Wild include Liam Ohgren, Jesper Wallstedt on opening night roster

The Wild practiced with the team they will take into the regular season opener Monday morning, a roster that includes rookies Liam Ohgren, Marat Khusnutdinov and Jesper Wallstedt.

NHL teams have until 4 p.m.

CDT to finalize their 23-player rosters but this is the team Minnesota will ice when they play host to Columbus in a 7 p.m.

puck drop Thursday at Xcel Energy Center.

ADVERTISEMENT For now, the Wild will carry three goaltenders, rookie Wallstedt, Filip Gustavsson and Marc-Andre Fleury.

That is likely to change at times this season as the Wild use roster space to accommodate their schedule.

The Wild start the season with a pair of home games Thursday and Saturday, then play their next seven on the road, the rest of their October schedule.

Ohgren, the Wilds first-round pick in the 2022 entry draft (19th overall), made his NHL debut last spring after his professional team in Sweden was bounced from the playoffs.

A 6-foot, 188-pound wing, he had a goal and assist in four games.

I had a goal to make the team and to be up here for the whole season, Ohgren said.

I feel like Im on the right path.

I havent heard much, but it feels good Im still here.

Wallsted, a 6-3, 215-pound Swede, also made his NHL debut last season.

After a rough game at Dallas in January, he won two late starts at Chicago and San Jose.

This is definitely a goal that I wanted to do, Wallstedt, but (I have to) keep on working, take it day by day and continue to develop.

I want to play games.

So, theres always going to be new goals, too.

When you get to the goals they want to get to, there are always new goals coming up.

So now its time for the next one.

ADVERTISEMENT Forwards: Matt Boldy, Yakov Trenin, Joel Eriksson Ek, Marcus Foligno, Khusnutdinov, Marco Rossi, Ohgren, Mats Zuccarello, Ryan Hartman, Freddy Gaudreau, Marcus Johansson, Jakub Lauko and Kirill Kaprizov.

Defensemen: Jon Merrill, Jake Middleton, Brock Faber, Zach Bogosian, Jonas Brodin, Jared Spurgeon and Declan Chisholm.

Goaltenders: Marc-Andre Fleury, Wallstedt, Filip Gustavsson.

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