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2007–08 Minnesota Wild season

national Hockey League team season

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ4610120 ↗
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The 2007–08 Minnesota Wild season began October 4, 2007. It was the Wild's eighth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). They won their first Northwest Division title this season.

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

The 2007 NHL entry draft took place in Columbus, Ohio, on June 22–23

The free agency period began on July 1.

Regular season

Divisional standings

Conference standings

Divisions: PA – Pacific, CE – Central, NW – Northwest

bold – qualified for playoffs, y – division winner, p – Presidents' Trophy winner

Playoffs

The Wild clinched a playoff spot for the 2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, but lost in the Quarterfinals to the Colorado Avalanche, four games to two.

Schedule and results

Regular season

Playoffs

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Awards and records

Records

Milestones

Transactions

The Wild have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007–08 season.

Trades

Free agents acquired

Free agents lost

Draft picks

Minnesota's picks at the 2007 NHL entry draft in Columbus, Ohio.

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This entry incorporates text from “2007–08 Minnesota Wild season” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.