2015–16 Minnesota Wild season

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 13 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. Minnesota was the first team since the 2009-10 Philadelphia Flyers and the 2009-10 Montreal Canadiens to make the playoffs with less than 90 points

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 November 18, 2016.^[8]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
28	Canada !	Bartley, VictorVictor Bartley	2.0 !D	L	28	2016	Ottawa, Ontario
25	Sweden !	Brodin, JonasJonas Brodin	2.0 !D	L	23	2011	Karlstad, Sweden
3	United States !	Coyle, CharlieCharlie Coyle	4.0 !C	R	24	2011	Weymouth, Massachusetts
27	Canada !	Dalpe, ZacZac Dalpe	7.0 !RW	R	27	2015	Paris, Ontario
40	Canada !	Dubnyk, DevanDevan Dubnyk	1.0 !G	L	30	2015	Regina, Saskatchewan
24	Canada !	Dumba, MattMatt Dumba	2.0 !D	R	22	2012	Regina, Saskatchewan
5	Sweden !	Folin, ChristianChristian Folin	2.0 !D	R	25	2014	Kungsbacka, Sweden
64	Finland !	Granlund, MikaelMikael Granlund	4.0 !C	L	24	2010	Oulu, Finland
44	Canada !	Graovac, TylerTyler Graovac	4.0 !C	R	23	2011	Brampton, Ontario
56	Finland !	Haula, ErikErik Haula	4.0 !C	L	25	2009	Pori, Finland
9	Finland !	Koivu, MikkoMikko Koivu (C)	4.0 !C	L	33	2001	Turku, Finland
35	Canada !	Kuemper, DarcyDarcy Kuemper	1.0 !G	L	26	2009	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
59	Canada !	Mitchell, ZackZack Mitchell	7.0 !RW	R	23	2014	Caledon, Ontario
22	Switzerland !	Niederreiter, NinoNino Niederreiter	7.0 !RW	L	24	2013	Chur, Switzerland
11	United States !	Parise, ZachZach Parise (A)	6.0 !LW	L	32	2012	Minneapolis, Minnesota
29	United States !	Pominville, JasonJason Pominville	7.0 !RW	R	34	2013	Repentigny, Quebec
39	United States !	Prosser, NateNate Prosser	2.0 !D	R	30	2010	Elk River, Minnesota
4	United States !	Reilly, MikeMike Reilly	2.0 !D	L	23	2015	Chicago, Illinois
6	Canada !	Scandella, MarcoMarco Scandella	2.0 !D	L	26	2008	Montreal, Quebec
46	Canada !	Spurgeon, JaredJared Spurgeon	2.0 !D	R	27	2010	Edmonton, Alberta
12	Canada !	Staal, EricEric Staal	4.0 !C	L	32	2016	Thunder Bay, Ontario
7	Canada !	Stewart, ChrisChris Stewart	7.0 !RW	R	29	2016	Toronto, Ontario
20	United States !	Suter, RyanRyan Suter (A)	2.0 !D	L	31	2012	Madison, Wisconsin
16	United States !	Zucker, JasonJason Zucker	6.0 !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 (2015-06-27)	To Boston Bruins 5th-round pick in 2016	To Minnesota Wild 5th-round pick in 2015	^[13]
February 29, 2016 (2016-02-29)	To Calgary Flames Niklas Backstrom 6th-round pick in 2016	To Minnesota Wild David Jones	^[14]
February 29, 2016 (2016-02-29)	To Ottawa Senators Michael Keranen	To Minnesota Wild Conor Allen	^[15]
February 29, 2016 (2016-02-29)	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 (2015-07-01)	Mike Reilly	Columbus Blue Jackets	2 years, entry-level contract	^[16]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Zac Dalpe	Buffalo Sabres	1 year, $600,000	^[17]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Ruslan Fedotenko	Iowa Wild	1 year, $600,000	^[17]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Marc Hagel	Iowa Wild	2 years, $1.21 million	^[17]
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02)	Tyson Strachan	Buffalo Sabres	1 year, $650,000	^[18]
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02)	Jared Knight	Iowa Wild	1 year, $761,250	^[18]
March 26, 2016 (2016-03-26)	Nick Seeler	University of Minnesota	2 years, entry-level contract	^[19]
March 27, 2016 (2016-03-27)	Mario Lucia	University of Notre Dame	2 years, entry-level contract	^[20]
April 15, 2016 (2016-04-15)	Sam Anas	Quinnipiac University	2 years, entry-level contract	^[21]
May 17, 2016 (2016-05-17)	Adam Vay	Debreceni Hoki Klub	2 years, entry-level contract	^[22]

