L1
high · 54%7/7 GP- Eriksson EkJoel Eriksson EkC · 14:17 EV/GP · 78%
- KaprizovKirill KaprizovLW · 16:46 EV/GP · 98%
- BoldyMatt BoldyLW · 15:01 EV/GP · 100%
57:31 together14% of team 5v5 time
- 62.6%
- GF%
- 100.0%
- 69.6%
- 69.1%
Minnesota Wild Line Combinations & PP1 Units Today
View the Wild's current line combinations, power play units, and penalty kill pairings. See who's on PP1, which defensemen are killing penalties, and track time on ice trends.
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Over the first 7 games of 2026-27, Joel Eriksson Ek, Kirill Kaprizov and Matt Boldy have formed the Wild top line at 5-on-5 (the trio that plays the most per game), together for 57:31 (14% of team time). Jared Spurgeon and Quinn Hughes lead the blue line as the top pair. PP1 is Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Hughes, Boldy and Shabanov, taking 63% of the power-play time.
Since last game (Oct 13):no PP1 changes flagged
Minnesota Wild · season stats · power play|League boards: best forward lines (CF%) · defence pairs (CF%) · PP units (GF/60)
Line Watch
Changes vs each player's previous 5 gamesZach Bogosian moved up to D2 from D3 (last game)
Line promotion · Oct 8
Wild injuries (8)ShowHide
Injured players stay in the shift-based units until they drop out of the sample; their tags show on the units below. "Returning" is approximate: cleared from the injury report in the last 3 days · injury report checked Oct 14, 5:40 PM ET.
- Brock FaberIR· ~1d
Injured reserve (skull), est. return Oct 15 (back in about 1 day, ESPN estimate)
- Filip GustavssonIR-LT· ~18d
Long-term injured reserve (hip), est. return Nov 1 (back in about 18 days, ESPN estimate)
- Marcus FolignoIR· ~1d
Injured reserve (lower body), est. return Oct 15 (back in about 1 day, ESPN estimate)
- Nick FolignoIR· ~4d
Injured reserve (upper body), est. return Oct 18 (back in about 4 days, ESPN estimate)
- Nico SturmIR· ~6d
Injured reserve (upper body), est. return Oct 20 (back in about 6 days, ESPN estimate)
Day-to-day (upper body)
Healthy scratch 7 straight games
Healthy scratch 7 straight games
Track Minnesota Wild line changes daily
Lines here come from real NHL shift data, refreshed after every game. Line Watch flags PP1 promotions, line moves and ice-time jumps as soon as they show up; email alerts for your own players are next.
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Forward lines, defense pairs, power play and penalty kill units built from real game shift data for the Wild. Tap "Mates" on any player to see who he plays with.
Shift-based lines from the first 7 games of 2026-27 through 2026-10-13. Not confirmed lines for tonight. Only 7 2026-27 games so far, so the lines use this season only (Last 20 adds 2025-26 games). Players no longer on the team are excluded.
