StaTuesday: Wild players on franchise all-time leaderboard
The Minnesota Wild begin their 15th season Thursday and as the year goes along several players have a chance to move up the franchise's all-time leaderboard.
Specifically, start tracking the statistics of Mikko Koivu, Zach Parise and Ryan Suter. Koivu, the team's No. 1 overall pick in 2001, already is the Wild's all-time leader in points and assists, but here's a look at some other categories in which Minnesota players can move up this season.
Games played
If Koivu can stay healthy, he'll be No. 1 overall three-fourths of the way into the season.
WILD ALL-TIME GAMES PLAYED
| PLAYER | GAMES |
| Nick Schultz | 743 |
| Mikko Koivu | 681 |
| Pierre-Marc Bouchard | 565 |
| Marian Gaborik | 502 |
| Andrew Brunette | 489 |
Goals
Koivu won't move up, but Parise has a chance to move up to No. 4 -- and No. 3 if he can put up 40 goals, which Wild fans certainly wouldn't mind.
WILD ALL-TIME GOALS
| PLAYER | GOALS |
| Marian Gaborik | 219 |
|
Mikko Koivu |
144 |
| Andrew Brunette | 119 |
| Pierre-Marc Bouchard | 106 |
| Brian Rolston | 96 |
| Wes Walz | 82 |
|
Zach Parise |
80 |
Assists
Again, Koivu is already No. 1, but Ryan Suter, heading into his fourth season with the Wild, is poised to make the top-five this season.
WILD ALL-TIME ASSISTS
| PLAYER | ASSISTS |
| Mikko Koivu | 356 |
| Pierre-Marc Bouchard | 241 |
| Marian Gaborik | 218 |
| Andrew Brunette | 202 |
| Brent Burns | 128 |
| Nick Schultz |
102 |
| Wes Walz |
100 |
| Ryan Suter | 99 |
| Flip Kuba | 99 |
Points
Parise needs just 47 points to move into fifth place all-time. Seeing as how he had 62 points last season and 56 in 2013-14, that's more than doable.
WILD ALL-TIME POINTS
| PLAYER | POINTS |
| Mikko Koivu | 500 |
| Marian Gaborik | 437 |
| Pierre-Marc Bouchard | 347 |
| Andrew Brunette | 321 |
| Brian Rolston | 202 |
| Brent Burns | 183 |
| Wes Walz | 182 |
| Kyle Brodziak | 169 |
|
Zach Parise |
156 |
Game-winning goals
Wild fans no doubt would like to see Parise and/or Jason Pominville move well up on this list this season.
WILD ALL-TIME GAME-WINNING GOALS
| PLAYER | GW GOALS |
| Marian Gaborik | 43 |
|
Mikko Koivu |
25 |
| Brian Rolston |
21 |
| Pierre-Marc Bouchard | 19 |
| Andrew Brunette | 16 |
| Wes Walz | 15 |
| Brent Burns | 13 |
|
Zach Parise |
12 |
| Atti Miettinen | 11 |
| Eric Belanger | 10 |
| Jason Pominville | 10 |
Shots
Not necessarily a statistic that people keep track of, but it is a stat nonetheless and Koivu is poised to be the all-time leader while Parise is also working his way up.
WILD-ALL-TIME SHOTS
| PLAYER | SHOTS |
| Marian Gaborik | 1,694 |
| Mikko Koivu | 1,657 |
| Pierre-Marc Bouchard | 928 |
| Brian Rolston | 887 |
| Brent Burns | 794 |
| Pascal Dupuis | 729 |
| Kyle Brodziak | 715 |
| Cal Clutterbuck | 711 |
| Zach Parise | 686 |
