2015–16 Minnesota Wild season

2015–16 Minnesota Wild
Division	5th Central
Conference	8th Western
2015–16 record	38–33–11
Home record	21–16–4
Road record	17–17–7
Goals for	216
Goals against	206
Team information
General Manager	Chuck Fletcher
Coach	Mike Yeo (Oct-Feb) John Torchetti (interim) (Feb-Apr)
Captain	Mikko Koivu
Alternate captains	Zack Parise Ryan Suter
Arena	Xcel Energy Center
Average attendance	19,827 (113.2%)[1] (41 games)
Minor league affiliations	Iowa Wild (AHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Zach Parise (25)
Assists	Ryan Suter (43)
Points	Mikko Koivu (56)
Penalties in minutes	Ryan Carter (46)
Plus/minus	(+): Erik Haula (+21) (−): Mikael Granlund (−12)
Wins	Devan Dubnyk (32)
Goals against average	Devan Dubnyk (2.33)
<2014–15

The 2015–16 Minnesota Wild season was the 16th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.^[2] Head coach Mike Yeo was relieved of his duties on February 13th after the teams thirteenth loss in fourteen games. He finished with a record of 173–132–44 in his four and a half years as head coach of the Wild. Iowa Wild head coach John Torchetti was promoted to interim head coach.

Off-season

Standings

Divisional standings

Central Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	z – Dallas Stars	82	50	23	9	48	267	230	+37	109
2	x – St. Louis Blues	82	49	24	9	44	224	201	+23	107
3	x – Chicago Blackhawks	82	47	26	9	46	235	209	+26	103
4	x – Nashville Predators	82	41	27	14	37	228	215	+13	96
5	x – Minnesota Wild	82	38	33	11	35	216	206	+10	87
6	Colorado Avalanche	82	39	39	4	35	216	240	−24	82
7	Winnipeg Jets	82	35	39	8	32	215	239	−24	78

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; z – Clinched conference.

Conference standings

Top 3 (Central Division)

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	z – Dallas Stars	82	50	23	9	48	267	230	+37	109
2	x – St. Louis Blues	82	49	24	9	44	224	201	+23	107
3	x – Chicago Blackhawks	82	47	26	9	46	235	209	+26	103

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; z – Clinched conference.

Top 3 (Pacific Division)

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Anaheim Ducks	82	46	25	11	43	218	192	+26	103
2	x – Los Angeles Kings	82	48	28	6	46	225	195	+30	102
3	x – San Jose Sharks	82	46	30	6	42	241	210	+31	98

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division.

Western Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CE	x – Nashville Predators	82	41	27	14	37	228	215	+13	96
2	CE	x – Minnesota Wild	82	38	33	11	35	216	206	+10	87
3	CE	Colorado Avalanche	82	39	39	4	35	216	240	−24	82
4	PA	Arizona Coyotes	82	35	39	8	34	209	245	−36	78
5	CE	Winnipeg Jets	82	35	39	8	32	215	239	−24	78
6	PA	Calgary Flames	82	35	40	7	33	231	260	−29	77
7	PA	Vancouver Canucks	82	31	38	13	26	191	243	−52	75
8	PA	Edmonton Oilers	82	31	43	8	27	203	245	−42	70

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot.

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2015–16 Pre-Season Game Log: 4–2–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 2–1–0)[3]
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 21	Buffalo	3–2	Minnesota		Kuemper	17,217	0–1–0
2	September 22	Minnesota	1–0	Winnipeg	OT	Backstrom	15,294	1–1–0
3	September 24	Minnesota	5–2	Columbus		Dubnyk	10,209	2–1–0
4	September 26 (In Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)	Minnesota	0–3	Edmonton		Kuemper	7,541	2–2–0
5	September 27	Winnipeg	1–8	Minnesota		Dubnyk	17,710	3–2–0
6	October 1	Buffalo	1–6	Minnesota		Dubnyk	17,214	4–2–0