Forward lines (5v5)
L2
low · 17%6/7 GP- ColemanBlake ColemanLW · 12:14 EV/GP · 41%
- YurovDanila YurovRW · 11:13 EV/GP · 33%
- ShabanovMaxim ShabanovRW · 11:59 EV/GP · 30%
13:47 together3% of team 5v5 time
- 61.8%
- GF%
- 0.0%
- 57.7%
- 58.5%
L3
low · 25%6/7 GP- HartmanRyan HartmanRW · 12:07 EV/GP · 32%
- TreninYakov TreninC · 11:05 EV/GP · 18%
- BrinkBobby BrinkRW · 10:53 EV/GP · 15%
20:01 together5% of team 5v5 time
- 45.5%
- GF%
- 0.0%
- 50.3%
- 50.6%
L4
medium · 41%3/7 GP- FolignoNick FolignoIR· ~4dLW · 8:37 EV/GP · 3.3%
- FolignoMarcus FolignoIR· ~1dLW · 11:23 EV/GP · 4.1%
- McCarronMichael McCarronC · 10:45 EV/GP · 11%
19:50 together5% of team 5v5 time
- 64.7%
- GF%
- 100.0%
- 70.8%
- 69.6%
Defense pairs (5v5)
D1
high · 72%6/7 GP- SpurgeonJared SpurgeonDTDD · 17:12 EV/GP · 52%
- HughesQuinn HughesD · 22:40 EV/GP · 100%
94:47 together23% of team 5v5 time
- 57.9%
- GF%
- 66.7%
- 62.3%
- 62.4%
D2
high · 57%5/7 GP- BrodinJonas BrodinD · 17:36 EV/GP · 5.0%
- MaattaOlli MaattaD · 17:12 EV/GP · 0.2%
64:12 together16% of team 5v5 time
- 47.0%
- GF%
- 0.0%
- 39.6%
- 40.5%
D3
high · 51%6/7 GP- BogosianZach BogosianReturningD · 13:51 EV/GP · 0.3%
- HuntDaemon HuntD · 11:04 EV/GP · 0.1%
41:15 together10% of team 5v5 time
- 39.0%
- GF%
- 25.0%
- 39.4%
- 38.9%
Power play units
Team PP time: 34:30 (4:56 per game)
PP1
high · 89%7/7 GP- Eriksson EkJoel Eriksson EkC · 2:56 PP/GP · 78%
- KaprizovKirill KaprizovLW · 3:09 PP/GP · 98%
- HughesQuinn HughesD · 3:22 PP/GP · 100%
- BoldyMatt BoldyLW · 3:16 PP/GP · 100%
- ShabanovMaxim ShabanovRW · 2:56 PP/GP · 30%
21:35 together63% of team PP time
- 82.1%
- GF%
- 100.0%
- 85.3%
- 84.8%
PP2
high · 62%6/7 GP- SpurgeonJared SpurgeonDTDD · 0:44 PP/GP · 52%
- ColemanBlake ColemanLW · 0:59 PP/GP · 41%
- HartmanRyan HartmanRW · 1:03 PP/GP · 32%
- BrinkBobby BrinkRW · 1:09 PP/GP · 15%
- YurovDanila YurovRW · 0:47 PP/GP · 33%
5:05 together15% of team PP time
- 90.9%
- GF%
- 100.0%
- 97.8%
- 97.9%
- Returning: Brock Faber is due back in about 1 day (ESPN est. Oct 15). D1: Jonas Brodin (back to D2) likely loses it.
PP units share players: a skater who stays out for most of the advantage can appear on both.
Penalty kill units
PK1 forwards
high · 59%7/7 GP- ColemanBlake ColemanLW · 1:53 PK/GP · 41%
- McCarronMichael McCarronC · 2:56 PK/GP · 11%
9:54 together18% of team PK time
- 10.5%
- GF%
- 0.0%
- 0.5%
- 0.5%
PK2 forwards
high · 61%6/7 GP- Eriksson EkJoel Eriksson EkC · 1:32 PK/GP · 78%
- BoldyMatt BoldyLW · 1:49 PK/GP · 100%
7:11 together13% of team PK time
- 11.1%
- GF%
- —
- 38.2%
- 39.7%
PK1 defense
high · 69%6/7 GP- SpurgeonJared SpurgeonDTDD · 3:19 PK/GP · 52%
- BrodinJonas BrodinD · 3:17 PK/GP · 5.0%
14:49 together27% of team PK time
- 10.3%
- GF%
- —
- 12.0%
- 12.5%
PK2 defense
high · 50%4/7 GP- BogosianZach BogosianReturningD · 2:18 PK/GP · 0.3%
- MaattaOlli MaattaD · 3:15 PK/GP · 0.2%
8:19 together15% of team PK time
- 30.0%
- GF%
- —
- 38.1%
- 36.4%
Extras and rotating players
Lines and pairs are the disjoint groups with the most shared ice time, numbered by role: L1 is the trio whose players average the most even-strength plus power-play ice time per game, D1 the pair with the most total ice time. TOI share is the exact unit's time over the team's time at that strength. Confidence is how much of its players' own ice time the exact unit accounts for. CF% and GF% are on-ice shot-attempt and goal shares while the unit was out.
