2016–17 Minnesota Wild season

The 2016–17 Minnesota Wild season was the 17th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.
==Off-season==
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Pre-season===
2016 Pre-season Game Log: 3–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 3–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 3–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 3–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 3–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 3–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 3–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 3–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 3–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 3–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 3–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap 	
1 	September 26 (in University Park, Pennsylvania) 	Minnesota 	2–1 	Buffalo 	 	— 	— 	1–0–0 	Recap 	
2 	September 27 	Colorado 	4–1 	Minnesota 	 	Dubnyk 	16,920 	1–1–0 	Recap 	
3 	September 29 	Minnesota 	1–4 	Winnipeg 	 	Kuemper 	15,294 	1–2–0 	Recap 	
4 	October 2 	Carolina 	1–3 	Minnesota 	 	Dubnyk 	18,665 	2–2–0 	Recap 	
5 	October 4 	Minnesota 	0–2 	Colorado 	 	Stalock 	— 	2–3–0 	Recap 	
6 	October 8 	Winnipeg 	1–5 	Minnesota 	 	Dubnyk 	18,302 	3–3–0 	Recap 	
===Regular season===
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October: 6–2–1 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–1)	October: 6–2–1 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–1)	October: 6–2–1 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–1)	October: 6–2–1 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–1)	October: 6–2–1 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–1)	October: 6–2–1 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–1)	October: 6–2–1 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–1)	October: 6–2–1 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–1)	October: 6–2–1 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–1)	October: 6–2–1 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–1)	October: 6–2–1 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–1)	October: 6–2–1 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–1)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap 	
1 	October 13 	Minnesota 	2–3 	St. Louis 	 	Dubnyk 	19,673 	0–1–0 	0 	Recap 	
2 	October 15 	Winnipeg 	3–4 	Minnesota 	 	Dubnyk 	19,024 	1–1–0 	2 	Recap 	
3 	October 18 	Los Angeles 	3–6 	Minnesota 	 	Kuemper 	18,644 	2–1–0 	4 	Recap 	
4 	October 20 	Toronto 	2–3 	Minnesota 	 	Dubnyk 	18,968 	3–1–0 	6 	Recap 	
5 	October 22 	Minnesota 	1–2 	New Jersey 	OT 	Dubnyk 	16,514 	3–1–1 	7 	Recap 	
6 	October 23 	Minnesota 	3–6 	NY Islanders 	 	Kuemper 	11,583 	3–2–1 	7 	Recap 	
7 	October 25 	Minnesota 	5–0 	Boston 	 	Dubnyk 	17,565 	4–2–1 	9 	Recap 	
8 	October 27 	Minnesota 	4–0 	Buffalo 	 	Dubnyk 	18,122 	5–2–1 	11 	Recap 	
9 	October 29 	Dallas 	0–4 	Minnesota 	 	Dubnyk 	19,031 	6–2–1 	13 	Recap 	
===Playoffs===
2017 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2017 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2017 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2017 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2017 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2017 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2017 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2017 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2017 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2017 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2017 Stanley Cup playoffs
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Western Conference First Round vs. (C3) St. Louis Blues: St. Louis wins 4–1	Western Conference First Round vs. (C3) St. Louis Blues: St. Louis wins 4–1	Western Conference First Round vs. (C3) St. Louis Blues: St. Louis wins 4–1	Western Conference First Round vs. (C3) St. Louis Blues: St. Louis wins 4–1	Western Conference First Round vs. (C3) St. Louis Blues: St. Louis wins 4–1	Western Conference First Round vs. (C3) St. Louis Blues: St. Louis wins 4–1	Western Conference First Round vs. (C3) St. Louis Blues: St. Louis wins 4–1	Western Conference First Round vs. (C3) St. Louis Blues: St. Louis wins 4–1	Western Conference First Round vs. (C3) St. Louis Blues: St. Louis wins 4–1	Western Conference First Round vs. (C3) St. Louis Blues: St. Louis wins 4–1	