Regular season

2015–16 Game Log[4]
October: 7–2–2 (Home: 5–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 8 Minnesota 5–4 Colorado Dubnyk 18,007 1–0–0 2 2 October 10 St. Louis 2–3 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,096 2–0–0 4 3 October 15 Minnesota 4–3 Arizona Dubnyk 12,029 3–0–0 6 4 October 16 Minnesota 1–2 Los Angeles OT Kuemper 18,230 3–0–1 7 5 October 18 Minnesota 1–4 Anaheim Dubnyk 16,784 3–1–1 7 6 October 22 Columbus 2–3 Minnesota Dubnyk 18,650 4–1–1 9 7 October 24 Anaheim 0–3 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,034 5–1–1 11 8 October 25 Minnesota 4–5 Winnipeg Dubnyk 15,294 5–2–1 11 9 October 27 Edmonton 3–4 Minnesota Dubnyk 18,936 6–2–1 13 10 October 30 Chicago 4–5 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,140 7–2–1 15 11 October 31 Minnesota 2–3 St. Louis OT Dubnyk 17,728 7–2–2 16
November: 4–5–2 (Home: 3–3–1 ; Road: 1–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 12 November 5 Nashville 3–2 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,024 7–3–2 16 13 November 7 Tampa Bay 0–1 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,066 8–3–2 18 14 November 10 Winnipeg 3–5 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,153 9–3–2 20 15 November 12 Minnesota 3–2 Carolina OT Dubnyk 9,511 10–3–2 22 16 November 14 Minnesota 2–3 Dallas OT Dubnyk 18,532 10–3–3 23 17 November 17 Minnesota 3–4 Pittsburgh Dubnyk 18,495 10–4–3 23 18 November 19 Minnesota 2–4 Boston Dubnyk 17,565 10–5–3 23 19 November 21 Nashville 0–4 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,056 11–5–3 25 20 November 25 Vancouver 3–2 Minnesota Dubnyk 18,877 11–6–3 25 21 November 27 Winnipeg 3–1 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,055 11–7–3 25 22 November 28 Dallas 4–3 Minnesota OT Kuemper 19,024 11–7–4 26
December: 9–3–2 (Home: 6–2–0 ; Road: 3–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 23 December 1 Minnesota 2–1 Chicago Dubnyk 21,580 12–7–4 28 24 December 3 Toronto 0–1 Minnesota Dubnyk 18,880 13–7–4 30 25 December 5 Colorado 0–3 Minnesota Kuemper 19,173 14–7–4 32 26 December 7 Minnesota 1–2 Colorado OT Kuemper 16,589 14–7–5 33 27 December 11 Minnesota 1–2 Arizona OT Kuemper 14,404 14–7–6 34 28 December 12 Minnesota 2–0 San Jose Kuemper 16,766 15–7–6 36 29 December 15 Vancouver 2–6 Minnesota Kuemper 18,804 16–7–6 38 30 December 17 NY Rangers 2–5 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,090 17–7–6 40 31 December 19 Minnesota 2–3 Nashville Dubnyk 17,117 17–8–6 40 32 December 21 Dallas 6–3 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,047 17–9–6 40 33 December 22 Montreal 1–2 Minnesota Kuemper 19,105 18–9–6 42 34 December 26 Pittsburgh 3–1 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,234 18–10–6 42 35 December 28 Detroit 1–3 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,110 19–10–6 44 36 December 31 Minnesota 3–1 St. Louis Dubnyk 19,194 20–10–6 46
