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This article documents a current ice hockey season. Information may change as the event progresses.

2008–09 Minnesota Wild
Division	TBD Northwest
Conference	TBD Western
2008–09 record	TBD
Home record	TBD
Road record	TBD
Goals for	TBD
Goals against	TBD
Team information
General Manager	Doug Risebrough
Coach	Jacques Lemaire
Captain	Mikko Koivu (Oct/Nov, Jan) Kim Johnsson (Dec)
Alternate captains	Andrew Brunette (Oct- ) Marian Gaborik (Oct/Nov) Kim Johnsson (Nov) Mikko Koivu (Dec) Owen Nolan (Jan)
Arena	Xcel Energy Center
Average attendance	TBD
Team leaders
Goals	TBD
Assists	TBD
Points	TBD
Penalties in minutes	TBD
Plus/Minus	TBD
Wins	TBD
Goals against average	TBD

The 2008–09 Minnesota Wild season will see the Wild attempt to qualify for the postseason .

Contents:	Regular season — Playoffs — Player stats — Awards and records — Transactions Roster — Draft picks — Farm teams — See also — References

Pre-season

At the conclusion of the Pre-season, the Wild finished with a 5-2 record.

Regular season

Divisional standings

Northwest Division	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
Calgary Flames	40	24	12	4	125	119	52
Vancouver Canucks	41	21	15	5	117	108	47
Minnesota Wild	39	20	16	3	97	87	43
Edmonton Oilers	38	19	16	3	108	114	41
Colorado Avalanche	40	20	19	1	106	116	41

Conference standings

Western Conference	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
San Jose Sharks *	37	28	4	5	128	87	61
Detroit Red Wings *	37	25	7	5	138	109	55
Calgary Flames *	37	22	11	4	115	110	48
Chicago Blackhawks	35	20	8	7	127	94	47
Vancouver Canucks	39	21	15	3	112	101	45
Anaheim Ducks	38	19	15	4	107	107	42
Phoenix Coyotes	38	18	15	5	97	106	41
Colorado Avalanche	37	19	17	1	103	107	39
Minnesota Wild	36	18	16	2	92	84	38
Columbus Blue Jackets	37	17	16	4	96	103	38
Edmonton Oilers	36	17	16	3	101	111	37
Dallas Stars	36	16	15	5	107	123	37
Nashville Predators	37	17	17	3	91	109	37
Los Angeles Kings	37	15	16	6	95	102	36
St. Louis Blues	37	14	20	3	106	128	31

* – division leader

Game log

2008–09 Game Log
October # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 1 October 11 Boston 3 – 4 Minnesota Backstrom 18,568 1–0–0 2 2 October 14 Minnesota 4 – 2 Atlanta Backstrom 11,843 2–0–0 4 3 October 16 Minnesota 6 – 2 Florida Backstrom 12,106 3–0–0 6 4 October 18 Minnesota 1 – 0 Tampa Bay SO Backstrom 15,191 4–0–0 8 5 October 23 Buffalo 4-3 Minnesota OT Backstrom 4-0-1 9 6 October 25 Columbus 1-2 Minnesota Backstrom 5-0-1 11 7 October 27 Chicago 2-3 Minnesota Backstrom 6-0-1 13 8 October 29 Minnesota 2-4 Dallas Harding 6-1-1 13 9 October 30 Montreal 2-1 Minnesota Harding 6-2-1 13
November # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 10 November 1 Minnesota Phoenix 11 November 4 Minnesota San Jose 12 November 6 Minnesota Colorado 13 November 8 Minnesota Vancouver 14 November 13 Phoenix Minnesota 15 November 15 Columbus Minnesota 16 November 18 Minnesota Pittsburgh 17 November 20 Vancouver Minnesota 18 November 22 St. Louis Minnesota 19 November 24 Washington Minnesota 20 November 26 Dallas Minnesota 21 November 28 Tampa Bay Minnesota 22 November 29 Minnesota Nashville
December Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record 23 1 Colorado Avalanche 5-6 Minnesota 24 3 St. Louis Blues Minnesota 25 5 Vancouver Canucks Minnesota 26 6 Nashville Predators Nashville 27 11 Phoenix Coyotes Phoenix 28 13 Los Angeles Kings Los Angeles 29 14 Anaheim Ducks Anaheim 30 17 Calgary Flames Minnesota 31 19 New York Islanders Minnesota 32 20 St. Louis Blues St. Louis 33 23 Carolina Hurricanes Minnesota 34 28 Chicago Blackhawks Minnesota 35 29 Calgary Flames Calgary 36 31 San Jose Sharks Minnesota
January Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record 37 3 Detroit Red Wings Minnesota 38 4 Colorado Avalanche Colorado 39 6 Boston Bruins Boston 40 8 Philadelphia Flyers Philadelphia 41 10 Columbus Blue Jackets Columbus 42 13 Phoenix Coyotes Minnesota 43 15 Edmonton Oilers Minnesota 44 17 Anaheim Ducks Minnesota 45 19 Chicago Blackhawks Chicago 46 20 Los Angeles Kings Minnesota 47 27 Toronto Maple Leafs Minnesota 48 30 Edmonton Oilers Edmonton 49 31 Vancouver Canucks Vancouver
February Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record 50 4 Anaheim Ducks Minnesota 51 6 Nashville Predators Minnesota 52 8 Edmonton Oilers Minnesota 53 11 Colorado Avalanche Minnesota 54 12 Detroit Red Wings Detroit 55 14 Ottawa Senators Minnesota 56 19 Calgary Flames Minnesota 57 21 Detroit Red Wings Minnesota 58 22 Chicago Blackhawks Chicago 59 24 Los Angeles Kings Minnesota 60 27 Calgary Flames Calgary 61 28 Edmonton Oilers Edmonton
March Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record 62 3 Vancouver Canucks Vancouver 63 5 San Jose Sharks San Jose 64 7 Los Angeles Kings Los Angeles 65 8 Anaheim Ducks Anaheim 66 10 San Jose Sharks Minnesota 67 12 Colorado Avalanche Colorado 68 14 Dallas Stars Dallas 69 15 St. Louis Blues St. Louis 70 17 Colorado Avalanche Minnesota 71 20 New Jersey Devils New Jersey 72 22 Edmonton Oilers Minnesota 73 24 New York Rangers New York 74 25 New York Islanders New York 75 28 Calgary Flames Calgary 76 29 Edmonton Oilers Edmonton 77 31 Vancouver Canucks Minnesota
April Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record 78 3 Calgary Flames Minnesota 79 5 Detroit Red Wings Detroit 80 7 Dallas Stars Minnesota 81 10 Nashville Predators Minnesota 82 11 Columbus Blue Jackets Columbus
2008–09 Schedule