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	Recap 	
1 	April 12 	St. Louis 	2–1 	Minnesota 	OT 	Dubnyk 	19,168 	0–1 	Recap 	
2 	April 14 	St. Louis 	2–1 	Minnesota 	 	Dubnyk 	19,404 	0–2 	Recap 	
3 	April 16 	Minnesota 	1–3 	St. Louis 	 	Dubnyk 	19,334 	0–3 	Recap 	
4 	April 19 	Minnesota 	2–0 	St. Louis 	 	Dubnyk 	19,791 	1–3 	Recap 	
5 	April 22 	St. Louis 	4–3 	Minnesota 	OT 	Dubnyk 	19,228 	1–4 	Recap 	
==Player statistics==
Final Stats
===Skaters===
 Regular Season 
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	81	26	43	69	23	12
 	82	28	37	65	17	34
 	80	18	40	58	27	34
 	82	25	32	57	17	53
 	82	18	38	56	13	36
 	79	22	25	47	34	30
 	78	13	34	47	2 	4
 	69	19	23	42	−3	30
 	82	9 	31	40	34	36
 	76	10	28	38	33	20
 	76	11	23	34	15	59
 	72	15	11	26	5 	28
 	68	3 	22	25	5 	20
 	79	13	8 	21	3 	94
 	37	6 	7 	13	5 	0
† 	20	4 	9 	13	−2	10
 	71	4 	9 	13	−2	25
 	52	7 	2 	9 	7 	10
 	51	2 	6 	8 	10	26
 	15	3 	4 	7 	1 	4
 	39	2 	5 	7 	0 	12
† 	19	2 	1 	3 	−8	14
‡ 	9 	1 	2 	3 	0 	9
 	13	0 	3 	3 	−1	2
‡ 	9 	1 	0 	1 	−1	2
 	17	1 	0 	1 	1 	2
 	5 	0 	1 	1 	0 	4
 	13	0 	1 	1 	0 	29
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	11	0 	0 	0 	−1	0
 	6 	0 	0 	0 	−3	0
 Playoffs 
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	5	2	1	3	–4	8
 	5	1	2	3	–3	10
 	5	2	0	2	–1	2
 	5	1	1	2	–1	0
 	5	0	2	2	0 	2
 	5	1	0	1	–2	0
 	5	1	0	1	–1	2
 	5	0	1	1	–3	0
 	4	0	1	1	–2	0
 	5	0	1	1	–2	2
 	5	0	1	1	1 	0
 	3	0	1	1	0 	2
 	5	0	1	1	–1	0
 	5	0	1	1	–1	0
 	5	0	0	0	–1	2
 	3	0	0	0	0 	0
 	2	0	0	0	–2	2
 	5	0	0	0	0 	0
 	5	0	0	0	–1	0
 	3	0	0	0	0 	4
===Goaltenders===
 Regular Season 
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	65	63	3758:00	40	19	5	141	2.25	1842	.923	5	0	0	10
 	18	17	1053:02	8 	5 	3	55 	3.13	562 	.902	0	0	1	4
 	2 	2 	118:55 	1 	1 	0	3 	1.51	54 	.944	0	0	0	0
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	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==
==Awards and honours==
===Awards===
 Regular Season
Player	Award 	Awarded
 	NHL Third Star of the Month	January 3, 2017
 	NHL All-Star game selection	January 10, 2017
 	NHL All-Star game selection	January 10, 2017
 	NHL All-Star game selection	January 10, 2017
===Milestones===
 Regular Season
Player	Milestone 	Reached
 	300th Career NHL Game 	October 15, 2016
 	1st Career NHL Goal1st Career NHL Point 	October 22, 2016
 	300th Career NHL Goal 	October 23, 2016
 	1st Career NHL Assist 	October 25, 2016
 	1st Career NHL Goal1st Career NHL Point 	October 29, 2016
 	200th Career NHL Game 	November 12, 2016
 	400th Career NHL Assist 	November 21, 2016
 	100th Career NHL Assist 	December 2, 2016
 	1st Career NHL Assist1st Career NHL Point	December 7, 2016
 	800th Career NHL Point 	December 11, 2016
 	300th Career NHL Game 	December 15, 2016
 	200th Career NHL Game 	December 20, 2016
 	400th Career NHL Game 	December 22, 2016
 	300th Career NHL Game 	January 5, 2017
 	800th Career NHL Game 	January 5, 2017
 	100th Career NHL Game 	January 19, 2017
 	200th Career NHL Game 	January 26, 2017
 	800th Career NHL Game 	January 26, 2017
 	1st Career NHL Hat Trick 	February 4, 2017
 	1st Career NHL Assist1st Career NHL Point	February 12, 2017
 	100th Career NHL Point 	February 18, 2017
 	600th Career NHL Point 	February 18, 2017
 	300th Career NHL Game 	February 27, 2017
 	300th Career NHL Point 	February 28, 2017
 	300th Career NHL Game 	March 9, 2017
 	200th Career NHL Assist 	March 10, 2017
 	100th Career NHL Assist 	March 10, 2017
 	900th Career NHL Game 	March 16, 2017
 	1,000th Career NHL Game 	March 19, 2017
 	900th Career NHL Game 	March 30, 2017
 	200th Career NHL Point 	April 2, 2017
==Transactions==
The Wild have been involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 season.
