2019–20 Minnesota Wild season

2019–20 Minnesota Wild
Division	6th Central
Conference	10th Western
2019–20 record	35–27–7
Home record	19–11–5
Road record	16–16–2
Goals for	220
Goals against	220
Team information
General manager	Bill Guerin
Coach	Bruce Boudreau (Oct. 3 – Feb. 14); Dean Evason (Feb. 14 – Aug.)
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 (25)
Assists	Ryan Suter (40)
Points	Kevin Fiala (54)
Penalty minutes	Ryan Hartman (69)
Plus/minus	Carson Soucy (+16)
Wins	Alex Stalock (20)
Goals against average	Alex Stalock (2.67)

The 2019–20 Minnesota Wild season was the 20th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.[1]

The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3] On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled.[4] The Wild returned to the playoffs after missing them in the 2018–19 season and faced the Vancouver Canucks in the qualifying round, losing in four games.

Standings

Divisional standings

Central Division
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	St. Louis Blues	71	42	19	10	33	225	193	+32	94
2	Colorado Avalanche	70	42	20	8	37	237	191	+46	92
3	Dallas Stars	69	37	24	8	26	180	177	+3	82
4	Winnipeg Jets	71	37	28	6	30	216	203	+13	80
5	Nashville Predators	69	35	26	8	28	215	217	−2	78
6	Minnesota Wild	69	35	27	7	30	220	220	0	77
7	Chicago Blackhawks	70	32	30	8	23	212	218	−6	72

Source: National Hockey League[5]

Western Conference

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	PCT	Qualification
1	St. Louis Blues	71	42	19	10	33	225	193	+32	.662	Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament[6]
2	Colorado Avalanche	70	42	20	8	37	237	191	+46	.657
3	Vegas Golden Knights	71	39	24	8	30	227	211	+16	.606
4	Dallas Stars	69	37	24	8	26	180	177	+3	.594
5	Edmonton Oilers	71	37	25	9	31	225	217	+8	.585	Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round[6]
6	Nashville Predators	69	35	26	8	28	215	217	−2	.565
7	Vancouver Canucks	69	36	27	6	27	228	217	+11	.565
8	Calgary Flames	70	36	27	7	25	210	215	−5	.564
9	Winnipeg Jets	71	37	28	6	30	216	203	+13	.563
10	Minnesota Wild	69	35	27	7	30	220	220	0	.558
11	Arizona Coyotes	70	33	29	8	26	195	187	+8	.529
12	Chicago Blackhawks	70	32	30	8	23	212	218	−6	.514
13	Anaheim Ducks	71	29	33	9	20	187	226	−39	.472
14	Los Angeles Kings	70	29	35	6	21	178	212	−34	.457
15	San Jose Sharks	70	29	36	5	22	182	226	−44	.450

Source: NHL Western Conference Points percentage

Tiebreaking procedures

Fewer number of games played (only used during regular season).
Greater number of regulation wins (denoted by RW).
Greater amount of wins in regulation and overtime (excluding shootout wins; denoted by ROW).
Greater amount of total wins (including shootouts).
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.
Greater goal differential (difference between goals for and goals against).
Greater amount of goals scored (denoted by GF).

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 13, 2019.[7]

2019 preseason game log: 2–1–3 (Home: 1–0–2 ; Road: 1–1–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 17	Dallas	2–1	Minnesota	OT	Stalock	13,537	0–0–1	Recap
2	September 18	Minnesota	1–4	Winnipeg		Kahkonen	15,321	0–1–1	Recap
3	September 21	Colorado	3–4	Minnesota		Dubnyk	16,833	1–1–1	Recap
4	September 22	Minnesota	2–3	Colorado	SO	Stalock	—	1–1–2	Recap
5	September 26	Minnesota	2–1	Dallas		Dubnyk	12,036	2–1–2	Recap
6	September 29	Winnipeg	5–4	Minnesota	OT	Dubnyk	17,017	2–1–3	Recap

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.[8]

2019–20 game log: 35–27–7 (Home: 19–11–5; Away: 16–16–2)

