2021–22 Minnesota Wild season

The 2021–22 Minnesota Wild season was the 22nd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997. The Wild clinched a playoff spot after a 5–4 overtime win against the San Jose Sharks, which would be their ninth postseason appearance in the last 10 seasons. The Wild were upset in the first round by the St. Louis Blues, losing in six games.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Regular season===
The regular season schedule was released on July 22, 2021, with only about a handful of games scheduled in February because NHL players are planning to participate in the 2022 Winter Olympics.
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October: 5–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 5–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 5–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 5–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 5–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 5–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 5–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 5–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 5–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 5–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 5–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 15 	Minnesota 	2–1 	Anaheim 	 	Talbot 	11,938 	1–0–0 	2 	
2 	October 16 	Minnesota 	3–2 	Los Angeles 	 	Talbot 	12,590 	2–0–0 	4 	
3 	October 19 	Winnipeg 	5–6 	Minnesota 	OT 	Talbot 	18,156 	3–0–0 	6 	
4 	October 23 	Anaheim 	3–4 	Minnesota 	OT 	Talbot 	18,055 	4–0–0 	8 	
5 	October 24 	Nashville 	5–2 	Minnesota 	 	Kahkonen 	16,014 	4–1–0 	8 	
6 	October 26 	Minnesota 	3–2 	Vancouver 	 	Talbot 	18,870 	5–1–0 	10 	
7 	October 28 	Minnesota 	1–4 	Seattle 	 	Talbot 	17,151 	5–2–0 	10 	
8 	October 30 	Minnesota 	1–4 	Colorado 	 	Talbot 	17,708 	5–3–0 	10 	
===Playoffs===
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Western Conference First Round vs. (C3) St. Louis Blues: St. Louis won 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (C3) St. Louis Blues: St. Louis won 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (C3) St. Louis Blues: St. Louis won 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (C3) St. Louis Blues: St. Louis won 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (C3) St. Louis Blues: St. Louis won 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (C3) St. Louis Blues: St. Louis won 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (C3) St. Louis Blues: St. Louis won 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (C3) St. Louis Blues: St. Louis won 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (C3) St. Louis Blues: St. Louis won 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (C3) St. Louis Blues: St. Louis won 4–2
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	Recap
1 	May 2 	St. Louis 	4–0 	Minnesota 	 	Fleury 	19,053 	0–1 	
2 	May 4 	St. Louis 	2–6 	Minnesota 	 	Fleury 	19,376 	1–1 	
3 	May 6 	Minnesota 	5–1 	St. Louis 	 	Fleury 	18,096 	2–1 	
4 	May 8 	Minnesota 	2–5 	St. Louis 	 	Fleury 	18,096 	2–2 	
5 	May 10 	St. Louis 	5–2 	Minnesota 	 	Fleury 	19,197 	2–3 	
6 	May 12 	Minnesota 	1–5 	St. Louis 	 	Talbot 	18,096 	2–4 	
==Player statistics==
As of May 13, 2022
===Skaters===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	81	47	61	108	+27	34
 	82	33	52	85 	+23	52
 	70	24	55	79 	+21	24
 	82	34	31	65 	+31	95
 	77	26	23	49 	+16	28
 	76	14	30	44 	+12	8
 	74	23	19	42 	+25	112
 	65	10	30	40 	+32	10
 	47	15	24	39 	+17	10
 	73	5 	25	30 	+9 	18
 	72	2 	28	30 	+41	34
 	62	10	17	27 	+26	69
 	57	7 	20	27 	+9 	47
 	80	7 	17	24 	+23	39
 	69	4 	16	20 	+15	22
‡ 	53	9 	8 	17 	−5 	8
 	80	6 	11	17 	−2 	122
 	57	7 	6 	13 	−2 	20
‡ 	29	5 	8 	13 	+7 	2
‡ 	20	6 	5 	11 	+1 	12
 	39	1 	7 	8 	+1 	10
† 	21	2 	4 	6 	0 	4
 	35	2 	4 	6 	−4 	25
† 	21	1 	4 	5 	+7 	13
 	15	2 	2 	4 	−4 	2
† 	20	3 	0 	3 	−2 	23
 	1 	0 	1 	1 	0 	2
 	3 	0 	1 	1 	−1 	2
 	5 	0 	0 	0 	−3 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	+2 	0
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	−2 	5
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	+1 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	−1 	4
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	6	7	1	8	1 	2
 	6	3	2	5	1 	8
 	6	0	5	5	0 	2
 	6	1	3	4	−1	2
 	6	1	2	3	−2	2
 	6	0	3	3	1 	4
 	6	0	3	3	−5	16
 	6	1	1	2	0 	6
 	6	0	2	2	1 	14
 	6	1	0	1	4 	2
 	6	1	0	1	−1	0
 	6	1	0	1	−1	4
 	6	0	1	1	−6	0
 	6	0	1	1	6 	2
 	2	0	1	1	−4	2
 	6	0	0	0	0 	4
 	6	0	0	0	−2	2
 	5	0	0	0	−3	0
 	4	0	0	0	−3	2
 	1	0	0	0	0 	0
===Goaltenders===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	49	48	2,864:23	32	12	4	132	2.76	1,488	.911	3	0	1	2
‡ 	25	23	1,380:05	12	8 	3	66 	2.87	734 	.910	0	0	1	2
† 	11	11	657:54 	9 	2 	0	30 	2.74	334 	.910	0	0	1	0
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	5	5	296:28	2	3	15	3.04	159	.906	0	0	0	0
 	1	1	57:53 	0	1	4 	4.14	26 	.846	0	0	0	0
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Wild. Stats reflect time with the Wild only.
‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Wild only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.
