2020–21 Minnesota Wild season

2020–21 Minnesota Wild
Division	West
2020–21 record	6–5–0
Home record	3–3–0
Road record	3–2–0
Goals for	30
Goals against	30
Team information
General manager	Bill Guerin
Coach	Dean Evason
Captain	Jared Spurgeon
Alternate captains	Zach Parise Ryan Suter
Arena	Xcel Energy Center
Minor league affiliate(s)	Iowa Wild (AHL) Allen Americans (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Joel Eriksson Ek (5)
Assists	Jordan Greenway (8)
Points	Jordan Greenway (10)
Penalty minutes	Kevin Fiala (23)
Plus/minus	Joel Eriksson Ek Jordan Greenway (+8)
Wins	Kaapo Kahkonen Cam Talbot (3)
Goals against average	Cam Talbot (2.40)

The 2020–21 Minnesota Wild season is the 21st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997. This will be the first time since the 2005–06 season that Mikko Koivu will not be on the roster after he signed a contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets. On December 20, 2020, the league temporarily realigned into four divisions with no conferences due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing closure of the Canada-United States border. As a result of this realignment the Wild will play this season in the West Division and will only play games against the other teams in their new division during the regular season and potentially the first two rounds of the playoffs.

Standings

Divisional standings

West Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Colorado Avalanche	56	39	13	4	35	197	133	+64	82
2	x – Vegas Golden Knights	56	40	14	2	30	191	124	+67	82
3	x – Minnesota Wild	56	35	16	5	27	181	160	+21	75
4	x – St. Louis Blues	56	27	20	9	19	169	170	−1	63
5	e – Arizona Coyotes	56	24	26	6	19	153	176	−23	54
6	e – Los Angeles Kings	56	21	28	7	19	143	170	−27	49
7	e – San Jose Sharks	56	21	28	7	15	151	199	−48	49
8	e – Anaheim Ducks	56	17	30	9	11	126	179	−53	43

Source: National Hockey League
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.

2020–21 game log
January: 6–4–0 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 3–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 January 14 Minnesota 4–3 Los Angeles OT Talbot 0 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 January 16 Minnesota 4–3 Los Angeles OT Talbot 0 2–0–0 4 Recap 3 January 18 Minnesota 0–1 Anaheim Talbot 0 2–1–0 4 Recap 4 January 20 Minnesota 3–2 Anaheim Kähkönen 0 3–1–0 6 Recap 5 January 22 San Jose 1–4 Minnesota Kähkönen 0 4–1–0 8 Recap 6 January 24 San Jose 5–3 Minnesota Kähkönen 0 4–2–0 8 Recap 7 January 26 Los Angeles 2–1 Minnesota Kähkönen 0 4–3–0 8 Recap 8 January 28 Los Angeles 3–5 Minnesota Kähkönen 0 5–3–0 10 Recap 9 January 30 Colorado 5–1 Minnesota Kähkönen 0 5–4–0 10 Recap 10 January 31 Colorado 3–4 Minnesota OT Talbot 0 6–4–0 12 Recap
February: 0–1–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 11 February 2 Minnesota 1–2 Colorado Talbot 0 6–5–0 12 Recap — February 4 Minnesota – Colorado Postponed due to COVID-19. — February 6 Arizona – Minnesota Postponed due to COVID-19. — February 7 Arizona – Minnesota Postponed due to COVID-19. — February 9 St. Louis – Minnesota Postponed due to COVID-19. 16 February 11 St. Louis – Minnesota 17 February 13 Minnesota – Los Angeles 18 February 16 Minnesota – Los Angeles 19 February 18 Minnesota – Anaheim 20 February 20 Minnesota – Anaheim 21 February 26 Los Angeles – Minnesota 22 February 27 Los Angeles – Minnesota
March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 23 March 1 Minnesota – Vegas 24 March 3 Minnesota – Vegas 25 March 5 Minnesota – Arizona 26 March 6 Minnesota – Arizona 27 March 8 Vegas – Minnesota 28 March 10 Vegas – Minnesota 29 March 12 Arizona – Minnesota 30 March 14 Arizona – Minnesota 31 March 18 Minnesota – Colorado 32 March 20 Minnesota – Colorado 33 March 22 Anaheim – Minnesota 34 March 24 Anaheim – Minnesota 35 March 29 Minnesota – San Jose 36 March 31 Minnesota – San Jose
April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 37 April 1 Minnesota – Vegas 38 April 3 Minnesota – Vegas 39 April 5 Colorado – Minnesota 40 April 7 Colorado – Minnesota 41 April 9 Minnesota – St. Louis 42 April 11 Minnesota – St. Louis 43 April 16 San Jose – Minnesota 44 April 17 San Jose – Minnesota 45 April 19 Minnesota – Arizona 46 April 21 Minnesota – Arizona 47 April 23 Minnesota – San Jose 48 April 24 Minnesota – San Jose 49 April 26 St. Louis – Minnesota 50 April 28 St. Louis – Minnesota 51 April 30 Minnesota – St. Louis
May: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 52 May 1 Minnesota – St. Louis 53 May 3 Vegas – Minnesota 54 May 5 Vegas – Minnesota 55 May 7 Anaheim – Minnesota 56 May 8 Anaheim – Minnesota
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)   Postponement

