2021–22 Minnesota Wild season

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2021–22 Minnesota Wild
Division 2nd Central
Conference 2nd Western
2021–22 record 53–22–7
Home record 31–8–2
Road record 22–14–5
Goals for 310
Goals against 253
Team information
General Manager Bill Guerin
Coach Dean Evason
Captain Jared Spurgeon
Alternate captains Matt Dumba
Marcus Foligno
Arena Xcel Energy Center
Average attendance 18,542[1]
Team leaders
Goals Kirill Kaprizov (47)
Assists Kirill Kaprizov (61)
Points Kirill Kaprizov (108)
Penalties in minutes Brandon Duhaime (122)
Plus/minus Alex Goligoski (+41)
Wins Cam Talbot (32)
Goals against average Marc-Andre Fleury (2.74)
<2020–21 2022–23>

The 2021–22 Minnesota Wild season was the 22nd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.[2] The Wild clinched a playoff spot after a 5–4 overtime win against the San Jose Sharks, which would be their ninth postseason appearance in the last 10 seasons.[3]

Standings

Divisional standings

Central Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 Arizona Coyotes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Chicago Blackhawks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Colorado Avalanche 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dallas Stars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Minnesota Wild 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Nashville Predators 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 St. Louis Blues 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Winnipeg Jets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First game(s) will be played on October 12, 2021. Source: National Hockey League[4]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Conference standings

Western Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 CE x – Dallas Stars 82 46 30 6 31 238 246 −8 98
2 CE x – Nashville Predators 82 45 30 7 35 266 252 +14 97
3 PA e – Vegas Golden Knights 82 43 31 8 34 266 248 +18 94
4 PA e – Vancouver Canucks 82 40 30 12 32 249 236 +13 92
5 CE e – Winnipeg Jets 82 39 32 11 32 252 257 −5 89
6 PA e – San Jose Sharks 82 32 37 13 22 214 264 −50 77
7 PA e – Anaheim Ducks 82 31 37 14 22 232 271 −39 76
8 CE e – Chicago Blackhawks 82 28 42 12 16 219 291 −72 68
9 PA e – Seattle Kraken 82 27 49 6 23 216 285 −69 60
10 CE e – Arizona Coyotes 82 25 50 7 18 207 313 −106 57
Source: National Hockey League[5]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; x – Clinched playoff spot.

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on July 22, 2021, with only about a handful of games scheduled in February because NHL players are planning to participate in the 2022 Winter Olympics.[6]

2021–22 game log

Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

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2022 Stanley Cup playoffs

Legend:       Win       Loss

Player statistics

As of May 13, 2022

Skaters

Goaltenders

Regular season[100]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Cam Talbot 49 48 2,864:23 32 12 4 132 2.76 1,488 .911 3 0 1 2
Kaapo Kahkonen 25 23 1,380:05 12 8 3 66 2.87 734 .910 0 0 1 2
Marc-André Fleury 11 11 657:54 9 2 0 30 2.74 334 .910 0 0 1 0
Playoffs[101]
Player GP GS TOI W L GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Marc-Andre Fleury 5 5 296:28 2 3 15 3.04 159 .906 0 0 0 0
Cam Talbot 1 1 57:53 0 1 4 4.14 26 .846 0 0 0 0

Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Wild. Stats reflect time with the Wild only.
Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Wild only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Current roster

