaker: Kaprizov and Hughes run the Sharks out of St. Paul
Four points from Kaprizov, 31 minutes from Hughes, a Ducks comeback in Calgary and a Sabres rout on a three-game Friday.
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Everything we've written about the Wild — news, roster moves, and game reaction.
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Ice Breaker: Mintyukov's Gordie Howe beats McDavid's four points
Anaheim survives Edmonton's 46 penalty minutes, Cooley's hat trick goes to waste in Montreal, and St. Louis nearly steals one in Newark.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Ice Breaker: Winnipeg erases 4-0 in two minutes, Robertson hat trick
The Jets score four times in 2:06 and win in overtime in Montreal, Dallas holds off Washington, and Anaheim and Vancouver fight five times.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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The Contract Board: Kucherov's $20 million ask, and Detroit's four weeks
Marcus Lind's November board grades his DeBrincat miss, reprices Kucherov for the open market, and puts two Lightning contracts on the worst-five list.
Marcus Lind · 8 min read
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Gord's Notebook: Kucherov's price, Edvinsson's deadline, and Guerin won't beg
Kucherov asked for $20 million and got slow-walked, Detroit has a Dec. 1 clock on Edvinsson, and Winnipeg's captain said the word changes.
Gord Tremblay · 6 min read
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Ice Breaker: McDavid makes it 15 for 15, and Gauthier answers a 3-0 hole
Anaheim scores six straight on Ottawa, Kochetkov goes to 10-0-0 in a 7-0 rout of Winnipeg, and the Panthers host Detroit tonight.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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The Ferda Room: Kucherov asks out, Larkin walks out, Florida wins out
Tampa's MVP wants a trade and the room splits on when BriseBois should deal him, while the Panthers sweep a 13-goal week and Gord stays perfect.
Ferda Desk · 9 min read
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Ice Breaker: Kucherov asks out, then Stamkos gets the last word
Stamkos ties it late and wins the shootout against his old team, Makar sets up four, and McDavid makes it 14 for 14.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
NHL·
Matthew Schaefer found the goals, and now nothing is missing
The 19-year-old's overtime winner in St. Paul made history, and the Islanders are already playing him like a No. 1 defenseman.
Tommy Kessler · 2 min read
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Ice Breaker: Detroit wins night one of the Larkin standoff
Arvidsson scores three the night the Wings suspend Larkin, Tage Thompson gets five points and Buffalo barely survives Anaheim.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
NHL·
Larkin sitting out hands Minnesota the leverage Detroit wanted
Larkin's camp says he won't play until he's dealt, the Wings may suspend him, and the Wild are still the team to beat.
Gord Tremblay · 3 min read
NHL·
The Wild should pay Quinn Hughes now, and give him the short deal
Bill Guerin hasn't talked contract with Hughes's camp in a long time. The cap math says waiting only raises the price.
Marcus Lind · 3 min read
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Ice Breaker: McDavid sets an assist record, Seattle stuns the Leafs late
Jarry blanks Calgary, Gavin McKenna scores twice in a loss, Colorado buries the Devils and Washington handles Philadelphia.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Hellebuyck wins in Dallas, Florida puts five on Winnipeg
Fowler stops all 46 in St. Louis, the Canucks erase a 5-2 hole in Anaheim, and Matthew Tkachuk piles up four assists.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Gord's Notebook: Hughes stays, Nikishin signs, and Edmonton's net is next
Minnesota's extension is a press release away, Carolina won the staredown at $3 million, and the Flames keep winning their way out of a sell-off.
Gord Tremblay · 6 min read
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Ice Breaker: Eller ends the skid, Fowler steals the Heritage Classic
Florida kills seven Chicago power plays, Nashville scores four of its own, and Montreal wins outdoors in Winnipeg behind a 33-save night.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Leafs drop seven on Edmonton, Batherson buries New York
Twelve games, three overtime winners, a Kochetkov shutout and a Utah comeback that left Tampa staring at a blown two-goal lead.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Ice Breaker: McDavid makes it 10 for 10, Florida gets blanked
Connor McDavid runs his point streak to 10 games in a shootout win over Carolina, Pittsburgh shuts out the Panthers, and Toronto steals one late.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
McDavid needed nine games to do what Gretzky needed ten for
Three assists against the Wild made Connor McDavid the fastest to 20 in NHL history, and the rest of the league is playing for second.