October: 4–9–0 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 1–8–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 3	Minnesota	2–5	Nashville		Dubnyk	17,455	0–1–0	0	Recap
2	October 5	Minnesota	2–4	Colorado		Dubnyk	17,090	0–2–0	0	Recap
3	October 10	Minnesota	2–5	Winnipeg		Dubnyk	15,325	0–3–0	0	Recap
4	October 12	Pittsburgh	7–4	Minnesota		Dubnyk	19,157	0–4–0	0	Recap
5	October 14	Minnesota	2–0	Ottawa		Stalock	11,500	1–4–0	2	Recap
6	October 15	Minnesota	2–4	Toronto		Dubnyk	19,149	1–5–0	2	Recap
7	October 17	Minnesota	0–4	Montreal		Stalock	20,419	1–6–0	2	Recap
8	October 20	Montreal	3–4	Minnesota		Dubnyk	17,344	2–6–0	4	Recap
9	October 22	Edmonton	0–3	Minnesota		Dubnyk	17,189	3–6–0	6	Recap
10	October 24	Minnesota	0–4	Nashville		Stalock	17,386	3–7–0	6	Recap
11	October 26	Los Angeles	1–5	Minnesota		Stalock	17,444	4–7–0	8	Recap
12	October 29	Minnesota	3–6	Dallas		Stalock	17,756	4–8–0	8	Recap
13	October 30	Minnesota	1–2	St. Louis		Dubnyk	18,096	4–9–0	8	Recap

November: 7–2–4 (Home: 3–0–2 ; Road: 4–2–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
14	November 2	St. Louis	4–3	Minnesota	OT	Dubnyk	18,208	4–9–1	9	Recap
15	November 5	Minnesota	4–2	Anaheim		Stalock	15,526	5–9–1	11	Recap
16	November 7	Minnesota	5–6	San Jose		Dubnyk	15,764	5–10–1	11	Recap
17	November 9	Minnesota	4–3	Arizona		Dubnyk	14,428	6–10–1	13	Recap
18	November 12	Minnesota	1–3	Los Angeles		Dubnyk	16,099	6–11–1	13	Recap
19	November 14	Arizona	2–3	Minnesota		Dubnyk	17,079	7–11–1	15	Recap
20	November 16	Carolina	4–3	Minnesota	OT	Dubnyk	17,101	7–11–2	16	Recap
21	November 19	Minnesota	4–1	Buffalo		Stalock	15,522	8–11–2	18	Recap
22	November 21	Colorado	2–3	Minnesota		Stalock	17,574	9–11–2	20	Recap
23	November 23	Minnesota	4–5	Boston	OT	Stalock	17,850	9–11–3	21	Recap
24	November 25	Minnesota	2–3	NY Rangers	OT	Stalock	18,006	9–11–4	22	Recap
25	November 26	Minnesota	3–2	New Jersey		Kähkönen	14,627	10–11–4	24	Recap
26	November 29	Ottawa	2–7	Minnesota		Stalock	17,112	11–11–4	26	Recap

December: 8–6–1 (Home: 4–3–1 ; Road: 4–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
27	December 1	Dallas	2–3	Minnesota	SO	Stalock	17,096	12–11–4	28	Recap
28	December 3	Minnesota	4–2	Florida		Kähkönen	10,167	13–11–4	30	Recap
29	December 5	Minnesota	5–4	Tampa Bay		Stalock	19,092	14–11–4	32	Recap
30	December 7	Minnesota	2–6	Carolina		Stalock	18,680	14–12–4	32	Recap
31	December 10	Anaheim	3–2	Minnesota	SO	Kähkönen	17,154	14–12–5	33	Recap
32	December 12	Edmonton	5–6	Minnesota		Kähkönen	17,271	15–12–5	35	Recap
33	December 14	Philadelphia	1–4	Minnesota		Stalock	17,140	16–12–5	37	Recap
34	December 15	Minnesota	3–5	Chicago		Kähkönen	21,513	16–13–5	37	Recap
35	December 17	Minnesota	2–3	Vegas		Stalock	18,220	16–14–5	37	Recap
36	December 19	Minnesota	8–5	Arizona		Dubnyk	15,582	17–14–5	39	Recap
37	December 21	Winnipeg	6–0	Minnesota		Stalock	17,319	17–15–5	39	Recap
38	December 23	Calgary	0–3	Minnesota		Dubnyk	17,596	18–15–5	41	Recap
39	December 27	Minnesota	6–4	Colorado		Dubnyk	18,146	19–15–5	43	Recap
40	December 29	NY Islanders	3–1	Minnesota		Dubnyk	17,506	19–16–5	43	Recap
41	December 31	Toronto	4–1	Minnesota		Dubnyk	18,164	19–17–5	43	Recap

