The Wild on Wednesday signed prospect Marat Khusnutdinov to a two-year, entry-level contract that runs through next season.

Khusnutdinov, 21, recorded six goals and 20 points in 49 games with HK Sochi of the Kontinental Hockey League this season and is expected to join the Wild as soon as he can get his work visa.

Wild general manager Bill Guerin is scheduled to talk to reporters early this evening.

The 5-foot-11, 176-pound native of Moscow amassed 11 goals and 41 points in 63 games for SKA St. Petersburg of the KHL in 2022-23. That tied him with the New York Rangers’ Artemi Panarin for the seventh-highest single-season point total in KHL history by a player 20 years or younger.

It also made Khusnutdinov the youngest player in SKA St. Petersburg history to reach 50 career points (116 games). In 162 total KHL games, Khusnutdinov amassed 22 goals and 75 points with a plus-6 rating.

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