SAINT PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota Wild President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Bill Guerin announced today that the NHL club has recalled goaltender Jesper Wallstedt from the Iowa Wild of the AHL under emergency conditions. The team has also placed forward Jakub Lauko on Injured Reserve.
Jesper Wallstedt, 22, has a 5-6-1 record with a 3.77 goals-against average (GAA), a .874 save percentage (SV%), and one shutout in 12 games with Iowa this season. Wallstedt made three starts for Minnesota during the 2023-24 season, posting a 2-1-0 record with a 3.01 GAA and a .897 SV%. The 6-foot-3, 214-pound native of Vasteras, Sweden, recorded his first career NHL shutout and win on April 7 in Chicago, stopping all 24 shots faced in the 4-0 victory. Wallstedt made his NHL debut on January 10, 2024, in Dallas.
In the 2023-24 AHL season, Wallstedt went 22-19-6 with a 2.70 GAA, .910 SV%, and two shutouts in 45 games with Iowa. He was twice named Howie’s Hockey Tape/AHL Player of the Week during the 2023-24 campaign. Wallstedt earned the honor for the week ending November 5 after going 2-0-0 with a .950 SV% in two starts, and again for the week ending December 3 after going 2-0-0 with a 1.50 GAA and .965 SV% in two starts. He is 45-40-10 with a 2.82 GAA, a .905 SV%, and four shutouts in 95 career AHL games over parts of three seasons with Iowa (2022-24).
Wallstedt was selected by the Wild in the first round (20th overall) of the 2021 NHL Draft. He wears sweater No. 30 with Minnesota.
