2016–17 Minnesota Wild season

2016–17 Minnesota Wild
Division 2nd Central
Conference 2nd Western
2016–17 record 49–25–8
Home record 27–12–2
Road record 22–13–6
Goals for 266
Goals against 208
Team information
General Manager Chuck Fletcher
Coach Bruce Boudreau
Captain Mikko Koivu
Alternate captains Zach Parise
Ryan Suter
Arena Xcel Energy Center
Minor league affiliate(s) Iowa Wild (AHL)
Quad City Mallards (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals Eric Staal (28)
Assists Mikael Granlund (43)
Points Mikael Granlund (69)
Penalties in minutes Chris Stewart (94)
Plus/minus Ryan Suter
Jason Zucker (+34)
Wins Devan Dubnyk (40)
Goals against average Alex Stalock (1.51)

The 2016–17 Minnesota Wild season was the 17th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.[1]

Off-season


Standings

Divisional standings

Central Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 z Chicago Blackhawks 82 50 23 9 46 244 213 +31 109
2 x Minnesota Wild 82 49 25 8 46 266 208 +58 106
3 x St. Louis Blues 82 46 29 7 44 235 218 +17 99
4 x Nashville Predators 82 41 29 12 39 240 224 +16 94
5 Winnipeg Jets 82 40 35 7 37 249 256 7 87
6 Dallas Stars 82 34 37 11 33 223 262 39 79
7 Colorado Avalanche 82 22 56 4 21 166 278 112 48
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 Chicago Blackhawks 82 50 23 9 46 244 213 +31 109
2 x Minnesota Wild 82 49 25 8 46 266 208 +58 106
3 x St. Louis Blues 82 46 29 7 44 235 218 +17 99
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 23 13 43 223 200 +23 105
2 x Edmonton Oilers 82 47 26 9 43 247 212 +35 103
3 x San Jose Sharks 82 46 29 7 44 221 201 +20 99
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 PA x Calgary Flames 82 45 33 4 41 226 221 +5 94
2 CE x Nashville Predators 82 41 29 12 39 240 224 +16 94
3 CE Winnipeg Jets 82 40 35 7 37 249 256 7 87
4 PA Los Angeles Kings 82 39 35 8 37 201 205 4 86
5 CE Dallas Stars 82 34 37 11 33 223 262 39 79
6 PA Arizona Coyotes 82 30 42 10 24 197 260 63 70
7 PA Vancouver Canucks 82 30 43 9 26 182 243 61 69
8 CE Colorado Avalanche 82 22 56 4 21 166 278 112 48
Source: National Hockey League
x Clinched playoff spot.

Schedule and results

Pre-season

Regular season

2016–17 Game Log[3]

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

Playoffs

2017 Stanley Cup playoffs

Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Final Stats

Skaters

Regular Season[4]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Granlund, MikaelMikael Granlund 81 26 43 69 23 12
Staal, EricEric Staal 82 28 37 65 17 34
Koivu, MikkoMikko Koivu 80 18 40 58 27 34
Niederreiter, NinoNino Niederreiter 82 25 32 57 17 53
Coyle, CharlieCharlie Coyle 82 18 38 56 13 36
Zucker, JasonJason Zucker 79 22 25 47 34 30
Pominville, JasonJason Pominville 78 13 34 47 2 4
Parise, ZachZach Parise 69 19 23 42 −3 30
Suter, RyanRyan Suter 82 9 31 40 34 36
Spurgeon, JaredJared Spurgeon 76 10 28 38 33 20
Dumba, MathewMathew Dumba 76 11 23 34 15 59
Haula, ErikErik Haula 72 15 11 26 5 28
Brodin, JonasJonas Brodin 68 3 22 25 5 20
Stewart, ChrisChris Stewart 79 13 8 21 3 94
Schroeder, JordanJordan Schroeder 37 6 7 13 5 0
Hanzal, MartinMartin Hanzal 20 4 9 13 −2 10
Scandella, MarcoMarco Scandella 71 4 9 13 −2 25
Graovac, TylerTyler Graovac 52 7 2 9 7 10
Folin, ChristianChristian Folin 51 2 6 8 10 26
Eriksson Ek, JoelJoel Eriksson Ek 15 3 4 7 1 4
Prosser, NateNate Prosser 39 2 5 7 0 12
White, RyanRyan White 19 2 1 3 −8 14
Dalpe, ZacZac Dalpe 9 1 2 3 0 9
Olofsson, GustavGustav Olofsson 13 0 3 3 −1 2
Pulkkinen, TeemuTeemu Pulkkinen 9 1 0 1 −1 2
Reilly, MikeMike Reilly 17 1 0 1 1 2
Bertschy, ChristophChristoph Bertschy 5 0 1 1 0 4
Gabriel, KurtisKurtis Gabriel 13 0 1 1 0 29
Cannone, PatrickPatrick Cannone 3 0 0 0 0 0
Mitchell, ZackZack Mitchell 11 0 0 0 −1 0
Tuch, AlexAlex Tuch 6 0 0 0 −3 0