January: 3–7–3 (Home: 0–3–2 ; Road: 3–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 37 January 2 Minnesota 2–3 Tampa Bay SO Dubnyk 19,092 20–10–7 47 38 January 3 Minnesota 1–2 Florida Dubnyk 15,426 20–11–7 47 39 January 5 Minnesota 4–2 Columbus Dubnyk 12,411 21–11–7 49 40 January 7 Philadelphia 4–3 Minnesota OT Dubnyk 19,125 21–11–8 50 41 January 9 Minnesota 2–1 Dallas Dubnyk 18,532 22–11–8 52 42 January 10 New Jersey 2–1 Minnesota Kuemper 19,028 22–12–8 52 43 January 12 Buffalo 3–2 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,034 22–13–8 52 44 January 15 Winnipeg 1–0 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,222 22–14–8 52 45 January 16 Minnesota 0–3 Nashville Dubnyk 17,302 22–15–8 52 46 January 20 Minnesota 1–3 Anaheim Dubnyk 15,962 22–16–8 52 47 January 21 Minnesota 3–0 Los Angeles Kuemper 18,230 23–16–8 54 48 January 23 Minnesota 3–4 San Jose Kuemper 16,956 23–17–8 54 49 January 25 Arizona 2–1 Minnesota SO Dubnyk 19,020 23–17–9 55
February: 5–8–1 (Home: 2–3–1 ; Road: 3–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 50 February 2 Minnesota 3–5 NY Islanders Dubnyk 13,331 23–18–9 55 51 February 4 Minnesota 2–4 NY Rangers Dubnyk 18,006 23–19–9 55 52 February 6 Minnesota 1–4 St. Louis Dubnyk 19,318 23–20–9 55 53 February 9 Dallas 4–3 Minnesota OT Kuemper 19,087 23–20–10 56 54 February 11 Washington 4–3 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,213 23–21–10 56 55 February 13 Boston 4–2 Minnesota Kuemper 19,191 23–22–10 56 56 February 15 Minnesota 5–2 Vancouver Dubnyk 18,437 24–22–10 58 57 February 17 Minnesota 5–3 Calgary Dubnyk 19,289 25–22–10 60 58 February 18 Minnesota 5–2 Edmonton Kuemper 16,839 26–22–10 62 59 February 21 (2016 NHL Stadium Series) Chicago 1–6 Minnesota (at TCF Bank Stadium) Dubnyk 50,426 27–22–10 64 60 February 23 NY Islanders 4–1 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,085 27–23–10 64 61 February 25 Minnesota 2–3 Philadelphia Dubnyk 18,631 27–24–10 64 62 February 26 Minnesota 2–3 Washington Kuemper 18,605 27–25–10 64 63 February 28 Florida 1–3 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,093 28–25–10 66
March: 10–4–1 (Home: 5–3–0 ; Road: 5–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 64 March 1 Colorado 3–6 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,107 29–25–10 68 65 March 3 Minnesota 2–1 Toronto Dubnyk 18,915 30–25–10 70 66 March 5 Minnesota 3–2 Buffalo SO Dubnyk 19,070 31–25–10 72 67 March 6 St. Louis 4–2 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,040 31–26–10 72 68 March 10 Edmonton 2–1 Minnesota Kuemper 19,058 31–27–10 72 69 March 12 Minnesota 4–1 Montreal Dubnyk 21,288 32–27–10 74 70 March 15 Minnesota 2–3 Ottawa OT Dubnyk 18,966 32–27–11 75 71 March 17 Minnesota 4–7 New Jersey Kuemper 15,114 32–28–11 75 72 March 19 Carolina 2–3 Minnesota SO Dubnyk 19,044 33–28–11 77 73 March 20 Minnesota 3–2 Chicago SO Dubnyk 22,059 34–28–11 79 74 March 22 Los Angeles 1–2 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,018 35–28–11 81 75 March 24 Calgary 2–6 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,032 36–28–11 83 76 March 26 Minnesota 4–0 Colorado Dubnyk 18,007 37–28–11 85 77 March 29 Chicago 1–4 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,190 38–28–11 87 78 March 31 Ottawa 3–2 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,032 38–29–11 87
April: 0–4–0 (Home: 0–2–0 ; Road: 0–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 79 April 1 Minnesota 2–3 Detroit Dubnyk 20,027 38–30–11 87 80 April 3 Minnesota 1–5 Winnipeg Dubnyk 15,294 38–31–11 87 81 April 5 San Jose 3–0 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,061 38–32–11 87 82 April 9 Calgary 2–1 Minnesota Kuemper 19,247 38–33–11 87
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2016 Stanley Cup playoffs

