2020–21 Minnesota Wild season

Minnesota Wild
2020–21 Minnesota Wild
Division	3rd West
2020–21 record	35–16–5
Home record	21–5–2
Road record	14–11–3
Goals for	181
Goals against	160
	Team information
General Manager	Bill Guerin
Coach	Dean Evason
Captain	Jared Spurgeon
Alternate captains	Zach Parise; Ryan Suter
Arena	Xcel Energy Center
Minor league affiliations	Iowa Wild (AHL); Allen Americans (ECHL)
	Team leaders
Goals	Kirill Kaprizov (27)
Assists	Jordan Greenway (26)
Points	Kirill Kaprizov (51)
Penalties in minutes	Carson Soucy (51)
Plus/minus	Carson Soucy (+22)
Wins	Cam Talbot (19)
Goals against average	Cam Talbot (2.63)
<2019–20	2021–22>

The 2020–21 Minnesota Wild season is the 21st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.^[1] This will be the first time since the 2005–06 season that Mikko Koivu will not be on the roster after he signed a contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets. On December 20, 2020, the league temporarily realigned into four divisions with no conferences due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing closure of the Canada–United States border. As a result of this realignment the Wild will play this season in the West Division and will only play games against the other teams in their new division during the regular season and potentially the first two rounds of the playoffs.

On April 24, the Wild clinched a playoff berth after a 6–3 win against the San Jose Sharks.^[2]

Standings

Divisional standings

West Division
Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Colorado Avalanche	56	39	13	4	35	197	133	+64	82
2	x – Vegas Golden Knights	56	40	14	2	30	191	124	+67	82
3	x – Minnesota Wild	56	35	16	5	27	181	160	+21	75
4	x – St. Louis Blues	56	27	20	9	19	169	170	−1	63

5	e – Arizona Coyotes	56	24	26	6	19	153	176	−23	54
6	e – Los Angeles Kings	56	21	28	7	19	143	170	−27	49
7	e – San Jose Sharks	56	21	28	7	15	151	199	−48	49
8	e – Anaheim Ducks	56	17	30	9	11	126	179	−53	43

Source: National Hockey League^[3]
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; p – Clinched Presidents Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot.

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.^[4]

2020–21 game log: 35–16–5 (Home: 21–5–2 ; Road: 14–11–3)

January: 6–4–0 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	January 14	Minnesota	4–3	Los Angeles	OT	Talbot	0	1–0–0	2	Recap
2	January 16	Minnesota	4–3	Los Angeles	OT	Talbot	0	2–0–0	4	Recap
3	January 18	Minnesota	0–1	Anaheim		Talbot	0	2–1–0	4	Recap
4	January 20	Minnesota	3–2	Anaheim		Kahkonen	0	3–1–0	6	Recap
5	January 22	San Jose	1–4	Minnesota		Kahkonen	0	4–1–0	8	Recap
6	January 24	San Jose	5–3	Minnesota		Kahkonen	0	4–2–0	8	Recap
7	January 26	Los Angeles	2–1	Minnesota		Kahkonen	0	4–3–0	8	Recap
8	January 28	Los Angeles	3–5	Minnesota		Kahkonen	0	5–3–0	10	Recap
9	January 30	Colorado	5–1	Minnesota		Kahkonen	0	5–4–0	10	Recap
10	January 31	Colorado	3–4	Minnesota	OT	Talbot	0	6–4–0	12	Recap

February: 6–2–0 (Home: 2–0–0 ; Road: 4–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
11	February 2	Minnesota	1–2	Colorado		Talbot	0	6–5–0	12	Recap
—	February 4	Minnesota	–	Colorado	Postponed due to COVID-19.^[5] Rescheduled for February 24.^[6]
—	February 6	Arizona	–	Minnesota	Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for March 16.^[6]
—	February 7	Arizona	–	Minnesota	Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for April 14.^[6]
—	February 9	St. Louis	–	Minnesota	Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for April 12.^[6]
—	February 11	St. Louis	–	Minnesota	Postponed due to COVID-19.^[7] Rescheduled for March 25.^[6]
—	February 13	Minnesota	–	Los Angeles	Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for April 23.^[6]
12	February 16	Minnesota	0–4	Los Angeles		Kahkonen	0	6–6–0	12	Recap
13	February 18	Minnesota	3–1	Anaheim		Kahkonen	0	7–6–0	14	Recap
14	February 20	Minnesota	5–1	Anaheim		Kahkonen	0	8–6–0	16	Recap
15	February 22	Minnesota	6–2	San Jose		Kahkonen	0	9–6–0	18	Recap
16	February 24	Minnesota	6–2	Colorado		Kahkonen	0	10–6–0	20	Recap
17	February 26	Los Angeles	1–3	Minnesota		Talbot	0	11–6–0	22	Recap
18	February 27	Los Angeles	3–4	Minnesota	OT	Kahkonen	0	12–6–0	24	Recap