January: 4–4–1 (Home: 4–2–1 ; Road: 0–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
42	January 4	Winnipeg	2–3	Minnesota	OT	Dubnyk	17,271	20–17–5	45	Recap
43	January 5	Calgary	5–4	Minnesota	SO	Stalock	17,204	20–17–6	46	Recap
44	January 9	Minnesota	1–2	Calgary		Stalock	18,634	20–18–6	46	Recap
45	January 12	Vancouver	4–1	Minnesota		Dubnyk	17,348	20–19–6	46	Recap
46	January 14	Minnesota	3–7	Pittsburgh		Dubnyk	18,545	20–20–6	46	Recap
47	January 16	Tampa Bay	2–3	Minnesota		Stalock	17,305	21–20–6	48	Recap
48	January 18	Dallas	0–7	Minnesota		Stalock	18,219	22–20–6	50	Recap
49	January 20	Florida	5–4	Minnesota		Stalock	17,255	22–21–6	50	Recap
50	January 22	Detroit	2–4	Minnesota		Dubnyk	17,212	23–21–6	52	Recap

February: 9–4–1 (Home: 4–4–1 ; Road: 5–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
51	February 1	Boston	6–1	Minnesota		Dubnyk	18,009	23–22–6	52	Recap
52	February 4	Chicago	2–3	Minnesota	OT	Stalock	17,341	24–22–6	54	Recap
53	February 6	Vancouver	2–4	Minnesota		Stalock	17,191	25–22–6	56	Recap
54	February 7	Minnesota	3–2	Dallas		Dubnyk	18,532	26–22–6	58	Recap
55	February 9	Colorado	3–2	Minnesota		Dubnyk	17,444	26–23–6	58	Recap
56	February 11	Vegas	0–4	Minnesota		Stalock	17,112	27–23–6	60	Recap
57	February 13	NY Rangers	4–3	Minnesota	SO	Stalock	17,413	27–23–7	61	Recap
58	February 15	San Jose	2–0	Minnesota		Stalock	18,611	27–24–7	61	Recap
59	February 19	Minnesota	4–3	Vancouver	SO	Dubnyk	18,871	28–24–7	63	Recap
60	February 21	Minnesota	5–3	Edmonton		Stalock	17,055	29–24–7	65	Recap
61	February 23	St. Louis	4–1	Minnesota		Dubnyk	17,266	29–25–7	65	Recap
62	February 25	Columbus	4–5	Minnesota		Stalock	17,057	30–25–7	67	Recap
63	February 27	Minnesota	7–1	Detroit		Stalock	17,663	31–25–7	69	Recap
64	February 28	Minnesota	5–0	Columbus		Stalock	18,955	32–25–7	71	Recap

March: 3–2–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 2–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
65	March 1	Washington	4–3	Minnesota		Stalock	17,388	32–26–7	71	Recap
66	March 3	Nashville	1–3	Minnesota		Stalock	17,242	33–26–7	73	Recap
67	March 5	Minnesota	3–2	San Jose		Stalock	14,517	34–26–7	75	Recap
68	March 7	Minnesota	3–7	Los Angeles		Stalock	16,082	34–27–7	75	Recap
69	March 8	Minnesota	5–4	Anaheim	OT	Dubnyk	15,948	35–27–7	77	Recap