==Current roster==
==Transactions==
The Wild have been involved in the following transactions during the 2021–22 season.
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To Edmonton Oilers1st-round pick in 2021 (Xavier Bourgault)PIT 3rd-round pick in 2021 (Luca Munzenberger)	To Minnesota Wild1st-round pick in 2021 (Jesper Wallstedt)	
 	To Montreal Canadiens5th-round pick in 2021 (Joshua Roy)7th-round pick in 2021 (Joe Vrbetic) 	To Minnesota Wild4th-round pick in 2021 (Josh Pillar) 	
 	To Toronto Maple LeafsBrennan Menell 	To Minnesota WildConditional1 7th-round pick in 2022 	
 	To St. Louis BluesWill Bitten 	To Minnesota WildNolan Stevens 	
 	To Montreal CanadiensAndrew Hammond 	To Minnesota WildBrandon Baddock 	
 	To Colorado AvalancheNico Sturm 	To Minnesota WildTyson Jost 	
 	To Anaheim Ducks3rd-round pick in 2023 	To Minnesota WildNicolas Deslauriers 	
 	To Arizona CoyotesJack McBain 	To Minnesota WildVAN 2nd-round pick in 2022 	
 	To San Jose SharksKaapo Kahkonen5th-round pick in 2022 	To Minnesota WildJacob Middleton 	
 	To Chicago BlackhawksConditional2 2nd-round pick in 2022 	To Minnesota WildMarc-Andre Fleury 	
Notes:
# Minnesota will receive a 7th-round pick in 2022 if Mennell plays 30 games for Toronto in 2021–22; otherwise no pick will be exchanged.
# Chicago will receive Minnesota's 1st-round pick in 2022 if they reach the 2022 Western Conference Final and Fleury has at least four wins in the first two rounds; otherwise they will receive a 2nd-round pick.
===Players acquired===
Date	Player 	Former team 	Term 	Via 	Ref
 	Frederick Gaudreau	Pittsburgh Penguins 	2-year	Free agency	
 	Alex Goligoski 	Arizona Coyotes 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Joe Hicketts 	Detroit Red Wings 	2-year	Free agency	
 	Dmitry Kulikov 	Edmonton Oilers 	2-year	Free agency	
 	Jon Lizotte 	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	
 	Dominic Turgeon 	Detroit Red Wings 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Kevin Czuczman 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Jon Merrill 	Montreal Canadiens 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Jordie Benn 	Winnipeg Jets 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Rem Pitlick 	Nashville Predators 	 	Waivers 	
 	Zane McIntyre 	Tucson Roadrunners (AHL) 	1-year	Free agency	
===Players lost===
Date	Player 	New team 	Term 	Via 	Ref
 	Zach Parise 	New York Islanders 	1-year	Buy-out 	
 	Ryan Suter 	Dallas Stars 	4-year	Buy-out 	
 	Carson Soucy 	Seattle Kraken 	 	Expansion draft 	
 	Louie Belpedio 	Montreal Canadiens 	1-year	Free agency 	
 	Nick Bonino 	San Jose Sharks 	2-year	Free agency 	
 	Ian Cole 	Carolina Hurricanes 	1-year	Free agency 	
 	Gabriel Dumont 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	1-year	Free agency 	
 	Brad Hunt 	Vancouver Canucks 	1-year	Free agency 	
 	Luke Johnson 	Winnipeg Jets 	1-year	Free agency 	
 	Gerald Mayhew 	Philadelphia Flyers 	1-year	Free agency 	
 	Ryan Suter 	Dallas Stars 	4-year	Free agency 	
 	Marcus Johansson	Seattle Kraken 	1-year	Free agency 	
 	Matt Bartkowski 	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL)	1-year	Free agency 	
 	Ivan Lodnia 	 	 	Contract termination	
 	Ivan Lodnia 	Chicago Wolves (AHL) 	1-year	Free agency 	
 	Rem Pitlick 	Montreal Canadiens 	 	Waivers 	
===Signings===
Date	Player 	Term 	Contract type	Ref
 	Joseph Cramarossa	2-year	Re-signing 	
 	Andrew Hammond 	1-year	Re-signing 	
 	Dakota Mermis 	2-year	Re-signing 	
 	Kyle Rau 	1-year	Re-signing 	
 	Brandon Duhaime 	2-year	Re-signing 	
 	Will Bitten 	1-year	Re-signing 	
 	Kevin Fiala 	1-year	Re-signing 	
 	Mason Shaw 	2-year	Re-signing 	
 	Carson Lambos 	3-year	Entry-level 	
 	Kirill Kaprizov 	5-year	Re-signing 	
 	Jon Merrill 	3-year	Extension 	
 	Jordan Greenway 	3-year	Extension 	
 	Vladislav Firstov	3-year	Entry-level 	
 	Sam Hentges 	2-year	Entry-level 	
 	Alex Goligoski 	2-year	Extension 	
 	Simon Johansson 	2-year	Extension 	
 	Pavel Novak 	3-year	Entry-level 	
 	Jesper Wallstedt 	3-year	Entry-level 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the Minnesota Wild's selections at the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, which were held on July 23 to 24, 2021. It was held virtually via Video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos.	Nationality	Team (League)
1 	20 	Jesper Wallstedt	G 	 	Lulea HF (SHL)
1 	26 	Carson Lambos 	D 	 	JYP U20 (U20 SM-sarja)
2 	54 	Jack Peart 	D 	 	Fargo Force (USHL)
3 	86 	Caedan Bankier 	C 	 	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
4 	118	Kyle Masters 	D 	 	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
4 	127	Josh Pillar 	RW 	 	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
6 	182	Nate Benoit 	 	 	Mount St. Charles Mounties (USHS-RI)
==References==
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