The Minnesota Wild used 29 players in the 2008-09 season, with a 40-33-9 record. Mikko Koivu led the team with 67 points (20 goals, 47 assists) in 79 games. Niklas Backstrom played the most games in goal (71).
| # | Player — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Streak | G — sort by goals ⇅ | A — sort by assists ⇅ | PTS — sort by points ▼ | P/GP — sort by points per game ⇅ | PPG — sort by power-play goals ⇅ | SOG — sort by shots on goal ⇅ | HIT — sort by hits ⇅ | BLK — sort by blocked shots ⇅ | PIM — sort by penalty minutes ⇅ | TOI — sort by average ice time ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mikko Koivu 🇫🇮 C 26 | 79 | 🔥 3 | 20 | 47 | 67 | 0.85 | 5 | 236 | 45 | 36 | 66 | 21:29 |
| 2 | Andrew Brunette 🇨🇦 LW 35 | 80 | 🔥 3 | 22 | 28 | 50 | 0.62 | 9 | 118 | 22 | 13 | 18 | 16:56 |
| 3 | Pierre-Marc Bouchard 🇨🇦 C 24 | 71 | 🔥 1 | 16 | 30 | 46 | 0.65 | 2 | 142 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 16:58 |
| 4 | Owen Nolan 🇬🇧 RW 37 | 59 | 🔥 1 | 25 | 20 | 45 | 0.76 | 12 | 148 | 37 | 12 | 26 | 16:23 |
| 5 | Antti Miettinen 🇫🇮 RW 28 | 82 | 🧊 4 | 15 | 29 | 44 | 0.54 | 4 | 186 | 69 | 27 | 32 | 18:16 |
| 6 | Marek Zidlicky 🇨🇿 D 32 | 76 | 🔥 2 | 12 | 30 | 42 | 0.55 | 10 | 147 | 74 | 95 | 76 | 22:06 |
| 7 | Eric Belanger 🇨🇦 C 31 | 79 | 🔥 1 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 0.46 | 4 | 147 | 45 | 48 | 26 | 17:50 |
| 8 | Marc-Andre Bergeron 🇨🇦 D 28 | 72 | 🔥 2 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 0.44 | 7 | 140 | 30 | 68 | 30 | 16:54 |
| 9 | Brent Burns 🇨🇦 D 24 | 59 | 🔥 1 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 0.46 | 4 | 147 | 58 | 62 | 45 | 22:25 |
| 10 | James Sheppard 🇨🇦 C 20 | 82 | 🧊 1 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 0.29 | 0 | 88 | 69 | 47 | 41 | 15:10 |
| 11 | Kim Johnsson 🇸🇪 D 33 | 81 | 🧊 1 | 2 | 22 | 24 | 0.30 | 1 | 93 | 36 | 142 | 44 | 24:31 |
| 12 | Marian Gaborik 🇸🇰 RW 27 | 17 | 🔥 7 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 1.35 | 2 | 68 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 19:59 |
| 13 | Stephane Veilleux 🇨🇦 LW 27 | 81 | 🧊 1 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 0.28 | 0 | 146 | 98 | 31 | 40 | 15:47 |
| 14 | Cal Clutterbuck 🇨🇦 RW 21 | 78 | 🧊 1 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 0.23 | 1 | 136 | 356 | 39 | 76 | 13:00 |
| 15 | Martin Skoula 🇨🇿 D 29 | 81 | 🔥 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 0.20 | 0 | 55 | 57 | 126 | 10 | 19:57 |
| 16 | Benoit Pouliot 🇨🇦 LW 22 | 37 | 🧊 6 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0.30 | 2 | 34 | 21 | 2 | 18 | 11:50 |
| 17 | Nick Schultz 🇨🇦 D 26 | 79 | 🧊 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0.14 | 0 | 48 | 78 | 152 | 31 | 20:33 |
| 18 | Dan Fritsche 🇺🇸 C 23 | 34 | 🔥 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0.26 | 1 | 34 | 35 | 10 | 10 | 11:09 |
| 19 | Peter Olvecky 🇸🇰 LW 23 | 31 | 🧊 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.23 | 0 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 8:55 |
| 20 | Colton Gillies 🇨🇦 C 20 | 45 | 🧊 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.16 | 0 | 22 | 55 | 9 | 18 | 8:13 |
