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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) Kim Johnsson (Dec- )
Alternate captains	Andrew Brunette (Oct- ) Marian Gaborik (Oct/Nov) Kim Johnsson (Nov) Mikko Koivu (Dec- )
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
Vancouver Canucks	23	14	7	2	72	56	30
Minnesota Wild	21	13	7	1	56	45	27
Calgary Flames	23	13	9	1	69	73	27
Edmonton Oilers	21	9	10	2	54	64	20
Colorado Avalanche	22	10	12	0	54	63	20

Conference standings

Western Conference	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
San Jose Sharks *	23	19	3	1	89	55	39
Detroit Red Wings *	22	15	3	4	81	66	34
Vancouver Canucks *	23	14	7	2	72	56	30
Anaheim Ducks	24	13	8	3	70	69	29
Minnesota Wild	21	13	7	1	56	45	27
Calgary Flames	23	13	9	1	69	73	27
Chicago Blackhawks	21	10	5	6	73	60	26
Nashville Predators	22	11	9	2	66	71	24

Phoenix Coyotes	22	10	10	2	53	60	22
Los Angeles Kings	21	9	9	3	54	58	21
Columbus Blue Jackets	22	9	10	3	65	73	21
St. Louis Blues	20	9	9	2	57	61	20
Edmonton Oilers	21	9	10	2	54	64	20
Colorado Avalanche	22	10	12	0	54	63	20
Dallas Stars	22	7	11	4	61	83	18

* – 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	Home
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

January

February

March

April

2008–09 Schedule

Playoffs

Player stats

Skaters

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

^†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	20	1171	13	6	1	42	2	.928	2.15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Josh Harding	29	2	98	0	1	0	3	0	.927	1.84	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

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Updated November 2, 2008.[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	30	2007	Sherbrooke, Quebec
47	Canada	Bergeron, Marc-AndreMarc-Andre Bergeron	2.0 D	L	28	2008	Trois-Rivieres, 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	2003	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	Trencin, 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 (C)	2.0 D	L	32	2006	Malmo, Sweden
9	Finland	Koivu, MikkoMikko Koivu (A)	4.0 C	L	25	2001	Turku, Finland
20	Finland	Miettinen, AnttiAntti Miettinen	7.0 RW	R	28	2008	Hameenlinna, Finland
6	Czech Republic	Mojzis, TomasTomas Mojzis	2.0 D	R	26	2008	Kolin, Czechoslovakia
11	Canada	Nolan, OwenOwen Nolan	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	Litomerice, 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

Farm teams

References

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2008–09 NHL season by team

Atlantic	New Jersey Devils • New York Islanders • New York Rangers • Philadelphia Flyers • Pittsburgh Penguins

Northeast	Boston Bruins • Buffalo Sabres • Montreal Canadiens • Ottawa Senators • Toronto Maple Leafs

Southeast	Atlanta Thrashers • Carolina Hurricanes • Florida Panthers • Tampa Bay Lightning • Washington Capitals

Central	Chicago Blackhawks • Columbus Blue Jackets • Detroit Red Wings • Nashville Predators • St. Louis Blues

Northwest	Calgary Flames • Colorado Avalanche • Edmonton Oilers • Minnesota Wild • Vancouver Canucks

Pacific	Anaheim Ducks • Dallas Stars • Los Angeles Kings • Phoenix Coyotes • San Jose Sharks