Line chemistry
Wild 5v5 shared ice time, last 20 games
Wild line chemistry: 18 skaters; the most-used pairing is Quinn Hughes and Brock Faber with 230:09 together.
- Forward (size = TOI)
- Defence
- xGF% ≥ 55
- xGF% ≈ 50
- xGF% ≤ 45
33 pairings under 20:00 together hidden
- Hughes + Faber230:09 · 53.1%
- Kaprizov + Hughes196:16 · 55.4%
- Eriksson Ek + Boldy169:38 · 54.6%
- Hughes + Boldy168:37 · 55.6%
- Hartman + Kaprizov148:31 · 52.5%
- Hartman + Hughes135:51 · 50.3%
- Eriksson Ek + Hughes122:05 · 56.5%
- Spurgeon + Hughes116:09 · 60.2%
- Kaprizov + Faber115:02 · 55.9%
- Kaprizov + Boldy111:38 · 62.4%
- Johansson + Boldy106:13 · 38.9%
- Spurgeon + Kaprizov101:53 · 57.0%
Line river
Wild forward lines game by game, last 7 games
Wild forward lines over 7 games: each ribbon is a player moving between units.
- Kirill Kaprizov
- Joel Eriksson Ek
- Matt Boldy
- Maxim Shabanov
- Danila Yurov
- Blake Coleman
- Others
Minnesota Wild Line Combinations FAQ
Who is on the Minnesota Wild power play?
The Minnesota Wild power play units are determined by actual ice time data from recent games. Check the Power play units section above to see which players are currently on PP1 (the primary power play unit) and PP2 (the secondary unit) for the Wild. PP1 players typically get the most man-advantage ice time and have the best scoring opportunities.
Who kills penalties for the Minnesota Wild?
The Wild's penalty kill units are shown in the Penalty kill units section above. This data shows which forward pairs and defensive pairs spend the most time together when the Wild are shorthanded. Top PK players are valuable for fantasy hockey in leagues that count shorthanded points, blocks, and hits.
What are the current Minnesota Wild line combinations?
The Minnesota Wild line combinations shown above are calculated from actual NHL shift data, not projected lineups. Each forward line and defense pair is the group of players with the most shared ice time at 5-on-5, numbered by role (L1 is the trio that plays the most per game), and the confidence badge shows how settled that unit is. Tap Mates on any player to see everyone he shares the ice with.
How often are Minnesota Wild line combinations updated?
Minnesota Wild line combinations are updated daily based on the most recent game data. You can filter by game range (Last Game, Last 5, Last 10, Last 20, or Season) to see how line combinations have evolved over time. Recent data gives you the most current picture of how the coaching staff is deploying players.
Which Minnesota Wild players are seeing increased ice time?
Check the Line Watch panel for Wild players who moved up a line, joined PP1 or saw a jump in ice time compared with their previous five games. You can also compare the "Last Game" filter to "Last 10" or "Season": players with higher TOI recently may be getting promoted, while decreasing ice time could signal a demotion. This is valuable information for fantasy hockey waiver wire decisions.
Are Minnesota Wild injuries affecting the line combinations?
If the Minnesota Wild have injured players, you'll see an injury banner near the top of this page. Injuries to key players often create opportunities for other players to move up in the lineup or earn power play time. Check the injury status to understand why certain line combinations might look different than expected.
How does Minnesota Wild split power play time between PP1 and PP2?
Some teams give significantly more ice time to PP1, while others split it more evenly. The Power play units section shows each unit's share of the Wild power play time and each player's average PP TOI per game. If PP2 players are getting substantial ice time, they may have more fantasy value than PP2 players on other teams.
Who are the top Minnesota Wild fantasy hockey players based on line combinations?
For fantasy hockey, prioritize Wild players who appear on PP1 and play on the top lines at 5-on-5. Players on the first line who also appear on PP1 are getting the most opportunity. Look for defensemen who play both PP and PK for maximum peripheral stats (blocks, hits, shots).