2018–19 Minnesota Wild season
The 2018–19 Minnesota Wild season was the 19th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.[1] On April 2, 2019, the Wild were eliminated from playoff contention after the Colorado Avalanche's 6–2 victory against the Edmonton Oilers, marking the first time the Wild missed the postseason since the 2011–12 season.[2]
2018–19 Minnesota Wild | |
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Division | 7th Central |
Conference | 11th Western |
2018–19 record | 37–36–9 |
Home record | 16–18–7 |
Road record | 21–18–2 |
Goals for | 211 |
Goals against | 237 |
Team information | |
General manager | Paul Fenton |
Coach | Bruce Boudreau |
Captain | Mikko Koivu |
Alternate captains | Zach Parise Ryan Suter |
Arena | Xcel Energy Center |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Iowa Wild (AHL) Allen Americans (ECHL) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Zach Parise (28) |
Assists | Ryan Suter (40) |
Points | Zach Parise (61) |
Penalty minutes | Nick Seeler (64) |
Plus/minus | Matt Bartkowski (+2) |
Wins | Devan Dubnyk (31) |
Goals against average | Devan Dubnyk (2.54) |
Standings
Pos | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | y – Nashville Predators | 82 | 47 | 29 | 6 | 43 | 240 | 214 | +26 | 100 |
2 | x – Winnipeg Jets | 82 | 47 | 30 | 5 | 45 | 272 | 244 | +28 | 99 |
3 | x – St. Louis Blues | 82 | 45 | 28 | 9 | 42 | 247 | 223 | +24 | 99 |
4 | x – Dallas Stars | 82 | 43 | 32 | 7 | 42 | 210 | 202 | +8 | 93 |
5 | x – Colorado Avalanche | 82 | 38 | 30 | 14 | 36 | 260 | 246 | +14 | 90 |
6 | Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 36 | 34 | 12 | 33 | 270 | 292 | −22 | 84 |
7 | Minnesota Wild | 82 | 37 | 36 | 9 | 36 | 211 | 237 | −26 | 83 |
Pos | Div | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | CE | x – Dallas Stars | 82 | 43 | 32 | 7 | 42 | 210 | 202 | +8 | 93 |
2 | CE | x – Colorado Avalanche | 82 | 38 | 30 | 14 | 36 | 260 | 246 | +14 | 90 |
3 | PA | Arizona Coyotes | 82 | 39 | 35 | 8 | 35 | 213 | 223 | −10 | 86 |
4 | CE | Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 36 | 34 | 12 | 33 | 270 | 292 | −22 | 84 |
5 | CE | Minnesota Wild | 82 | 37 | 36 | 9 | 36 | 211 | 237 | −26 | 83 |
6 | PA | Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 35 | 36 | 11 | 29 | 225 | 254 | −29 | 81 |
7 | PA | Anaheim Ducks | 82 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 32 | 199 | 251 | −52 | 80 |
8 | PA | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 35 | 38 | 9 | 32 | 232 | 274 | −42 | 79 |
9 | PA | Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 31 | 42 | 9 | 28 | 202 | 263 | −61 | 71 |
Schedule and results
Preseason
The preseason schedule was published on June 13, 2018.[3]
2018 preseason game log: 2–4–1 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 0–2–1) | |||||||||
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# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record | Recap |
1 | September 17 | Minnesota | 1–2 | Winnipeg | Hammond | 15,321 | 0–1–0 | Recap | |
2[a] | September 19 | St. Louis | 3–2 | Minnesota | Stalock | — | 0–2–0 | Recap | |
3 | September 20 | Dallas | 3–1 | Minnesota | Dubnyk | 16,117 | 0–3–0 | Recap | |
4 | September 22 | Colorado | 0–7 | Minnesota | Stalock | 18,410 | 1–3–0 | Recap | |
5 | September 24 | Minnesota | 3–5 | Dallas | Dubnyk | 11,332 | 1–4–0 | Recap | |
6 | September 26 | Winnipeg | 3–4 | Minnesota | Dubnyk | 16,921 | 2–4–0 | Recap | |
7 | September 28 | Minnesota | 3–4 | Colorado | OT | Hammond | — | 2–4–1 | Recap |
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Regular season
The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.[4]
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) |
Player statistics
Skaters
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
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Zach Parise | 74 | 28 | 33 | 61 | −2 | 26 |
Eric Staal | 81 | 22 | 30 | 52 | −7 | 34 |
Mikael Granlund‡ | 63 | 15 | 34 | 49 | −2 | 20 |
Ryan Suter | 82 | 7 | 40 | 47 | −8 | 41 |
Jared Spurgeon | 82 | 14 | 29 | 43 | −1 | 20 |
Jason Zucker | 81 | 21 | 21 | 42 | −9 | 28 |
Mikko Koivu | 48 | 8 | 21 | 29 | −2 | 22 |
Charlie Coyle‡ | 60 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 1 | 16 |
Jordan Greenway | 81 | 12 | 12 | 24 | −12 | 29 |
Nino Niederreiter‡ | 46 | 9 | 14 | 23 | −11 | 10 |
Mathew Dumba | 32 | 12 | 10 | 22 | −5 | 21 |
Marcus Foligno | 82 | 7 | 12 | 19 | −1 | 55 |
Jonas Brodin | 82 | 4 | 14 | 18 | −15 | 30 |
Luke Kunin | 49 | 6 | 11 | 17 | −9 | 27 |
Ryan Donato† | 22 | 4 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 4 |
Eric Fehr | 72 | 7 | 8 | 15 | −8 | 30 |
Joel Eriksson Ek | 58 | 7 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 20 |
J. T. Brown | 56 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 29 |
Kevin Fiala† | 19 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −12 | 10 |
Nick Seeler | 71 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −4 | 64 |
Greg Pateryn | 80 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −11 | 41 |
Pontus Aberg† | 22 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −4 | 6 |
Brad Hunt | 29 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −5 | 6 |
Victor Rask† | 23 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 4 |
Matt Hendricks‡ | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 19 |
Matt Bartkowski | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Matt Read | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 |
Kyle Rau | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ryan Murphy† | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Anthony Bitetto† | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | 4 |
Nate Prosser | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Louie Belpedio | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nico Sturm | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltenders
Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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Devan Dubnyk | 67 | 66 | 3,855:16 | 31 | 28 | 6 | 163 | 2.54 | 1,877 | .913 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Alex Stalock | 21 | 16 | 1,065:06 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 53 | 2.99 | 525 | .899 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
†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.