Playoffs
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Parise, ZachZach Parise 5 2 1 3 –4 8
Suter, RyanRyan Suter 5 1 2 3 –3 10
Coyle, CharlieCharlie Coyle 5 2 0 2 –1 2
Koivu, MikkoMikko Koivu 5 1 1 2 –1 0
Granlund, MikaelMikael Granlund 5 0 2 2 0 2
Hanzal, MartinMartin Hanzal 5 1 0 1 –2 0
Zucker, JasonJason Zucker 5 1 0 1 –1 2
Brodin, JonasJonas Brodin 5 0 1 1 –3 0
Haula, ErikErik Haula 4 0 1 1 –2 0
Niederreiter, NinoNino Niederreiter 5 0 1 1 –2 2
Pominville, JasonJason Pominville 5 0 1 1 1 0
Prosser, NateNate Prosser 3 0 1 1 0 2
Spurgeon, JaredJared Spurgeon 5 0 1 1 –1 0
Staal, EricEric Staal 5 0 1 1 –1 0
Dumba, MathewMathew Dumba 5 0 0 0 –1 2
Eriksson Ek, JoelJoel Eriksson Ek 3 0 0 0 0 0
Folin, ChristianChristian Folin 2 0 0 0 –2 2
Stewart, ChrisChris Stewart 5 0 0 0 0 0
Scandella, MarcoMarco Scandella 5 0 0 0 –1 0
White, RyanRyan White 3 0 0 0 0 4

Goaltenders

Regular Season[5]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Dubnyk, DevanDevan Dubnyk 65 63 3758:00 40 19 5 141 2.25 1842 .923 5 0 0 10
Kuemper, DarcyDarcy Kuemper 18 17 1053:02 8 5 3 55 3.13 562 .902 0 0 1 4
Stalock, AlexAlex Stalock 2 2 118:55 1 1 0 3 1.51 54 .944 0 0 0 0
Playoffs
Player GP GS TOI W L GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Dubnyk, DevanDevan Dubnyk 5 5 322:15 1 4 10 1.86 133 .925 1 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 July 4, 2017.[6]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
25 Sweden Brodin, JonasJonas Brodin D L 24 2011 Karlstad, Sweden
3 United States Coyle, CharlieCharlie Coyle C R 25 2011 Weymouth, Massachusetts
40 Canada Dubnyk, DevanDevan Dubnyk G L 31 2015 Regina, Saskatchewan
24 Canada Dumba, MattMatt Dumba D R 23 2012 Regina, Saskatchewan
14 Sweden Eriksson Ek, JoelJoel Eriksson Ek C L 20 2015 Karlstad, Sweden
63 Canada Ennis, TylerTyler Ennis LW L 27 2017 Edmonton, Alberta
17 Canada Foligno, MarcusMarcus Foligno LW L 25 2017 Buffalo, New York
64 Finland Granlund, MikaelMikael Granlund C L 25 2010 Oulu, Finland
9 Finland Koivu, MikkoMikko Koivu (C) C L 34 2001 Turku, Finland
22 Switzerland Niederreiter, NinoNino Niederreiter RW L 24 2013 Chur, Switzerland
23 Sweden Olofsson, GustavGustav Olofsson D L 22 2013 Borås, Sweden
11 United States Parise, ZachZach Parise (A) LW L 33 2012 Minneapolis, Minnesota
27 Canada Quincey, KyleKyle Quincey D L 31 2017 Kitchener, Ontario
4 United States Reilly, MikeMike Reilly D L 24 2015 Chicago, Illinois
46 Canada Spurgeon, JaredJared Spurgeon D R 27 2010 Edmonton, Alberta
12 Canada Staal, EricEric Staal C L 32 2016 Thunder Bay, Ontario
32 United States Stalock, AlexAlex Stalock G L 30 2016 St. Paul, Minnesota
7 Canada Stewart, ChrisChris Stewart RW R 29 2016 Toronto, Ontario
20 United States Suter, RyanRyan Suter (A) D L 32 2012 Madison, Wisconsin
16 United States Zucker, JasonJason Zucker LW L 25 2010 Newport Beach, California