Western Conference First Round vs. (C1) Dallas Stars: Dallas wins 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 14 Minnesota 0–4 Dallas Dubnyk 18,532 0–1 Recap 2 April 16 Minnesota 1–2 Dallas Dubnyk 18,988 0–2 Recap 3 April 18 Dallas 3–5 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,038 1–2 Recap 4 April 20 Dallas 3–2 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,080 1–3 Recap 5 April 22 Minnesota 5–4 Dallas OT Dubnyk 18,889 2–3 Recap 6 April 24 Dallas 5–4 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,310 2–4 Recap Legend:       Win       Loss

Player statistics

Final stats

Skaters

Regular Season[5] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Koivu, MikkoMikko Koivu 82 17 39 56 6 40 Parise, ZachZach Parise 70 25 28 53 −3 36 Suter, RyanRyan Suter 82 8 43 51 10 30 Granlund, MikaelMikael Granlund 82 13 31 44 −12 20 Niederreiter, NinoNino Niederreiter 82 20 23 43 9 36 Coyle, CharlieCharlie Coyle 82 21 21 42 1 16 Vanek, ThomasThomas Vanek 74 18 23 41 −10 22 Pominville, JasonJason Pominville 75 11 25 36 10 12 Haula, ErikErik Haula 76 14 20 34 21 24 Spurgeon, JaredJared Spurgeon 77 11 18 29 11 14 Dumba, MathewMathew Dumba 81 10 16 26 1 38 Zucker, JasonJason Zucker 71 13 10 23 −4 20 Scandella, MarcoMarco Scandella 73 5 16 21 6 22 Fontaine, JustinJustin Fontaine 60 5 11 16 3 20 Carter, RyanRyan Carter 60 7 5 12 −3 48 Porter, ChrisChris Porter 61 4 3 7 −6 6 Reilly, MikeMike Reilly 29 1 6 7 −4 8 Brodin, JonasJonas Brodin 68 2 5 7 –5 18 Stoll, JarretJarret Stoll^† 51 3 3 6 −4 16 Schroeder, JordanJordan Schroeder 26 2 2 4 2 2 Folin, ChristianChristian Folin 26 0 4 4 −1 11 Jones, DavidDavid Jones^† 16 2 1 3 1 0 Prosser, NateNate Prosser 54 0 3 3 1 39 Dalpe, ZacZac Dalpe 2 1 0 1 0 0 Strachan, TysonTyson Strachan 2 0 0 0 1 0 Bulmer, BrettBrett Bulmer 3 0 0 0 −1 7 Graovac, TylerTyler Graovac 2 0 0 0 −1 0 Gabriel, KurtisKurtis Gabriel 3 0 0 0 1 10 Bertschy, ChristophChristoph Bertschy 3 0 0 0 0 0 Olofsson, GustavGustav Olofsson 2 0 0 0 0 0 Keranen, MichaelMichael Keranen^‡ 1 0 0 0 −1 0

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Pominville, JasonJason Pominville 6 4 3 7 0 6 Niederreiter, NinoNino Niederreiter 6 1 5 6 1 4 Koivu, MikkoMikko Koivu 6 3 2 5 0 2 Spurgeon, JaredJared Spurgeon 6 2 3 5 1 4 Haula, ErikErik Haula 5 1 3 4 0 2 Suter, RyanRyan Suter 6 0 3 3 3 4 Granlund, MikaelMikael Granlund 6 1 2 3 –2 0 Brodin, JonasJonas Brodin 6 1 2 3 3 0 Zucker, JasonJason Zucker 6 0 2 2 –4 2 Coyle, CharlieCharlie Coyle 6 1 1 2 –4 6 Dumba, MathewMathew Dumba 6 0 2 2 –2 6 Porter, ChrisChris Porter 6 1 0 1 0 0 Jones, DavidDavid Jones 6 0 1 1 0 0 Scandella, MarcoMarco Scandella 6 1 0 1 –7 4 Schroeder, JordanJordan Schroeder 2 1 0 1 –1 0 Prosser, NateNate Prosser 6 0 1 1 –6 0 Stoll, JarretJarret Stoll 4 0 0 0 –1 4 Carter, RyanRyan Carter 2 0 0 0 –1 10 Dalpe, ZacZac Dalpe 3 0 0 0 –1 0 Fontaine, JustinJustin Fontaine 4 0 0 0 –1 0 Gabriel, KurtisKurtis Gabriel 4 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[6]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Dubnyk, DevanDevan Dubnyk	67	66	3861	32	26	6	150	2.33	1829	.918	5	0	0	8
Kuemper, DarcyDarcy Kuemper	21	16	1063	6	7	5	43	2.43	507	.915	2	0	0	2

Playoffs^[7]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Dubnyk, DevanDevan Dubnyk	6	6	359	2	4	20	3.34	163	.877	0	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Wild. Stats reflect time with the Wild only.
^‡Traded mid-season

