Kirill Kaprizov’s Eight-Year Deal with Minnesota Wild: What This Blockbuster Contract Means for the NHL’s Future
SAINT PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota Wild President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Bill Guerin today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has signed left wing Kirill Kaprizov to an eight-year, $136 million contract extension ($17 million average annual value) that begins in the 2026-27 season and goes through the 2033-34 season.
Kaprizov, 28 (4/26/97), owns 386 points (185-201=386), 62 power-play goals (PPG), 27 game-winning goals (GWG), 1,129 shots, a 20:24 time-on-ice per game average (TOI/G) and a plus-71 rating in 319 games played across five NHL seasons (2020-25), all with Minnesota. The 5-foot-10 native of Novokuznetsk, Russia, has also tallied 21 points (15-6=21), eight PPG and 76 shots in 25 career Stanley Cup Playoff games. Kaprizov is the Wild’s all-time franchise leader in points per game average (1.21), goals per game average (0.58) and overtime goals (10) and ranks second in PPGs and multi-goal games (35), fourth in goals and GWG, and fifth in points. He holds franchise records for longest point streak (14 games, 9-12=21, 11/9 – 12/9/22), longest goal streak (seven games, 7-6=13, 11/23 – 12/7/22) and longest assist streak (nine games, 4-11=15, 11/11 – 12/1/22). Among franchise forwards, Kaprizov holds the highest all-time plus-minus rating and ranks second in career TOI/G average.
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