League: | NHL |
Season: | 2021–22 |
Year: | 2021 |
Team: | Minnesota Wild |
Division: | Central |
Divisionrank: | 2nd |
Conference: | Western |
Conferencerank: | 2nd |
Record: | 53–22–7 |
Homerecord: | 31–8–2 |
Roadrecord: | 22–14–5 |
Goalsfor: | 310 |
Goalsagainst: | 253 |
Generalmanager: | Bill Guerin |
Coach: | Dean Evason |
Altcaptain: | Matt Dumba Marcus Foligno |
Arena: | Xcel Energy Center |
Attendance: | 18,542[1] |
Minorleague: | Iowa Wild (AHL) Iowa Heartlanders (ECHL) |
Goalsleader: | Kirill Kaprizov (47) |
Assistsleader: | Kirill Kaprizov (61) |
Pointsleader: | Kirill Kaprizov (108) |
Plusminusleader: | Alex Goligoski (+41) |
Pimleader: | Brandon Duhaime (122) |
Winsleader: | Cam Talbot (32) |
Gaaleader: | Marc-Andre Fleury (2.74) |
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] Despite setting franchise records in wins (53), and points (113), the Wild were upset in the first round by the St. Louis Blues, losing in six games.
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.[4] Ultimately, due to a surge in the COVID-19 pandemic, NHL players did not go to the Olympics, and the planned break in February was used to reschedule some games that had been postponed due to outbreaks of COVID-19 throughout the league in December and January.
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See main article: 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs.
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As of May 13, 2022
81 | 47 | 61 | 108 | +27 | 34 | |
82 | 33 | 52 | 85 | +23 | 52 | |
70 | 24 | 55 | 79 | +21 | 24 | |
82 | 34 | 31 | 65 | +31 | 95 | |
77 | 26 | 23 | 49 | +16 | 28 | |
76 | 14 | 30 | 44 | +12 | 8 | |
74 | 23 | 19 | 42 | +25 | 112 | |
65 | 10 | 30 | 40 | +32 | 10 | |
47 | 15 | 24 | 39 | +17 | 10 | |
73 | 5 | 25 | 30 | +9 | 18 | |
72 | 2 | 28 | 30 | +41 | 34 | |
62 | 10 | 17 | 27 | +26 | 69 | |
57 | 7 | 20 | 27 | +9 | 47 | |
80 | 7 | 17 | 24 | +23 | 39 | |
69 | 4 | 16 | 20 | +15 | 22 | |
‡ | 53 | 9 | 8 | 17 | −5 | 8 |
80 | 6 | 11 | 17 | −2 | 122 | |
57 | 7 | 6 | 13 | −2 | 20 | |
‡ | 29 | 5 | 8 | 13 | +7 | 2 |
‡ | 20 | 6 | 5 | 11 | +1 | 12 |
39 | 1 | 7 | 8 | +1 | 10 | |
† | 21 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
35 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −4 | 25 | |
† | 21 | 1 | 4 | 5 | +7 | 13 |
15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −4 | 2 | |
† | 20 | 3 | 0 | 3 | −2 | 23 |
1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | |
6 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | ||
6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | ||
6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | ||
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 2 | ||
6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −5 | 16 | ||
6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | ||
6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 | ||
6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | ||
6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −6 | 0 | ||
6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | ||
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 2 | ||
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | ||
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | ||
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | ||
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
49 | 48 | 2,864:23 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 132 | 2.76 | 1,488 | .911 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
‡ | 25 | 23 | 1,380:05 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 66 | 2.87 | 734 | .910 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
† | 11 | 11 | 657:54 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 2.74 | 334 | .910 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
5 | 5 | 296:28 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 3.04 | 159 | .906 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1 | 1 | 57:53 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.14 | 26 | .846 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The Wild have been involved in the following transactions during the 2021–22 season.