Sully · 3 min read
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Ice Breaker: Rantanen beats the Bruins alone, Celebrini wins in Montreal
A hat trick with an overtime winner in Dallas, another OT power-play winner for Celebrini, and Tampa takes Vegas apart on 21 shots.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Kaprizov vs. McDavid is the headline, but the Wild power play is the story
McDavid has a point in every game and Kaprizov has 10 goals in nine, but tonight in Edmonton turns on a 32.1 percent power play against a 70.8 percent kill.
Ferda Desk · 3 min read
NHL·
The Ledger: Pay Jesper Wallstedt now, before a full season sets the price
Eight starts in nine at .921 on a $2.2 million bridge, a $6.8 million goalie on LTIR, and Quinn Hughes first in line for next summer's room.
Marcus Lind · 4 min read
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Ice Breaker: Calgary ends Carolina's streak, Kaprizov hits 10
Devin Cooley made 34 saves to snap the Hurricanes' seven-game run, and Kaprizov's power-play winner gave him 10 goals in nine games.
Ferda Desk · 3 min read
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Ice Breaker: Two hat tricks in Sunrise, and McDavid keeps counting
Verhaeghe and Bennett each scored three in an 8-3 rout of Seattle, McDavid had five points, and Carolina won its seventh straight.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Ice Breaker: Brady Tkachuk does it again, and Boldy joins the hat-trick club
Tkachuk scored all three Panthers goals in an overtime win over Vancouver, one of three hat tricks on an 11-game night.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Ice Breaker: The Tkachuks torch Columbus, MacKinnon drops the gloves
Brady's natural hat trick and Matthew's five assists fed a 7-3 Panthers win, and Colorado and Dallas fought their way into tonight's rematch.
Ferda Desk · 6 min read
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Ice Breaker: Buffalo burns the Panthers, Ullmark stays perfect
Reinhart's power-play double wasn't enough in Buffalo, Ottawa's goalie moved to 5-0, and Quinn Hughes kept his streak alive in Minnesota.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
Florida Panthers·
The State of Hockey: Tampa owns the week, and the cats' power play owes one
Pabs on the week in Florida hockey: a 3-0 Lightning, a Panthers power play at 1 for 28, an Everblades tune-up and a UCF team that still hasn't lost.
Pabs · 6 min read
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Ice Breaker: Carolina won't lose, and the Rangers' new net holds
Sebastian Aho stretches his point streak to six, Tye Kartye scores twice for New York and Seattle wins late in Washington.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
The Ferda Room: Shesterkin is done, and the Rangers need a net
Six writers on New York's lost season in goal, Zary's price, Quinn Hughes's rising bill, Toronto's seesaw week and the second round of graded locks.
Ferda Desk · 9 min read
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Ice Breaker: Kaprizov crashes Sunrise, Nylander lights up Denver
Florida's power play goes 0-for-5 in the home opener, Hagel takes a hat trick off the Islanders and Montreal wins a 1-0 shootout.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
Florida Panthers·
Kaprizov's hat trick spoils the Panthers' home opener, 4-1
Florida's power play went 0-for-5, the Wild won 43 of 68 faceoffs, and Matthew Tkachuk scored the only Panthers goal in Sunrise.
Pabs · 3 min read
Florida Panthers·
Panthers' home opener comes down to a power play on mute
Florida opens Sunrise without Barkov or Marchand, Markstrom starts, and Quinn Hughes brings a four-game point streak to town.
Pabs · 3 min read
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Hot Sauce: Mark Stone fought, and Buffalo's power play didn't
Stone's Gordie Howe hat trick, Detroit's 133 shots for one win, Vancouver's screen-door penalty kill, and a Panthers call Sully hates making.