| 21 | Krys Kolanos 🇨🇦 C 27 | 21 | 🧊 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.29 | 1 | 30 | 37 | 3 | 16 | 10:36 |
| 22 | Kurtis Foster 🇨🇦 D 27 | 10 | 🔥 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.60 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 13:35 |
| 23 | Craig Weller 🇨🇦 RW 28 | 36 | 🧊 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.08 | 1 | 27 | 61 | 12 | 47 | 6:57 |
| 24 | Derek Boogaard 🇨🇦 LW 26 | 51 | 🧊 23 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.06 | 0 | 13 | 62 | 4 | 87 | 4:59 |
| 25 | Erik Reitz 🇺🇸 D 26 | 31 | 🧊 29 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.06 | 0 | 15 | 58 | 34 | 41 | 9:51 |
| 26 | John Scott 🇨🇦 LW 26 | 20 | 🧊 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.05 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 9:14 |
| 27 | Tomas Mojzis 🇨🇿 D 26 | 4 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7:14 |
| Team totals · 27 skaters | 82 | 214 | 370 | 584 | 7.12 | 66 | 2257 | 1468 | 1033 | 861 |
| # | Goalie — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Share of games | W — sort by wins ⇅ | GAA — sort by goals against average ⇅ | SV% — sort by save percentage ▼ | SV — sort by saves ⇅ | GA — sort by goals against ⇅ | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josh Harding 🇨🇦 G 24 | 19 | 3 | 1.68 | 0.929 | 421 | 32 | — | |
| 2 | Niklas Backstrom 🇫🇮 G 31 | 71 | 37 | 2.24 | 0.923 | 1900 | 159 | — |
59% of this roster was born in Canada, against 52% across the league. The team leans on Finland: 10% of its players, against 4% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 52% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 17 |
|
+7 | 304 (52%) | Brunette, Bouchard, Belanger, Bergeron +13 |
| Czechia | 3 |
|
+4 | 59 (10%) | Zidlicky, Skoula, Mojzis |
| Finland | 3 |
|
+6 | 111 (19%) | Koivu, Miettinen, Backstrom |
| Slovakia | 2 |
|
+5 | 30 (5%) | Gaborik, Olvecky |
| United States | 2 |
|
-15 | 11 (2%) | Fritsche, Reitz |
| United Kingdom | 1 |
|
+3 | 45 (8%) | Nolan |
| Sweden | 1 |
|
-2 | 24 (4%) | Johnsson |
Mikko Koivu led the Minnesota Wild in scoring in 2008-09 with 67 points — 20 goals and 47 assists in 79 games. Next came Andrew Brunette (50) and Pierre-Marc Bouchard (46).
Owen Nolan scored 25 goals for the Minnesota Wild in 2008-09, 12 of them on the power play.
The Minnesota Wild dressed 29 players in 2008-09: 27 skaters and 2 goalies. Together the skaters scored 214 goals.
Niklas Backstrom played the most games in goal for the Minnesota Wild in 2008-09: 71 games, 37 wins, a 0.923 save percentage and a 2.24 goals against average. Josh Harding was the backup, in 19 games.
Kim Johnsson averaged 24:31 of ice time per game for the Minnesota Wild in 2008-09, the most on the roster.
The average age was 26.8 years. Colton Gillies was the youngest at 20, and Owen Nolan the oldest at 37.
The Minnesota Wild used 29 players in 2008-09 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 17 in Canada, 3 in Czechia and 3 in Finland. The other 6 came from Slovakia, United States, United Kingdom and Sweden. League-wide that season, 52% of players were born in Canada, against 59% on this roster.