Date | Details | Ref | ||
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To Edmonton Oilers 1st-round pick in 2021 PIT 3rd-round pick in 2021 | To Minnesota Wild 1st-round pick in 2021 | [100] | ||
To Montreal Canadiens 5th-round pick in 2021 7th-round pick in 2021 | To Minnesota Wild 4th-round pick in 2021 | [101] | ||
To Toronto Maple Leafs Brennan Menell | To Minnesota Wild Conditional1 7th-round pick in 2022 | [102] | ||
To St. Louis Blues Will Bitten | To Minnesota Wild Nolan Stevens | [103] | ||
To Montreal Canadiens Andrew Hammond | To Minnesota Wild Brandon Baddock | [104] | ||
To Colorado Avalanche Nico Sturm | To Minnesota Wild Tyson Jost | [105] | ||
To Anaheim Ducks 3rd-round pick in 2023 | To Minnesota Wild Nicolas Deslauriers | [106] | ||
To Arizona Coyotes Jack McBain | To Minnesota Wild VAN 2nd-round pick in 2022 | [107] | ||
To San Jose Sharks Kaapo Kahkonen 5th-round pick in 2022 | To Minnesota Wild Jacob Middleton | [108] | ||
To Chicago Blackhawks Conditional2 2nd-round pick in 2022 | To Minnesota Wild Marc-Andre Fleury | |||
To Los Angeles Kings Kevin Fiala | To Minnesota Wild Brock Faber 1st-round pick in 2022 | [109] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref | |
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2-year | Free agency | [110] | ||||
1-year | Free agency | [111] | ||||
2-year | Free agency | [112] | ||||
2-year | Free agency | [113] | ||||
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [114] | |||
1-year | Free agency | [115] | ||||
Pittsburgh Penguins | 1-year | Free agency | [116] | |||
1-year | Free agency | [117] | ||||
1-year | Free agency | [118] | ||||
Waivers | [119] | |||||
Tucson Roadrunners (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [120] |
Date | Player | New team | Term | Via | Ref | |
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1-year | Buy-out | [121] | ||||
4-year | Buy-out | |||||
[122] | ||||||
1-year | Free agency | [123] | ||||
2-year | Free agency | [124] | ||||
1-year | Free agency | [125] | ||||
1-year | Free agency | [126] | ||||
1-year | Free agency | [127] | ||||
1-year | Free agency | [128] | ||||
1-year | Free agency | [129] | ||||
4-year | Free agency | [130] | ||||
1-year | Free agency | [131] | ||||
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [132] | |||
Contract termination | [133] | |||||
Chicago Wolves (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [134] | |||
Waivers | [135] | |||||
Ilves (Liiga) | 1-year | Free agency | [136] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref | |
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2-year | Re-signing | [137] | |||
1-year | Re-signing | [138] | |||
2-year | Re-signing | [139] | |||
1-year | Re-signing | [140] | |||
2-year | Re-signing | [141] | |||
1-year | Re-signing | [142] | |||
1-year | Re-signing | [143] | |||
2-year | Re-signing | [144] | |||
3-year | Entry-level | [145] | |||
5-year | Re-signing | [146] | |||
3-year | Extension | [147] | |||
3-year | Extension | [148] | |||
3-year | Entry-level | [149] | |||
2-year | Entry-level | [150] | |||
2-year | Extension | [151] | |||
2-year | Extension | [152] | |||
3-year | Entry-level | [153] | |||
3-year | Entry-level | [154] | |||
2-year | Extension | [155] | |||
3-year | Extension | [156] |
See also: List of Minnesota Wild draft picks. 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) | ||
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1 | 20 | Jesper Wallstedt | G | Lulea HF (SHL) | ||
1 | 26 | Carson Lambos | D | JYP U20 (U20 SM-sarja) | ||
2 | 54 | Jack Peart | D | Fargo Force (USHL) | ||
3 | 86 | Caedan Bankier | C | Kamloops Blazers (WHL) | ||
4 | 118 | Kyle Masters | D | Red Deer Rebels (WHL) | ||
4 | 127 | Josh Pillar | RW | Kamloops Blazers (WHL) | ||
6 | 182 | Nate Benoit | Mount St. Charles Mounties (USHS-RI) |