Vegas Golden Knights at Minnesota Wild, 2026-10-12
The Golden Knights visit the Wild at Grand Casino Arena. Puck drop 8:00 PM EDT. On MINNHL, Wild+.
Golden Knights visit Wild as Minnesota returns home
- Minnesota has won its past three regular-season games against Vegas.1
- Mark Stone leads Vegas with 29 points, six goals and 23 assists, in 25 career games against Minnesota.1
- Vegas assistant coach Joel Ward made his NHL debut with Minnesota and played 11 games with the Wild in 2006-07.1
Golden Knights
- Ivan BarbashevJack EichelMark Stone
- Brett HowdenWilliam KarlssonMitch Marner
- Trevor ConnellyTomas HertlRaphael Lavoie
- Marc GatcombNic DowdBraeden Bowman
- Shea TheodoreBrayden McNabb
- Parker WotherspoonRasmus Andersson
- Jeremy LauzonNoah Hanifin
Projected skaters from NHL.com.
Out: Victor Olofsson (Lower body), Dylan Coghlan (Projected scratch), Ville Heinola (Projected scratch)2
Wild
- Kirill KaprizovJoel Eriksson EkMatt Boldy
- Blake ColemanRyan HartmanMaxim Shabanov
- Rieger LorenzDanila YurovBobby Brink
- Nico SturmMichael McCarronYakov Trenin
- Quinn HughesJared Spurgeon
- Olli MaattaJonas Brodin
- Daemon HuntZach Bogosian
Projected skaters from NHL.com; Bogosian is expected to return after missing Saturday's game.
Out: Marcus Foligno (Mid-body, day-to-day), Nick Foligno (Upper body), Brock Faber (Skull fracture), Filip Gustavsson (Lower body), Matt Kiersted (Projected scratch), David Spacek (Projected scratch)2
- The Athletic's Michael Russo reported that Jesper Wallstedt will start against Vegas.
Sources: 1Minnesota Wild: Game Preview: Wild vs Golden Knights · 2NHL.com: Golden Knights at Wild projected lineups · 3Michael Russo (The Athletic): Wallstedt starts against Vegas. Lines and availability are the clubs' own and can change before puck drop.
Lineups
The league posts the dressed rosters about an hour before puck drop. They appear here as soon as they are out.
Golden Knights
Head coach: Ryan Craig
Wild
Head coach: John Hynes
Season series
First meeting of the season
- Oct 12, 2026Tonight
- Dec 28, 2026VGK at MIN
- Jan 7, 2027MIN at VGK
By the numbers
| Golden Knights5-1-0 | Wild3-1-1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 3.675th | GF / game | 16th3.00 |
| 2.336th | GA / game | 2nd1.80 |
| 30.4%5th | Power play | 2nd37.5% |
| 81.3%15th | Penalty kill | 2nd94.1% |
| 51.7%11th | Faceoffs | 9th53.1% |
2026-27 regular season, with league rank.
Leaders
2026-27 regular season.
In goal
Golden Knights
Wild
2026-27 regular season. The starter is confirmed at puck drop.
Goals, assists, penalties and the boxscore appear here at puck drop and update while the game is on.