Roster

Updated April 29, 2016.^[8]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
25		Brodin, JonasJonas Brodin	D	L	22	2011	Karlstad, Sweden
18		Carter, RyanRyan Carter	C	L	32	2014	White Bear Lake, Minnesota
3		Coyle, CharlieCharlie Coyle	C	R	24	2011	Weymouth, Massachusetts
27		Dalpe, ZacZac Dalpe	RW	R	26	2015	Paris, Ontario
40		Dubnyk, DevanDevan Dubnyk	G	L	29	2015	Regina, Saskatchewan
24		Dumba, MattMatt Dumba	D	R	21	2012	Regina, Saskatchewan
5		Folin, ChristianChristian Folin	D	R	25	2014	Kungsbacka, Sweden
14		Fontaine, JustinJustin Fontaine	RW	R	28	2011	Bonnyville, Alberta
63		Gabriel, KurtisKurtis Gabriel	RW	R	23	2013	Newmarket, Ontario
64		Granlund, MikaelMikael Granlund	C	L	24	2010	Oulu, Finland
56		Haula, ErikErik Haula	C	L	25	2009	Pori, Finland
12		Jones, DavidDavid Jones	RW	R	31	2016	Guelph, Ontario
9		Koivu, MikkoMikko Koivu (C)	C	L	33	2001	Turku, Finland
35		Kuemper, DarcyDarcy Kuemper	G	L	25	2009	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
22		Niederreiter, NinoNino Niederreiter	RW	L	23	2013	Chur, Switzerland
11		Parise, ZachZach Parise (A)	LW	L	31	2012	Minneapolis, Minnesota
29		Pominville, JasonJason Pominville	RW	R	33	2013	Repentigny, Quebec
7		Porter, ChrisChris Porter	LW	L	31	2015	Toronto, Ontario
39		Prosser, NateNate Prosser	D	R	29	2010	Elk River, Minnesota
4		Reilly, MikeMike Reilly	D	L	22	2015	Chicago, Illinois
6		Scandella, MarcoMarco Scandella	D	L	26	2008	Montreal, Quebec
10		Schroeder, JordanJordan Schroeder	C	R	25	2014	Prior Lake, Minnesota
46		Spurgeon, JaredJared Spurgeon	D	R	26	2010	Edmonton, Alberta
19		Stoll, JarretJarret Stoll	C	R	33	2015	Melville, Saskatchewan
20		Suter, RyanRyan Suter (A)	D	L	31	2012	Madison, Wisconsin
26		Vanek, ThomasThomas Vanek	LW	R	32	2014	Baden bei Wien, Austria
16		Zucker, JasonJason Zucker	LW	L	24	2010	Newport Beach, California

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular Season Player Award Awarded Koivu, M.M. Koivu NHL Third Star of the Week[9] December 21, 2015 Dubnyk, D.D. Dubnyk NHL All-Star game selection[10] January 6, 2016 Parise, Z.Z. Parise NHL First Star of the Week[11] March 28, 2016 Dubnyk, D.D. Dubnyk NHL Second Star of the Month[12] April 1, 2016

Milestones

Regular Season Player Milestone Reached Suter, R.R. Suter 300th Career NHL Assist October 8, 2015 Parise, Z.Z. Parise 3rd Career NHL Hat Trick October 8, 2015 Zucker, J.J. Zucker 100th Career NHL Game October 10, 2015 Vanek, T.T. Vanek 300th Career NHL Goal October 15, 2015 Dubnyk, D.D. Dubnyk 100th Career NHL Win October 15, 2015 Brodin, J.J. Brodin 200th Career NHL Game October 18, 2015 Spurgeon, J.J. Spurgeon 300th Career NHL Game October 18, 2015 Parise, Z.Z. Parise 700th Career NHL Game October 27, 2015 Coyle, C.C. Coyle 200th Career NHL Game October 31, 2015 Bertschy, C.C. Bertschy 1st Career NHL Game November 7, 2015 Keranen, M.M. Keranen 1st Career NHL Game November 17, 2015 Olofsson, G.G. Olofsson 1st Career NHL Game November 19, 2015 Prosser, N.N. Prosser 200th Career NHL Game November 19, 2015 Koivu, M.M. Koivu 700th Career NHL Game November 21, 2015 Granlund, M.M. Granlund 100th Career NHL Point November 25, 2015 Porter, C.C. Porter 200th Career NHL Game December 11, 2015 Dumba, M.M. Dumba 100th Career NHL Game December 15, 2015 Parise, Z.Z. Parise 300th Career NHL Assist December 15, 2015 Dubnyk, D.D. Dubnyk 100th Career NHL Loss December 21, 2015 Coyle, C.C. Coyle 100th Career NHL Point January 2, 2016 Parise, Z.Z. Parise 4th Career NHL Hat Trick January 5, 2016 Reilly, M.M. Reilly 1st Career NHL Game January 9, 2016 Granlund, M.M. Granlund 200th Career NHL Game January 10, 2016 Pominville, J.J. Pominville 800th Career NHL Game January 23, 2016 Pominville, J.J. Pominville 600th Career NHL Point February 2, 2016 Niederreiter, N.N. Niederreiter 100th Career NHL Point February 2, 2016 Suter, R.R. Suter 800th Career NHL Game February 4, 2016 Reilly, M.M. Reilly 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point February 13, 2016 Parise, Z.Z. Parise 600th Career NHL Point February 17, 2016 Vanek, T.T. Vanek 800th Career NHL Game February 18, 2016 Reilly, M.M. Reilly 1st Career NHL Assist February 18, 2016 Schroeder, J.J. Schroeder 100th Career NHL Game March 19, 2016 Parise, Z.Z. Parise 5th Career NHL Hat Trick March 24, 2016 Niederreiter, N.N. Niederreiter 300th Career NHL Game March 24, 2016 Granlund, M.M. Granlund 100th Career NHL Assist March 26, 2016 Suter, R.R. Suter 400th Career NHL Point March 26, 2016 Scandella, M.M. Scandella 300th Career NHL Game April 3, 2016