Awards and honours
Milestones
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Transactions
The Wild have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.
Trades
Date | Details | Ref | |
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October 3, 2018 | To Montreal Canadiens Gustav Olofsson |
To Minnesota Wild William Bitten |
[8] |
November 21, 2018 | To Los Angeles Kings Pavel Jenys |
To Minnesota Wild Stepan Falkovsky |
[9] |
January 16, 2019 | To Anaheim Ducks Justin Kloos |
To Minnesota Wild Pontus Aberg |
[10] |
January 17, 2019 | To Carolina Hurricanes Nino Niederreiter |
To Minnesota Wild Victor Rask |
[11] |
January 21, 2019 | To Vegas Golden Knights Conditional 5th-round pick in 2019 |
To Minnesota Wild Brad Hunt 6th-round pick in 2019 |
[12] |
January 30, 2019 | To New Jersey Devils Ryan Murphy |
To Minnesota Wild Michael Kapla |
[13] |
February 20, 2019 | To Boston Bruins Charlie Coyle |
To Minnesota Wild Ryan Donato Conditional 5th-round pick in 2019 |
[14] |
February 25, 2019 | To Nashville Predators Mikael Granlund |
To Minnesota Wild Kevin Fiala |
[15] |
February 25, 2019 | To Winnipeg Jets Matt Hendricks |
To Minnesota Wild 7th-round pick in 2020 |
[16] |
May 30, 2019 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Conditional 7th-round pick in 2020 |
To Minnesota Wild Fedor Gordeev |
[17] |
Free agents
Waivers
Date | Player | Team | Ref |
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January 25, 2019 | Anthony Bitetto | from Nashville Predators | [33] |
Contract terminations
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Signings
Date | Player | Contract term | Ref |
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June 25, 2018 | Ryan Murphy | 1-year | [36] |
June 27, 2018 | Kyle Rau | 2-year | [37] |
July 1, 2018 | Nick Seeler | 3-year | [38] |
July 21, 2018 | Matt Dumba | 5-year | [39] |
July 25, 2018 | Jason Zucker | 5-year | [40] |
February 25, 2019 | Eric Staal | 2-year | [41] |
March 5, 2019 | Connor Dewar | 3-year | [42] |
March 19, 2019 | Alexander Khovanov | 3-year | [43] |
June 11, 2019 | Matt Bartkowski | 1-year | [44] |
Draft picks
Below are the Minnesota Wild's selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club Team (League) |
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1 | 24 | Filip Johansson | D | Sweden | Leksands IF (Allsvenskan) |
3 | 631 | Jack McBain | C | Canada | Toronto Jr. Canadiens (OJHL) |
3 | 86 | Alexander Khovanov | C | Russia | Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL) |
3 | 922 | Connor Dewar | C | Canada | Everett Silvertips (WHL) |
5 | 148 | Simon Johansson | D | Sweden | Djurgårdens IF J20 (SuperElit) |
5 | 1553 | Damien Giroux | C | Canada | Saginaw Spirit (OHL) |
6 | 179 | Shawn Boudrias | RW | Canada | Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL) |
7 | 210 | Sam Hengtes | C | United States | Tri-City Storm (USHL) |
Notes:
- The Buffalo Sabres' third-round pick went to the Minnesota Wild as the result of a trade on June 30, 2017, that sent Jason Pominville, Marco Scandella and a fourth-round pick in 2018 to Buffalo in exchange for Tyler Ennis, Marcus Foligno and this pick.[45]
- The Vegas Golden Knights' third-round pick went to the Minnesota Wild as the result of a trade on June 21, 2017, that sent Alex Tuch to Vegas in exchange for this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[46]
- The Washington Capitals' fifth-round pick went to the Minnesota Wild as the result of a trade on June 14, 2017, that sent Tyler Graovac to Washington in exchange for this pick.[47]
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