Cancelled games
#	Date	Visitor	Home
70	March 12	Vegas	Minnesota
71	March 14	Minnesota	Philadelphia
72	March 15	Nashville	Minnesota
73	March 17	Chicago	Minnesota
74	March 19	Minnesota	Chicago
75	March 20	Minnesota	Winnipeg
76	March 23	Colorado	Minnesota
77	March 26	New Jersey	Minnesota
78	March 28	Buffalo	Minnesota
79	March 29	Minnesota	St. Louis
80	March 31	Minnesota	NY Islanders
81	April 2	Minnesota	Washington
82	April 4	Minnesota	Nashville

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

Playoffs

The Wild were defeated by the Vancouver Canucks in the qualifying round in four games.[9]

2020 Stanley Cup playoffs

Western Conference Qualifying Round vs. (7) Vancouver Canucks: Vancouver won 3–1
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Series	Recap
1	August 2	Minnesota	3–0	Vancouver		Stalock	1–0	Recap
2	August 4	Minnesota	3–4	Vancouver		Stalock	1–1	Recap
3	August 6	Vancouver	3–0	Minnesota		Stalock	1–2	Recap
4	August 7	Vancouver	5–4	Minnesota	OT	Stalock	1–3	Recap

Legend: Win Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season[10]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Kevin Fiala	64	23	31	54	−1	42
Ryan Suter	69	8	40	48	−6	12
Eric Staal	66	19	28	47	−9	28
Zach Parise	69	25	21	46	−11	8
Mats Zuccarello	65	15	22	37	−9	18
Jared Spurgeon	62	12	20	32	−1	18
Luke Kunin	63	15	16	31	−10	55
Jason Zucker^‡	45	14	15	29	−3	19
Joel Eriksson Ek	62	8	21	29	7	22
Jordan Greenway	67	8	20	28	2	54
Jonas Brodin	69	2	26	28	15	24
Marcus Foligno	59	11	14	25	8	30
Mathew Dumba	69	6	18	24	−7	41
Ryan Donato	62	14	9	23	5	12
Mikko Koivu	55	4	17	21	2	28
Ryan Hartman	69	9	11	20	4	69
Brad Hunt	59	8	11	19	−7	6
Carson Soucy	55	7	7	14	16	18
Victor Rask	43	5	8	13	7	6
Alex Galchenyuk^†	14	3	4	7	2	6
Greg Pateryn	20	0	3	3	1	6
Gerald Mayhew	13	2	0	2	4	2
Nico Sturm	6	0	2	2	2	0
Brennan Menell	5	0	0	0	1	2
Nick Seeler	6	0	0	0	−6	8
Gabriel Dumont	3	0	0	0	−1	0
Luke Johnson	3	0	0	0	−3	0

Playoffs[11]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Eric Staal	4	1	4	5	0	2
Kevin Fiala	4	3	1	4	1	10
Jared Spurgeon	4	2	2	4	−1	4
Zach Parise	4	0	3	3	2	2
Luke Kunin	4	2	0	2	0	2
Jonas Brodin	4	0	2	2	1	0
Nico Sturm	2	1	0	1	−1	0
Joel Eriksson Ek	4	1	0	1	1	2
Ryan Suter	3	0	1	1	1	0
Marcus Foligno	4	0	1	1	−2	5
Mats Zuccarello	4	0	1	1	−1	0
Mathew Dumba	4	0	1	1	1	2
Matt Bartkowski	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan Greenway	4	0	0	0	−1	8
Ryan Hartman	4	0	0	0	0	9
Carson Soucy	4	0	0	0	−3	0
Alex Galchenyuk	4	0	0	0	−2	4
Brad Hunt	4	0	0	0	−1	2
Mikko Koivu	4	0	0	0	0	6
Ryan Donato	2	0	0	0	1	2

Goaltenders

Regular season[12]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	A	PIM
Alex Stalock	38	36	2,177:21	20	11	4	97	2.67	1,082	.910	4	1	4
Devan Dubnyk	30	28	1,664:39	12	15	2	93	3.35	849	.890	1	0	2
Kaapo Kahkonen	5	5	304:12	3	1	1	15	2.96	172	.913	0	0	0

Playoffs[13]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Alex Stalock	4	4	237:14	1	3	12	3.03	116	.897	1	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.

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