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular Season
Player Award Awarded
Dubnyk, D.D. Dubnyk NHL Third Star of the Month[7] January 3, 2017
Boudreau, B.B. Boudreau NHL All-Star game selection[8] January 10, 2017
Dubnyk, D.D. Dubnyk
Suter, R.R. Suter

Milestones

Regular Season
Player Milestone Reached
Dubnyk, D.D. Dubnyk 300th Career NHL Game October 15, 2016
Parise, Z.Z. Parise 300th Career NHL Goal October 23, 2016
Graovac, T.T. Graovac 1st Career NHL Goal
1st Career NHL Point
October 29, 2016
Haula, E.E. Haula 200th Career NHL Game November 12, 2016
Koivu, M.M. Koivu 400th Career NHL Assist November 21, 2016
Spurgeon, J.J. Spurgeon 100th Career NHL Assist December 2, 2016
Gabriel, K.K. Gabriel 1st Career NHL Assist
1st Career NHL Point
December 7, 2016
Staal, E.E. Staal 800th Career NHL Point December 11, 2016
Coyle, C.C. Coyle 300th Career NHL Game December 15, 2016
Zucker, J.J. Zucker 200th Career NHL Game December 20, 2016
Spurgeon, J.J. Spurgeon 400th Career NHL Game December 22, 2016
Brodin, J.J. Brodin 300th Career NHL Game January 5, 2017
Koivu, M.M. Koivu 800th Career NHL Game January 5, 2017
Folin, C.C. Folin 100th Career NHL Game January 19, 2017
Dumba, M.M. Dumba 200th Career NHL Game January 26, 2017
Parise, Z.Z. Parise 800th Career NHL Game January 26, 2017
Granlund, M.M. Granlund 1st Career NHL Hat Trick February 4, 2017
Olofsson, G.G. Olofsson 1st Career NHL Assist
1st Career NHL Point
February 12, 2017
Zucker, J.J. Zucker 100th Career NHL Point February 18, 2017
Koivu, M.M. Koivu 600th Career NHL Point February 18, 2017
Granlund, M.M. Granlund 300th Career NHL Point February 27, 2017
Stewart, C.C. Stewart 300th Career NHL Point February 28, 2017
White, R.R. White 300th Career NHL Game March 9, 2017
Hanzal, M.M. Hanzal 200th Career NHL Assist March 10, 2017
Coyle, C.C. Coyle 100th Career NHL Assist March 10, 2017
Staal, E.E. Staal 1,000th Career NHL Game March 19, 2017
Pominville, J.J. Pominville 900th Career NHL Game March 30, 2017

Transactions

The Wild have been involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 season.

Trades

Date
Details
Ref
February 1, 2017 (2017-02-01) To Ottawa Senators
Marc Hagel
To Minnesota Wild
Future considerations
[9]
February 26, 2017 (2017-02-26) To Arizona Coyotes
1st-round pick in 2017
2nd-round pick in 2018
Conditional 4th-round pick in 2019
Grayson Downing
To Minnesota Wild
Martin Hanzal
Ryan White
4th-round pick in 2017
[10]
February 27, 2017 (2017-02-27) To Arizona Coyotes
Teemu Pulkkinen
To Minnesota Wild
Future considerations
[11]

