It has been a slow decline for the Minnesota Wild this season as they have struggled to stay healthy. They currently have 87 points and own a 41-28-5 record. That has them fourth in the NHL’s Central Division,

The Devils game in Minnesota marks the penultimate road game of the 2024-25 regular season and the beginning of a home-and-home with the Wild. New Jersey has been working its way through the final stretch of the season without three of its top players and, on Friday night, was without a fourth.

I think the readiness to play, the focus level, the attention to detail, the competitiveness that’s required to win, we didn’t have that tonight. Which was surprising to me,” John Hynes

(Newark, NJ) -- The Minnesota Wild and New Jersey Devils will complete their home and home series tonight in New Jersey. The Devils took the first match up on Saturday in St. Paul 5-2. New Jersey captain Nico Hischier put up a hat trick in that one as he netted his 31st, 32nd and 33rd of the season.

Nico Hischier recorded a hat trick and his third goal was the final nail in the coffin for the Minnesota Wild, who fell 5-2 to the New Jersey Devils Saturday night in front of the largest crowd of the season — 19,265 — at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn.

The Minnesota Wild placed forwards Devin Shore and Brendan Gaunce on waivers on Sunday, according to The Athletic's Michael Russo. The move could be in anticipation of the potential returns of Kirill Kaprizov and Joel Eriksson Ek, though neither forward is expected to return on the upcoming road trip, coach John Hynes said on Sunday.

Minnesota continues to slide in the standings after Saturday's extremely disappointing 5-2 loss to New Jersey.

On Sunday, the Wild superstar flashed his unparalleled edge work, bursts of speed and ability to score over and over again when Mats Zuccarello left the ice not long after practice began and Kaprizov took his pal’s spot on the right side of Marcus Johansson and Freddy Gaudreau.