Draft picks

See also: List of Minnesota Wild draft picks

Below are the Minnesota Wild's selections at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, which was originally scheduled for June 26–27, 2020, at the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec, but was postponed on March 25, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was held on October 6–7, 2020, virtually via video conference call from the NHL Network studios in Secaucus, New Jersey.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	9	Marco Rossi	C	Austria	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
2	37	Marat Khusnutdinov	C	Russia	SKA-1946 (MHL)
3	65	Daemon Hunt	D	Canada	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
5	146	Pavel Novak	RW	Czech Republic	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)

Current roster

Updated June 25, 2024

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
24		Zach Bogosian	D	R	33	2023	Massena, New York
12		Matt Boldy	RW	L	23	2019	Millis, Massachusetts
—		Travis Boyd	C	R	30	2024	Edina, Minnesota
25		Jonas Brodin	D	L	31	2011	Karlstad, Sweden
47		Declan Chisholm	D	L	24	2024	Bowmanville, Ontario
14		Joel Eriksson Ek	C	L	27	2015	Karlstad, Sweden
7		Brock Faber	D	R	21	2022	Maple Grove, Minnesota
29		Marc-Andre Fleury	G	L	39	2022	Sorel-Tracy, Quebec
17		Marcus Foligno (A)	RW	L	32	2017	Buffalo, New York
89		Frederick Gaudreau	C	R	31	2021	Bromont, Quebec
32		Filip Gustavsson	G	L	26	2022	Skellefteå, Sweden
38		Ryan Hartman	C	R	29	2019	Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
90		Marcus Johansson	C	L	33	2023	Landskrona, Sweden
—		Reese Johnson	C	R	26	2024	Regina, Saskatchewan
97		Kirill Kaprizov (A)	LW	L	27	2015	Novokuznetsk, Russia
22		Marat Khusnutdinov	C	L	21	2020	Moscow, Russia
—		Jakub Lauko	LW	L	24	2024	Prague, Czech Republic
4		Jon Merrill	D	L	32	2021	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
5		Jacob Middleton	D	L	28	2022	Stratford, Ontario
28		Liam Ohgren	LW	L	20	2022	Stockholm, Sweden
23		Marco Rossi	C	L	22	2020	Feldkirch, Austria
46		Jared Spurgeon (C)	D	R	34	2010	Edmonton, Alberta
—		Yakov Trenin	C	R	27	2024	Chelyabinsk, Russia
36		Mats Zuccarello	RW	L	36	2019	Oslo, Norway