Report: Wild’s Brock Faber expected to make season debut Saturday
Minnesota Wild defenseman Brock Faber is on track to make his regular-season debut Saturday night against the Boston Bruins, according to Sportsnet’s Frank Seravalli.
Faber, 24, has been out of the lineup late September after he suffered a fractured skull in a preseason game and underwent surgery.
The Wild placed Faber on injured reserve and said there was no timetable yet on a return.
Faber is coming off a 2025-26 campaign that saw him record 15 goals and 36 assists for 51 points in 80 games, averaging 24:41 of ice time per game. He also had four goals and six assists for 10 pogints in 11 Stanley Cup Playoff contests.
In three full NHL seasons, Faber, a 2020 second-round pick, has 33 goals and 94 assists for 127 points in 242 career regular-season games, averaging 25:01 of ice time during that span.
A native of Maple Grove, Minn., Faber also helped the U.S. men’s hockey team earn a gold medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. He also earned a gold medal at the 2021 World Junior Championships.
Faber played three seasons of college hockey at the University of Minnesota. In 97 career NCAA games, he scored seven goals and added 46 assists for 53 points.
The Wild are 13-3-4 with 30 points in their first 20 games of 2026-27, which going into Wednesday’s slate of action ranks first among all NHL teams. Forward Kirill Kaprizov is second in the league in goals with 17 and third in points with 32. Meanwhile, defenseman Quinn Hughes is tied for third among all skaters with 21 assists and tied for seventh in points with 27.