Updated December 22, 2015.[102]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
32 Finland Niklas Backstrom G L 46 2006 Helsinki, Finland
25 Sweden Jonas Brodin D L 30 2011 Karlstad, Sweden
18 United States Ryan Carter C L 40 2014 White Bear Lake, Minnesota
3 United States Charlie Coyle C R 32 2011 Weymouth, Massachusetts
40 Canada Devan Dubnyk G L 38 2015 Regina, Saskatchewan
24 Canada Matt Dumba D R 29 2012 Regina, Saskatchewan
14 Canada Justin Fontaine RW R 36 2011 Bonnyville, Alberta
64 Finland Mikael Granlund C L 32 2010 Oulu, Finland
56 Finland Erik Haula C L 33 2009 Pori, Finland
9 Finland Mikko Koivu (C) C L 41 2001 Turku, Finland
35 Canada Darcy Kuemper G L 34 2009 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
22 Switzerland Nino Niederreiter RW L 31 2013 Chur, Switzerland
11 United States Zach Parise (A) LW L 39 2012 Minneapolis, Minnesota
29 United States Jason Pominville RW R 41 2013 Repentigny, Quebec
7 Canada Chris Porter LW L 40 2015 Toronto, Ontario
39 United States Nate Prosser D R 38 2010 Elk River, Minnesota
6 Canada Marco Scandella D L 34 2008 Montreal, Quebec
46 Canada Jared Spurgeon D R 34 2010 Edmonton, Alberta
19 Canada Jarret Stoll C R 42 2015 Melville, Saskatchewan
20 United States Ryan Suter (A) D L 39 2012 Madison, Wisconsin
26 Austria Thomas Vanek LW R 40 2014 Baden bei Wien, Austria
16 United States Jason Zucker LW L 32 2010 Newport Beach, California

Transactions

The Wild have been involved in the following transactions during the 2021–22 season.

Trades

Date Details Ref
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) To Edmonton Oilers
1st-round pick in 2021 (Xavier Bourgault)
PIT 3rd-round pick in 2021 (Luca Munzenberger)
To Minnesota Wild
1st-round pick in 2021 (Jesper Wallstedt)
[103]
July 24, 2021 (2021-07-24) To Montreal Canadiens
5th-round pick in 2021 (Joshua Roy)
7th-round pick in 2021 (Joe Vrbetic)
To Minnesota Wild
4th-round pick in 2021 (Josh Pillar)
[104]
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28) To Toronto Maple Leafs
Brennan Menell
To Minnesota Wild
Conditional1 7th-round pick in 2022
[105]
December 29, 2021 (2021-12-29) To St. Louis Blues
Will Bitten
To Minnesota Wild
Nolan Stevens
[106]
February 12, 2022 (2022-02-12) To Montreal Canadiens
Andrew Hammond
To Minnesota Wild
Brandon Baddock
[107]
March 15, 2022 (2022-03-15) To Colorado Avalanche
Nico Sturm
To Minnesota Wild
Tyson Jost
[108]
March 19, 2022 (2022-03-19) To Anaheim Ducks
3rd-round pick in 2023
To Minnesota Wild
Nicolas Deslauriers
[109]
March 20, 2022 (2022-03-20) To Arizona Coyotes
Jack McBain
To Minnesota Wild
VAN 2nd-round pick in 2022
[110]
March 21, 2022 (2022-03-21) To San Jose Sharks
Kaapo Kahkonen
5th-round pick in 2022
To Minnesota Wild
Jacob Middleton
[111]
March 21, 2022 (2022-03-21) To Chicago Blackhawks
Conditional2 2nd-round pick in 2022
To Minnesota Wild
Marc-Andre Fleury
[111]

Notes:

  1. Minnesota will receive a 7th-round pick in 2022 if Mennell plays 30 games for Toronto in 2021–22; otherwise no pick will be exchanged.
  2. Chicago will receive Minnesota's 1st-round pick in 2022 if they reach the 2022 Western Conference Final and Fleury has at least four wins in the first two rounds; otherwise they will receive a 2nd-round pick.

Players acquired

Date Player Former team Term Via Ref
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28) Frederick Gaudreau Pittsburgh Penguins 2-year Free agency [112]
Alex Goligoski Arizona Coyotes 1-year Free agency [113]
Joe Hicketts Detroit Red Wings 2-year Free agency [114]
Dmitry Kulikov Edmonton Oilers 2-year Free agency [115]
Jon Lizotte Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL) 1-year Free agency [116]
Dominic Turgeon Detroit Red Wings 1-year Free agency [117]
July 29, 2021 (2021-07-29) Kevin Czuczman Pittsburgh Penguins 1-year Free agency [118]
Jon Merrill Montreal Canadiens 1-year Free agency [119]
August 27, 2021 (2021-08-27) Jordie Benn Winnipeg Jets 1-year Free agency [120]
October 5, 2021 (2021-10-05) Rem Pitlick Nashville Predators Waivers [121]
January 4, 2022 (2022-01-04) Zane McIntyre Tucson Roadrunners (AHL) 1-year Free agency [122]

