ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Kirill Marchenko scored his fourth NHL hat trick, and Elvis Merzlikins made 48 saves for the Columbus Blue Jackets in a 7-4 win against the Minnesota Wild at Grand Casino Arena on Saturday. “I just know I will score if I have a lot of shots,” Marchenko said. “Supposed to be going in. Just every chance that you seek.”

The Minnesota Wild begin their 2025–26 campaign Thursday night on the road against the St. Louis Blues.The Wild held one last practice Wednesday morning before hitting the road. Wild defenseman, Jonas Brodin was on the ice,

The<a href=" Minnesota Wild made a big mov eon trade deadline day last season. They traded Marat Khustnutdinov, Jakub Lauko and a 2026 sixth round pick to the <a href=" Bruins for Justin Brazeau who had ten goal sand ten assists in 57 games with the Bruins.

The Minnesota Wild had to make some last minute choices the day they submitted their opening night roster and it had to do with injuries.

Ahead of the opener, let's take a look at the Wild's projected lines and go over some injuries of note. This is how the Wild's forward group looked in their final tune-up practice on Wednesday, via Michael Russo of The Athletic.

The North Stars started the 1992-93 season in St. Louis on a Thursday night, then played the Blues in the home opener two nights later. This was the 26th year at Met Center for our originals in the modern NHL.

If you read centuries-old stories, you'll know the worst thing for anyone is to know their fate. In Macbeth, the title character, Corey Macbeth, is told he'll be King of Scotland, and uses that insight as permission to do terrible things.