March: 9–5–2 (Home: 8–0–0 ; Road: 1–5–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
19	March 1	Minnesota	4–5	Vegas	OT	Talbot	2,605	12–6–1	25	Recap
20	March 3	Minnesota	1–5	Vegas		Talbot	2,610	12–7–1	25	Recap
21	March 5	Minnesota	5–1	Arizona		Kahkonen	2,541	13–7–1	27	Recap
22	March 6	Minnesota	2–5	Arizona		Talbot	3,141	13–8–1	27	Recap
23	March 8	Vegas	0–2	Minnesota		Kahkonen	0	14–8–1	29	Recap
24	March 10	Vegas	3–4	Minnesota		Kahkonen	0	15–8–1	31	Recap
25	March 12	Arizona	0–4	Minnesota		Talbot	0	16–8–1	33	Recap
26	March 14	Arizona	1–4	Minnesota		Talbot	0	17–8–1	35	Recap
27	March 16	Arizona	0–3	Minnesota		Kahkonen	0	18–8–1	37	Recap
28	March 18	Minnesota	1–5	Colorado		Talbot	0	18–9–1	37	Recap
29	March 20	Minnesota	0–6	Colorado		Kahkonen	0	18–10–1	37	Recap
30	March 22	Anaheim	1–2	Minnesota		Talbot	0	19–10–1	39	Recap
31	March 24	Anaheim	2–3	Minnesota		Talbot	0	20–10–1	41	Recap
32	March 25	St. Louis	0–2	Minnesota		Talbot	0	21–10–1	43	Recap
33	March 29	Minnesota	3–4	San Jose	SO	Talbot	0	21–10–2	44	Recap
34	March 31	Minnesota	2–4	San Jose		Kahkonen	0	21–11–2	44	Recap

April: 10–3–2 (Home: 4–2–1 ; Road: 6–1–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
35	April 1	Minnesota	3–2	Vegas	SO	Talbot	3,950	22–11–2	46	Recap
36	April 3	Minnesota	2–1	Vegas		Talbot	3,950	23–11–2	48	Recap
37	April 5	Colorado	5–4	Minnesota		Talbot	3,000	23–12–2	48	Recap
38	April 7	Colorado	3–8	Minnesota		Talbot	3,000	24–12–2	50	Recap
39	April 9	Minnesota	1–9	St. Louis		Kahkonen	—^{[lower-alpha 1]}	24–13–2	50	Recap
40	April 10	Minnesota	2–3	St. Louis	OT	Talbot	—^{[lower-alpha 1]}	24–13–3	51	Recap
—	April 12	St. Louis	–	Minnesota	Postponed due to the Brooklyn Center shooting.^[8] Rescheduled for May 12.
41	April 14	Arizona	2–5	Minnesota		Talbot	3,000	25–13–3	53	Recap
42	April 16	San Jose	2–3	Minnesota		Talbot	3,000	26–13–3	55	Recap
43	April 17	San Jose	2–5	Minnesota		Kahkonen	3,000	27–13–3	57	Recap
44	April 19	Minnesota	5–2	Arizona		Talbot	3,481	28–13–3	59	Recap
45	April 21	Minnesota	4–1	Arizona		Talbot	3,736	29–13–3	61	Recap
46	April 23	Minnesota	4–2	Los Angeles		Talbot	1,091	30–13–3	63	Recap
47	April 24	Minnesota	6–3	San Jose		Kahkonen	0	31–13–3	65	Recap
48	April 28	St. Louis	4–3	Minnesota		Talbot	3,000	31–14–3	65	Recap
49	April 29	St. Louis	5–4	Minnesota	OT	Talbot	3,000	31–14–4	66	Recap

May: 4–2–1 (Home: 4–0–1 ; Road: 0–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
50	May 1	St. Louis	3–4	Minnesota	OT	Kahkonen	3,000	32–14–4	68	Recap
51	May 3	Vegas	5–6	Minnesota		Talbot	3,000	33–14–4	70	Recap
52	May 5	Vegas	3–2	Minnesota	OT	Talbot	3,000	33–14–5	71	Recap
53	May 7	Anaheim	3–4	Minnesota	OT	Kahkonen	3,000	34–14–5	73	Recap
54	May 8	Anaheim	3–4	Minnesota	OT	Talbot	3,300	35–14–5	75	Recap
55	May 12	Minnesota	0–4	St. Louis		Talbot	—^{[lower-alpha 1]}	35–15–5	75	Recap
56	May 13	Minnesota	3–7	St. Louis		Kahkonen	—^{[lower-alpha 1]}	35–16–5	75	Recap

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

Playoffs

2021 Stanley Cup playoffs

West Division First Round vs. (W2) Vegas Golden Knights: Vegas leads 3–1
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	May 16	Minnesota	1–0	Vegas	OT	Talbot	8,683	1–0	Recap
2	May 18	Minnesota	1–3	Vegas		Talbot	8,683	1–1	Recap
3	May 20	Vegas	5–2	Minnesota		Talbot	4,500	1–2	Recap
4	May 22	Vegas	4–0	Minnesota		Talbot	4,500	1–3	Recap
5	May 24	Minnesota	–	Vegas
6	May 26	Vegas	–	Minnesota				(if necessary)
7	May 28	Minnesota	–	Vegas				(if necessary)

Legend: Win Loss

Draft picks

Below are the Minnesota Wild's selections at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, which was originally scheduled for June 26–27, 2020, at the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec, but was postponed on March 25, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was held on October 6–7, 2020, virtually via video conference call from the NHL Network studios in Secaucus, New Jersey.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	9	Marco Rossi	C	Austria	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
2	37	Marat Khusnutdinov	C	Russia	SKA-1946 (MHL)
2	39	Ryan O'Rourke	D	Canada	Soo Greyhounds (OHL)
3	65	Daemon Hunt	D	Canada	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
5	146	Pavel Novak	RW	Czech Republic	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)

Current roster

Updated December 22, 2015.^[9]

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

Notes

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v t e Minnesota Wild
Founded in 1997 Based in Saint Paul, Minnesota
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History	Expansion Draft Records Award winners
Personnel	Owners Minnesota Sports & Entertainment (Craig Leipold, chairman) General manager Chuck Fletcher Head coach Bruce Boudreau Team captain Mikko Koivu Current roster
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2020–21 Minnesota Wild season

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