Article: The Minnesota Wild Are A Team Of Russian Nesting Dolls

[Mikki Tuohy]

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[Sam]

My grandma’s grandparents ( so my great-great-grandparents?) are Germans from Russia, and she has a bunch of these nesting doll things. I never realized they had a name. 

[Citizen Strife]

2025-2026 Numbers Game (23 Games Played)

Record: 12-7-4 (28 pts, 3rd in Central, 4th in Western Conference, 5th in NHL, 8-1-1 in L10)

 

Goals For: 2.87 Per Game (25th in NHL) (-6 spots)

Goals Against: 2.78 Per Game (8th in NHL) (+20 spots!)

PP: 25.6% (5th in NHL) (-1 spot)

PK: 75.9% (24th in NHL) (+1 spot)

 

Gustavsson: 6-7-2, 2.79 GAA (33rd in Goalies), .902 SV% (T-34th in Goalies)* (+18 spots, +2 spots)

Wallstedt: 6-0-2, 1.94 GAA (7th in Goalies), .935 SV% (T-3rd in Goalies)* (+41 spots, +49 spots)

 

*These are for all goalies with games. Goalie Rankings could be skewed due to differences in games played, when weighed against goalies with 6 or more starts. When taken into account for more starts, Gustavsson (25th in GAA, T-26th in SV%), Wallstedt (3rd in GAA, T-2nd in SV%)

 

Kaprizov: 13G, 14A, 27P (T-15th in NHL,_-12 spots), +1

Boldy: 13G, 12A, 25P (T-18th in NHL, +15 spots), +3

Johansson: 8G, 11A, 19P (T-58th in NHL, -19 spots), +9

Eriksson Ek*: 4G, 11A, 15P (T-113th in NHL), -1

Faber/Rossi*: 5,8G, 4,9A, 13P (T-133rd in NHL, Rossi down 89 spots), +1, -6

 

*Ek and Faber weren't in the Top 5, so their previous NHL ranks weren't listed in last update.

 

+/-

Highest: Johansson* (+9), Brodin* (+6), Bogosian (+4)

Lowest: Spurgeon*/Hinostroza/Jones (-5), Rossi/Tarasenko (-6), Buium/Foligno (-9)

*Previous Update: Mojo was +3, Brodin was 0, Spurgeon was -10