Free agents acquired

Date Player Former team Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)
Ref
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Eric Staal New York Rangers 3 years, $10.5 million [12]
Alex Stalock San Jose Sharks 1 year, $650,000 [13]
Chris Stewart Anaheim Ducks 2 years, $2.3 million [14]
Pat Cannone Chicago Wolves 1 year, $600,000 [15]
Victor Bartley Montreal Canadiens 1 year, $650,000 [16]
February 26, 2017 (2017-02-26) Ryan Carter Iowa Wild 1 year, $575,000 [17]
February 28, 2017 (2017-02-28) Mike Weber Iowa Wild 1 year, $1 million [18]
March 29, 2017 (2017-03-29) Justin Kloos University of Minnesota 2 years, entry-level contract [19]

Free agents lost

Date Player New team Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)
Ref
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Thomas Vanek Detroit Red Wings 1 year, $2.6 million [20]
October 16, 2016 (2016-10-16) Justin Fontaine New York Rangers 1 year, $600,000 [21]

Claimed via waivers

Player Former team Date claimed off waivers Ref
Teemu Pulkkinen Detroit Red Wings October 11, 2016 [22]

Lost via waivers

Player New team Date claimed off waivers Ref
Zac Dalpe Columbus Blue Jackets February 27, 2017 (2017-02-27) [23]

Player signings

Date Player Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)
Ref
June 29, 2016 (2016-06-29) Jason Zucker 2 years, $4 million [24]
June 30, 2016 (2016-06-30) Zac Dalpe 1 year, $600,000 [25]
Tyler Graovac 2 year, $1.25 million
July 5, 2016 (2016-07-05) Darcy Kuemper 1 year, $1.55 million [26]
July 11, 2016 (2016-07-11) Zach Palmquist 1 year, $660,000 [27]
July 25, 2016 (2016-07-25) Jordan Schroeder 1 year, $650,000 [28]
July 28, 2016 (2016-07-28) Matt Dumba 2 years, $5.1 million [29]
August 26, 2016 (2016-08-26) Gustav Bouramman 3 years, $2.4 million entry-level contract [30]
February 2, 2017 (2017-02-02) Alex Stalock 2 years, $1.3 million contract extension [31]
March 23, 2017 (2017-03-23) Luke Kunin 3 years, $4.275 million entry-level contract [32]
April 10, 2017 (2017-04-10) Carson Soucy 3 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract [33]

Draft picks

Below are the Minnesota Wild' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 15 Luke Kunin C United States United States Wisconsin Badgers (Big Ten)
4 106 Brandon Duhaime RW United States United States Tri-City Storm (USHL)
7 196 Dmitry Sokolov RW Russia Russia Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
7 204[a] Brayden Chizen D Canada Canada Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
Draft notes
Montreal previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on July 1, 2014 that sent Josh Gorges to Buffalo in exchange for this pick.[35][36]
Buffalo previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 5, 2014 that sent Matt Moulson and Cody McCormick to Minnesota in exchange for Torrey Mitchell, Winnipeg's second-round pick in 2014 and this pick.[37]

The Minnesota Wild's third-round pick went to the Nashville Predators as the result of a trade on June 20, 2016 that sent Jimmy Vesey to Buffalo in exchange for this pick.[38]

Buffalo previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on February 29, 2016 that sent Jamie McGinn to Anaheim in exchange for this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[39] The condition – Buffalo will receive a third-round pick in 2016 if Anaheim does not qualify for the 2016 Western Conference Final[40] – was converted on April 27, 2016 when Anaheim was eliminated from the 2016 Stanley Cup playoffs.
Anaheim previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 26, 2015 that sent Kyle Palmieri to New Jersey in exchange for Florida's second-round pick in 2015 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[41] The condition – Anaheim will receive the higher of either Florida or Minnesota's third-round pick in 2016.[42] – was converted on April 24, 2016 when Minnesota was eliminated from the 2016 Stanley Cup playoffs ensuring that the Wild's pick would be higher than Florida's.
New Jersey previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on February 26, 2015 that sent Jaromir Jagr to Florida in exchange for a second-round pick in 2015 and this pick.[43]
Florida previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on February 24, 2015 that sent Sean Bergenheim and a seventh-round pick in 2016 to Minnesota in exchange for this pick.[44]

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