Players lost

Date Player New team Term Via Ref
July 13, 2021 (2021-07-13) Zach Parise New York Islanders 1-year Buy-out [123]
Ryan Suter Dallas Stars 4-year Buy-out [123]
July 21, 2021 (2021-07-21) Carson Soucy Seattle Kraken Expansion draft [124]
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28) Louie Belpedio Montreal Canadiens 1-year Free agency [125]
Nick Bonino San Jose Sharks 2-year Free agency [126]
Ian Cole Carolina Hurricanes 1-year Free agency [127]
Gabriel Dumont Tampa Bay Lightning 1-year Free agency [128]
Brad Hunt Vancouver Canucks 1-year Free agency [129]
Luke Johnson Winnipeg Jets 1-year Free agency [130]
Gerald Mayhew Philadelphia Flyers 1-year Free agency [131]
Ryan Suter Dallas Stars 4-year Free agency [132]
August 6, 2021 (2021-08-06) Marcus Johansson Seattle Kraken 1-year Free agency [133]
October 2, 2021 (2021-10-02) Matt Bartkowski Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL) 1-year Free agency [134]
November 24, 2021 (2021-11-24) Ivan Lodnia Contract termination [135]
November 24, 2021 (2021-11-24) Ivan Lodnia Chicago Wolves (AHL) 1-year Free agency [136]
January 12, 2022 (2022-01-12) Rem Pitlick Montreal Canadiens Waivers [137]

Signings

Date Player Term Contract type Ref
July 18, 2021 (2021-07-18) Joseph Cramarossa 2-year Re-signing [138]
July 26, 2021 (2021-07-26) Andrew Hammond 1-year Re-signing [139]
July 27, 2021 (2021-07-27) Dakota Mermis 2-year Re-signing [140]
Kyle Rau 1-year Re-signing [141]
July 29, 2021 (2021-07-29) Brandon Duhaime 2-year Re-signing [142]
August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08) Will Bitten 1-year Re-signing [143]
August 16, 2021 (2021-08-16) Kevin Fiala 1-year Re-signing [144]
August 17, 2021 (2021-08-17) Mason Shaw 2-year Re-signing [145]
August 25, 2021 (2021-08-25) Carson Lambos 3-year Entry-level [146]
September 21, 2021 (2021-09-21) Kirill Kaprizov 5-year Re-signing [147]
January 11, 2022 (2022-01-11) Jon Merrill 3-year Extension [148]
January 31, 2022 (2022-01-31) Jordan Greenway 3-year Extension [149]
March 23, 2022 (2022-03-23) Vladislav Firstov 3-year Entry-level [150]
March 29, 2022 (2022-03-29) Sam Hentges 2-year Entry-level [151]
March 30, 2022 (2022-03-30) Alex Goligoski 2-year Extension [152]
April 28, 2022 (2022-04-28) Simon Johansson 2-year Extension [153]
May 9, 2022 (2022-05-09) Pavel Novak 3-year Entry-level [154]

Draft picks

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Below are the Minnesota Wild's selections at the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, which were held on July 23 to 24, 2021. It was held virtually via Video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.

Round # Player Pos. Nationality Team (League)
1 20 Jesper Wallstedt G  Sweden Lulea HF (SHL)
1 26 Carson Lambos D  Canada JYP U20 (U20 SM-sarja)
2 54 Jack Peart D  USA Fargo Force (USHL)
3 86 Caedan Bankier C  Canada Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
4 118 Kyle Masters D  Canada Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
4 127 Josh Pillar RW  Canada Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
6 182 Nate Benoit  USA Mount St. Charles Mounties (USHS-RI)

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