Playoffs Player Milestone Reached Dalpe, Z.Z. Dalpe 1st Career Playoff Game April 14, 2016 Gabriel, K.K. Gabriel 1st Career Playoff Game April 18, 2016 Schroeder, J.J. Schroeder 1st Career Playoff Goal 1st Career Playoff Point April 22, 2016

Transactions

The Wild have been involved in the following transactions during the 2015–16 season.

Trades Date Details Ref June 27, 2015 To Boston Bruins 5th-round pick in 2016 To Minnesota Wild 5th-round pick in 2015 [13] February 29, 2016 To Calgary Flames Niklas Backstrom 6th-round pick in 2016 To Minnesota Wild David Jones [14] February 29, 2016 To Ottawa Senators Michael Keranen To Minnesota Wild Conor Allen [15] February 29, 2016 To Los Angeles Kings Brett Sutter To Minnesota Wild Scott Sabourin [15] Free agents acquired Date Player Former team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2015 Mike Reilly Columbus Blue Jackets 2 years, entry-level contract [16] July 1, 2015 Zac Dalpe Buffalo Sabres 1 year, $600,000 [17] July 1, 2015 Ruslan Fedotenko Iowa Wild 1 year, $600,000 [17] July 1, 2015 Marc Hagel Iowa Wild 2 years, $1.21 million [17] July 2, 2015 Tyson Strachan Buffalo Sabres 1 year, $650,000 [18] July 2, 2015 Jared Knight Iowa Wild 1 year, $761,250 [18] March 26, 2016 Nick Seeler University of Minnesota 2 years, entry-level contract [19] March 27, 2016 Mario Lucia University of Notre Dame 2 years, entry-level contract [20] April 15, 2016 Sam Anas Quinnipiac University 2 years, entry-level contract [21] Free agents lost Date Player New team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 2, 2015 Kyle Brodziak St. Louis Blues 1 year, $900,000 [22] July 12, 2015 Chris Stewart Anaheim Ducks 1 year, $1.7 million [23] Claimed via waivers Player Former team Date claimed off waivers Ref Chris Porter Philadelphia Flyers October 1, 2015 [24] Jarret Stoll New York Rangers December 15, 2015 [25] Player signings Date Player Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2015 Mikael Granlund 2 years, $6 million [26] July 1, 2015 Nate Prosser 2 years, $1.25 million [27] July 1, 2015 Ryan Carter 1 year, $625,000 [28] July 1, 2015 Steve Michalek 2 years, entry-level contract [29] July 4, 2015 Devan Dubnyk 6 years, $26 million [30] July 11, 2015 Christian Folin 2 years, $1.45 million [31] July 13, 2015 Joel Eriksson Ek 3 years, entry-level contract [32] August 2, 2015 Erik Haula 2 years, $2 million [33] August 16, 2015 Brett Bulmer 1 year, $600,000 [34] December 21, 2015 Jared Spurgeon 4 years, $20.75 million (extension) [35] April 11, 2016 Adam Gilmour 2 years, entry-level contract [36] April 13, 2016 Alex Tuch 3 years, entry-level contract [37] Draft picks Below are the Minnesota Wild' selections at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 26–27, 2015 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida. Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League) 1 20 Joel Eriksson Ek C Sweden Farjestad BK 2 50 Jordan Greenway LW United States USA U-18 4 111 Ales Stezka G Czech Republic HC Bílí Tygři Liberec 5 135 Kirill Kaprizov LW Russia Metallurg Novokuznetsk 6 171 Nicholas Boka D United States USA U-18 7 201 Gustav Bouramman D Sweden Sault Ste. 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