Playoffs

Player stats

Skaters

			Regular season							Playoffs
Player	#		GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Mikko Koivu	9		36	11	26	37	+3	32		-	-	-	-	-	-
Antti Miettinen	20		36	8	16	24	-4	18		-	-	-	-	-	-
Andrew Brunette	15		36	10	11	21	-1	10		-	-	-	-	-	-
Eric Belanger	25		33	8	12	20	-5	2		-	-	-	-	-	-
Marc-Andre Bergeron	47		31	3	13	16	-2	18		-	-	-	-	-	-
Pierre-Marc Bouchard	96		33	7	9	16	-7	8		-	-	-	-	-	-
Marek Zidlicky	3		32	4	11	15	-9	32		-	-	-	-	-	-
Brent Burns	8		32	6	8	14	-8	31		-	-	-	-	-	-
Owen Nolan	11		18	6	5	11	-2	8		-	-	-	-	-	-
Benoit Pouliot	67		34	5	6	11	+2	18		-	-	-	-	-	-
Kim Johnsson	5		35	1	9	10	-2	22		-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephane Veilleux	19		36	5	3	8	-10	17		-	-	-	-	-	-
James Sheppard	51		36	2	6	8	-16	11		-	-	-	-	-	-
Marian Gaborik	10		6	3	2	5	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Schultz	55		36	1	4	5	+2	21		-	-	-	-	-	-
Martin Skoula	41		36	0	4	4	-8	4		-	-	-	-	-	-
Cal Clutterbuck	22		32	4	0	4	-4	22		-	-	-	-	-	-
Colton Gillies	18		18	1	3	4	0	8		-	-	-	-	-	-
Krystofer Kolanos	39		8	2	1	3	+2	8		-	-	-	-	-	-
Derek Boogaard	24		32	0	3	3	+5	61		-	-	-	-	-	-
Craig Weller	12		19	1	1	2	-1	29		-	-	-	-	-	-
Erik Reitz	2		29	1	1	2	-2	34		-	-	-	-	-	-
Tomas Mojzis	6		4	0	1	1	-1	2		-	-	-	-	-	-

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Wild. Stats reflect time with the Wild only.
^‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Goaltenders

			Regular season										Playoffs
Player	#		GP	MIN	W	L	OTL	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA		GP	MIN	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Niklas Backstrom	32		31	1814	17	12	2	69	3	.924	2.28		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Josh Harding	29		7	354	1	4	0	12	0	.933	2.03		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Awards and records

Records

Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Niklas Backstrom	100th NHL Game	October 11, 2008
Colton Gillies	1st NHL Game 1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point	October 11, 2008
Kim Johnsson	600th NHL Game	October 14, 2008
Antti Miettinen	100th NHL Point	October 27, 2008
Andrew Brunette	800th NHL Game	November 6, 2008
Erik Reitz	1st NHL Goal 1st NHL Point	November 15, 2008