Sully · 4 min read
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Ice Breaker: Shesterkin helped off, Kraken pile six on Detroit
The Rangers lose their goalie and a four-game streak in Washington, Seattle scores four in the second, and Anaheim keeps rolling.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
Florida Panthers·
Ekblad's back for the home opener, and Seth Jones can finally breathe
Florida sent Alexander Petrovic to Charlotte without a game played, a clear sign Ekblad returns Saturday against Minnesota after two games away.
Pabs · 2 min read
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Ice Breaker: Leafs blow 3-0 in Vegas, Stankoven completes the set
Vegas erases a three-goal hole and wins the shootout, Stankoven scores at every strength, and Colorado drops seven on Calgary.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
Florida Panthers·
Brady Tkachuk has 11 shots and no points, and that's fine
Florida's new power forward leads the team in shots through four games. The zeros are a power-play problem, not a Brady problem.
Pabs · 3 min read
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Ice Breaker: Draisaitl's four helpers sink the Ducks, Jets steal one late
Edmonton scores five straight in the second at Anaheim, Kyle Connor beats Colorado with a minute left, and Tom Wilson runs Washington past Pittsburgh.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
Florida Panthers·
Six of eight points on the road, and a power play on mute
The Panthers drew a league-high 23 power plays on their opening trip, scored on one, and still came home 2-0-2.
Pabs · 3 min read
Wild stats
League stats →2026–27 · Regular season · Summary · 23 players
| #Player | Team | Pos | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Kirill Kaprizov | MIN | LW | 18 | 16 | 14 | 30 | +14 | 0 | 1.67 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 57 | 28.1 | 21:36 | 20.0 |
2 Quinn Hughes | MIN | D | 18 | 6 | 19 | 25 | +9 | 2 | 1.39 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 12.0 | 28:02 | -- |
3 Matt Boldy | MIN | LW | 18 | 7 | 10 | 17 | +16 | 17 | 0.94 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 79 | 8.9 | 21:28 | 25.8 |
4 Joel Eriksson Ek | MIN | C | 18 | 6 | 10 | 16 | +14 | 14 | 0.89 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 10.0 | 19:59 | 49.4 |
5 Maxim Shabanov | MIN | RW | 17 | 6 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 0 | 0.65 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 25.0 | 15:12 | -- |
6 Bobby Brink | MIN | RW | 18 | 1 | 8 | 9 | +2 | 6 | 0.50 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.7 | 13:40 | 42.9 |
7 Michael McCarron | MIN | C | 18 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +6 | 14 | 0.44 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 9.4 | 13:35 | 47.1 |
8 Blake Coleman | MIN | LW | 18 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +2 | 16 | 0.39 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 10.5 | 15:47 | 50.0 |
9 Danila Yurov | MIN | RW | 18 | 6 | 1 | 7 | +1 | 13 | 0.39 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 21.4 | 14:41 | 50.0 |
10 Jonas Brodin | MIN | D | 18 | 0 | 7 | 7 | +3 | 10 | 0.39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.0 | 22:10 | -- |
11 Jared Spurgeon | MIN | D | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | +6 | 4 | 0.50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 | 20:33 | -- |
12 Olli Maatta | MIN | D | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | +8 | 4 | 0.29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 | 19:53 | -- |
13 Ryan Hartman | MIN | RW | 18 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -6 | 6 | 0.22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 | 13:02 | 52.5 |
14 Nico Sturm | MIN | C | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 10:22 | 68.2 |
15 Yakov Trenin | MIN | C | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 6 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.0 | 13:13 | 38.1 |
16 Daemon Hunt | MIN NSH | D | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -5 | 4 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 | 13:41 | -- |
17 David Spacek | MIN | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | 12:35 | -- |
18 Matt Kiersted | MIN | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +5 | 0 | 0.10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | 12:28 | -- |
19 Nick Foligno | MIN | LW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 0.33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | 9:57 | 33.3 |
20 Rieger Lorenz | MIN | LW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 15 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 8:39 | -- |
21 Zach Bogosian | MIN | D | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +4 | 8 | 0.06 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.9 | 16:48 | -- |
22 Marcus Foligno | MIN | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 12:10 | -- |
23 Tyler Pitlick | MIN | C | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | 7:39 | 100.0 |
Source: NHL.com stats · Photo: NHL