=== Trades ===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To Ottawa Senators Marc Hagel 	To Minnesota WildFuture considerations 	
 	To Arizona Coyotes 1st-round pick in 20172nd-round pick in 2018Conditional 4th-round pick in 2019Grayson Downing	To Minnesota WildMartin HanzalRyan White4th-round pick in 2017	
 	To Arizona Coyotes Teemu Pulkkinen 	To Minnesota Wild Future considerations 	
=== Free agents acquired ===
Date	Player 	Former team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	Eric Staal 	New York Rangers 	3 years, $10.5 million 	
 	Alex Stalock 	San Jose Sharks 	1 year, $650,000 	
 	Chris Stewart 	Anaheim Ducks 	2 years, $2.3 million 	
 	Pat Cannone 	Chicago Wolves 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Victor Bartley	Montreal Canadiens 	1 year, $650,000 	
 	Ryan Carter 	Iowa Wild 	1 year, $575,000 	
 	Mike Weber 	Iowa Wild 	1 year, $1 million 	
 	Justin Kloos 	University of Minnesota	2 years, entry-level contract 	
=== Free agents lost ===
Date	Player 	New team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	Thomas Vanek 	Detroit Red Wings	1 year, $2.6 million 	
 	Justin Fontaine	New York Rangers 	1 year, $600,000 	
=== Claimed via waivers ===
Player 	Former team 	Date claimed off waivers	Ref
Teemu Pulkkinen	Detroit Red Wings	October 11, 2016 	
=== Lost via waivers ===
Player 	New team 	Date claimed off waivers	Ref
Zac Dalpe	Columbus Blue Jackets	 	
===Player signings===
Date	Player 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
 	Jason Zucker 	2 years, $4 million 	
 	Zac Dalpe 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Tyler Graovac 	2 year, $1.25 million 	
 	Darcy Kuemper 	1 year, $1.55 million 	
 	Zach Palmquist 	1 year, $660,000 	
 	Jordan Schroeder	1 year, $650,000 	
 	Matt Dumba 	2 years, $5.1 million 	
 	Gustav Bouramman	3 years, $2.4 million entry-level contract 	
 	Alex Stalock 	2 years, $1.3 million contract extension 	
 	Luke Kunin 	3 years, $4.275 million entry-level contract	
 	Carson Soucy 	3 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the Minnesota Wild's 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	Wisconsin Badgers (Big Ten)
4 	106	Brandon Duhaime	RW 	United States	Tri-City Storm (USHL)
7 	196	Dmitry Sokolov 	RW 	Russia 	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
7 	204	Brayden Chizen 	D 	Canada 	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
;Draft notes
* The Minnesota Wild's second-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016 that sent Andrew Shaw to Montreal in exchange for a second-round pick in 2016 (39th overall) and this pick.
: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.
::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.
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.
: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). The condition – Buffalo will receive a third-round pick in 2016 if Anaheim does not qualify for the 2016 Western Conference Final – 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). The condition – Anaheim will receive the higher of either Florida or Minnesota's third-round pick in 2016. – 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.
::::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.
* The Minnesota Wild's fifth-round pick went to the Boston Bruins as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent a fifth-round pick in 2015 to Minnesota in exchange for this pick.
* The Minnesota Wild's sixth-round pick went to the Calgary Flames as the result of a trade on February 29, 2016 that sent David Jones to Minnesota in exchange for Niklas Backstrom and this pick.
* The Florida Panthers' seventh-round pick went to the Minnesota Wild as the result of a trade on February 24, 2015 that sent a third-round pick in 2016 to Florida in exchange for Sean Bergenheim and this pick.
==References==
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