Transactions

Trades

June 20, 2008	To Minnesota Wild 23rd pick in 2008	To New Jersey Devils 24th pick in 2008 3rd round pick in 2009
July 1, 2008	To Minnesota Wild Marek Zidlicky	To Nashville Predators Ryan Jones 2nd round pick in 2009
June 10, 2008	To Minnesota Wild Marc-Andre Bergeron	To Anaheim Ducks 3rd round pick in 2009
July 11, 2008	To Minnesota Wild Corey Locke	To Montreal Canadiens Shawn Belle

Free Agents

Player Former team Contract Terms Antti Miettinen Dallas Stars 3y/$7M Owen Nolan Calgary Flames 2y/$5.5M Andrew Brunette Colorado Avalanche 3y/$7M

Player New team Todd Fedoruk Phoenix Coyotes Brian Rolston New Jersey Devils Pavol Demitra Vancouver Canucks Joel Ward Nashville Predators

Claimed from Waivers

Player Former team Date claimed off waivers

Draft picks

Phoenix 's picks at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa • Ontario.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	23 (from Washington via New Jersey)	Tyler Cuma	(D)	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
2	55	Marco Scandella	(D)	Canada	Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)
4	115	Sean Lorenz	(D)	Canada	US National Team Development Program U-18
5	145	Eero Elo	(LW)	Finland	Lukko Rauma (Finland Jr.)

Roster

Updated January 1, 2009.[1][2]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
32	Finland	Backstrom, NiklasNiklas Backstrom	1.0 G	L	30	2006	Helsinki, Finland
25	Canada	Belanger, EricEric Belanger	4.0 C	L	31	2007	Sherbrooke, Quebec
47	Canada	Bergeron, Marc-AndreMarc-Andre Bergeron	2.0 D	L	28	2008	Trois-Rivières, Quebec
24	Canada	Boogaard, DerekDerek Boogaard	6.0 LW	L	26	2001	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
96	Canada	Bouchard, Pierre-MarcPierre-Marc Bouchard	6.0 LW	L	24	2002	Sherbrooke, Quebec
15	Canada	Brunette, AndrewAndrew Brunette (A)	6.0 LW	L	35	2008	Sudbury, Ontario
8	Canada	Burns, BrentBrent Burns	2.0 D	R	23	2003	Ajax, Ontario
22	Canada	Clutterbuck, CalCal Clutterbuck	7.0 RW	R	21	2006	Welland, Ontario
26	Canada	Foster, KurtisKurtis Foster	2.0 D	L	27	2005	Carp, Ontario
10	Slovakia	Gaborik, MarianMarian Gaborik	7.0 RW	L	26	2000	Trenčín, Czechoslovakia
18	Canada	Gillies, ColtonColton Gillies	4.0 C	L	19	2007	White Rock, British Columbia
29	Canada	Harding, JoshJosh Harding	1.0 G	R	24	2002	Regina, Saskatchewan
5	Sweden	Johnsson, KimKim Johnsson	2.0 D	L	32	2006	Malmö, Sweden
9	Finland	Koivu, MikkoMikko Koivu (C)	4.0 C	L	25	2001	Turku, Finland
20	Finland	Miettinen, AnttiAntti Miettinen	7.0 RW	R	28	2008	Hämeenlinna, Finland
11	Canada	Nolan, OwenOwen Nolan (A)	7.0 RW	R	36	2008	Belfast, United Kingdom
67	Canada	Pouliot, BenoitBenoit Pouliot	4.0 C	L	22	2005	Alfred, Ontario
2	USA	Reitz, EricEric Reitz	2.0 D	R	26	2000	Detroit, Michigan
55	Canada	Schultz, NickNick Schultz	2.0 D	L	26	2000	Strasbourg, Saskatchewan
51	Canada	Sheppard, JamesJames Sheppard	4.0 C	L	20	2006	Halifax, Nova Scotia
41	Czech Republic	Skoula, MartinMartin Skoula	2.0 D	L	29	2006	Litoměřice, Czechoslovakia
19	Canada	Veilleux, StephaneStephane Veilleux	6.0 LW	L	27	2001	Saint-Georges, Quebec
12	Canada	Weller, CraigCraig Weller	7.0 RW	R	27	2008	Calgary, Alberta
3	Czech Republic	Zidlicky, MarekMarek Zidlicky	2.0 D	R	31	2008	Most, Czechoslovakia

See also

• 2008–09 NHL season

Farm teams

References

v • d • e Minnesota Wild Franchise • Players • Coaches • GMs • Seasons • Records • Draft picks • Xcel Energy Center • Houston Aeros • Texas Wildcatters

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