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02)	Kyle Brodziak	St. Louis Blues	1 year, $900,000	^[23]
July 12, 2015 (2015-07-12)	Chris Stewart	Anaheim Ducks	1 year, $1.7 million	^[24]

Claimed via waivers

Player	Former team	Date claimed off waivers	Ref
Chris Porter	Philadelphia Flyers	October 1, 2015	^[25]
Jarret Stoll	New York Rangers	December 15, 2015	^[26]

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Mikael Granlund	2 years, $6 million	^[27]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Nate Prosser	2 years, $1.25 million	^[28]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Ryan Carter	1 year, $625,000	^[29]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Steve Michalek	2 years, entry-level contract	^[30]
July 4, 2015 (2015-07-04)	Devan Dubnyk	6 years, $26 million	^[31]
July 11, 2015 (2015-07-11)	Christian Folin	2 years, $1.45 million	^[32]
July 13, 2015 (2015-07-13)	Joel Eriksson Ek	3 years, entry-level contract	^[33]
August 2, 2015 (2015-08-02)	Erik Haula	2 years, $2 million	^[34]
August 16, 2015 (2015-08-16)	Brett Bulmer	1 year, $600,000	^[35]
December 21, 2015 (2015-12-21)	Jared Spurgeon	4 years, $20.75 million (extension)	^[36]
April 11, 2016 (2016-04-11)	Adam Gilmour	2 years, entry-level contract	^[37]
April 13, 2016 (2016-04-13)	Alex Tuch	3 years, entry-level contract	^[38]
May 24, 2016 (2016-05-24)	Chase Lang	3 years, entry-level contract	^[39]

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. Marie Greyhounds
7	204^[a]	Jack Sadek	D	United States	Lakeville North High School

Draft notes^[40]

The Minnesota Wild's third-round pick went to the Arizona Coyotes as the result of a trade on January 14, 2015 that sent Devan Dubnyk to Minnesota in exchange for this pick.^[41]
The Boston Bruins' fifth-round pick went to the Minnesota Wild as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent a fifth-round pick in 2016 to Boston in exchange for this pick.
The Minnesota Wild's fifth-round pick went to the Columbus Blue Jackets as the result of a trade on March 2, 2015 that sent Jordan Leopold to Minnesota in exchange for Justin Falk and this pick.^[42]
^a The Vancouver Canucks' seventh-round pick went to the Minnesota Wild as the result of a trade on June 28, 2014 that sent a third-round pick in 2014 to Tampa Bay in exchange for a third-round pick in 2014 and this pick.^[43] Tampa Bay previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 27, 2014 that sent a second-round pick in 2014 to Vancouver in exchange for Jason Garrison, the rights to Jeff Costello and this pick.^[44]

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Minnesota Wild

Founded in 1997 Based in Saint Paul, Minnesota

Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

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

Arena	Xcel Energy Center

Affiliates	AHL Iowa Wild ECHL Quad City Mallards

General managers	Risebrough Fletcher

Head coaches	Lemaire Richards Yeo Torchetti (interim) Boudreau

Retired numbers	1 (Wild Fans) 99

Minnesota Wild seasons

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

2015–16 NHL season

Pacific	Anaheim Ducks Arizona Coyotes Calgary Flames Edmonton Oilers Los Angeles Kings San Jose Sharks Vancouver Canucks

Central	Chicago Blackhawks Colorado Avalanche Dallas Stars Minnesota Wild Nashville Predators St. Louis Blues Winnipeg Jets

Atlantic	Boston Bruins Buffalo Sabres Detroit Red Wings Florida Panthers Montreal Canadiens Ottawa Senators Tampa Bay Lightning Toronto Maple Leafs

Metropolitan	Carolina Hurricanes Columbus Blue Jackets New Jersey Devils New York Islanders New York Rangers Philadelphia Flyers Pittsburgh Penguins Washington Capitals

See also	Draft Winter Classic All-Star Game Stadium Series Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals Transactions Three Star Awards Suspensions and Fines

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