2015–16 Minnesota Wild season

2015–16 Minnesota Wild
Division	5th Central
Conference	8th Western
2015–16 record	38–33–11
Home record	21–16–4
Road record	17–17–7
Goals for	216
Goals against	206
Team information
General Manager	Chuck Fletcher
Coach	Mike Yeo (Oct-Feb) John Torchetti (interim) (Feb-Apr)
Captain	Mikko Koivu
Alternate captains	Zack Parise Ryan Suter
Arena	Xcel Energy Center
Average attendance	19,827 (113.2%) (41 games)
Minor league affiliations	Iowa Wild (AHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Zach Parise (25)
Assists	Ryan Suter (43)
Points	Mikko Koivu (56)
Penalties in minutes	Ryan Carter (46)
Plus/minus	(+): Erik Haula (+21) (−): Mikael Granlund (−12)
Wins	Devan Dubnyk (32)
Goals against average	Devan Dubnyk (2.33)
<2014–15

The 2015–16 Minnesota Wild season was the 16th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997. Head coach Mike Yeo was relieved of his duties on February 13 after the teams thirteenth loss in fourteen games. He finished with a record of 173–132–44 in his four and a half years as head coach of the Wild. Iowa Wild head coach John Torchetti was promoted to interim head coach. Minnesota was the first team since the 2009-10 Philadelphia Flyers and the 2009-10 Montreal Canadiens to make the playoffs with less than 90 points

Standings

Divisional standings

Central Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	z – Dallas Stars	82	50	23	9	48	267	230	+37	109
2	x – St. Louis Blues	82	49	24	9	44	224	201	+23	107
3	x – Chicago Blackhawks	82	47	26	9	46	235	209	+26	103
4	x – Nashville Predators	82	41	27	14	37	228	215	+13	96
5	x – Minnesota Wild	82	38	33	11	35	216	206	+10	87
6	Colorado Avalanche	82	39	39	4	35	216	240	−24	82
7	Winnipeg Jets	82	35	39	8	32	215	239	−24	78

Conference standings

Top 3 (Central Division)

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	z – Dallas Stars	82	50	23	9	48	267	230	+37	109
2	x – St. Louis Blues	82	49	24	9	44	224	201	+23	107
3	x – Chicago Blackhawks	82	47	26	9	46	235	209	+26	103

Top 3 (Pacific Division)

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Anaheim Ducks	82	46	25	11	43	218	192	+26	103
2	x – Los Angeles Kings	82	48	28	6	46	225	195	+30	102
3	x – San Jose Sharks	82	46	30	6	42	241	210	+31	98

Western Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CE	x – Nashville Predators	82	41	27	14	37	228	215	+13	96
2	CE	x – Minnesota Wild	82	38	33	11	35	216	206	+10	87
3	CE	Colorado Avalanche	82	39	39	4	35	216	240	−24	82
4	PA	Arizona Coyotes	82	35	39	8	34	209	245	−36	78
5	CE	Winnipeg Jets	82	35	39	8	32	215	239	−24	78
6	PA	Calgary Flames	82	35	40	7	33	231	260	−29	77
7	PA	Vancouver Canucks	82	31	38	13	26	191	243	−52	75
8	PA	Edmonton Oilers	82	31	43	8	27	203	245	−42	70

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2015–16 Pre-Season Game Log: 4–2–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 2–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 21	Buffalo	3–2	Minnesota		Kuemper	17,217	0–1–0	[1]
2	September 22	Minnesota	1–0	Winnipeg	OT	Backstrom	15,294	1–1–0	[2]
3	September 24	Minnesota	5–2	Columbus		Dubnyk	10,209	2–1–0	[3]
4	September 26 (In Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)	Minnesota	0–3	Edmonton		Kuemper	7,541	2–2–0	[4]
5	September 27	Winnipeg	1–8	Minnesota		Dubnyk	17,710	3–2–0	[5]
6	October 1	Buffalo	1–6	Minnesota		Dubnyk	17,214	4–2–0	[6]

Regular season

2015–16 Game Log
October: 7–2–2 (Home: 5–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 8 Minnesota 5–4 Colorado Dubnyk 18,007 1–0–0 2 [7] 2 October 10 St. Louis 2–3 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,096 2–0–0 4 [8] 3 October 15 Minnesota 4–3 Arizona Dubnyk 12,029 3–0–0 6 [9] 4 October 16 Minnesota 1–2 Los Angeles OT Kuemper 18,230 3–0–1 7 [10] 5 October 18 Minnesota 1–4 Anaheim Dubnyk 16,784 3–1–1 7 [11] 6 October 22 Columbus 2–3 Minnesota Dubnyk 18,650 4–1–1 9 [12] 7 October 24 Anaheim 0–3 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,034 5–1–1 11 [13] 8 October 25 Minnesota 4–5 Winnipeg Dubnyk 15,294 5–2–1 11 [14] 9 October 27 Edmonton 3–4 Minnesota Dubnyk 18,936 6–2–1 13 [15] 10 October 30 Chicago 4–5 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,140 7–2–1 15 [16] 11 October 31 Minnesota 2–3 St. Louis OT Dubnyk 17,728 7–2–2 16 [17]
November: 4–5–2 (Home: 3–3–1 ; Road: 1–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 12 November 5 Nashville 3–2 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,024 7–3–2 16 [18] 13 November 7 Tampa Bay 0–1 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,066 8–3–2 18 [19] 14 November 10 Winnipeg 3–5 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,153 9–3–2 20 [20] 15 November 12 Minnesota 3–2 Carolina OT Dubnyk 9,511 10–3–2 22 [21] 16 November 14 Minnesota 2–3 Dallas OT Dubnyk 18,532 10–3–3 23 [22] 17 November 17 Minnesota 3–4 Pittsburgh Dubnyk 18,495 10–4–3 23 [23] 18 November 19 Minnesota 2–4 Boston Dubnyk 17,565 10–5–3 23 [24] 19 November 21 Nashville 0–4 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,056 11–5–3 25 [25] 20 November 25 Vancouver 3–2 Minnesota Dubnyk 18,877 11–6–3 25 [26] 21 November 27 Winnipeg 3–1 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,055 11–7–3 25 [27] 22 November 28 Dallas 4–3 Minnesota OT Kuemper 19,024 11–7–4 26 [28]
December: 9–3–2 (Home: 6–2–0 ; Road: 3–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 23 December 1 Minnesota 2–1 Chicago Dubnyk 21,580 12–7–4 28 [29] 24 December 3 Toronto 0–1 Minnesota Dubnyk 18,880 13–7–4 30 [30] 25 December 5 Colorado 0–3 Minnesota Kuemper 19,173 14–7–4 32 [31] 26 December 7 Minnesota 1–2 Colorado OT Kuemper 16,589 14–7–5 33 [32] 27 December 11 Minnesota 1–2 Arizona OT Kuemper 14,404 14–7–6 34 [33] 28 December 12 Minnesota 2–0 San Jose Kuemper 16,766 15–7–6 36 [34] 29 December 15 Vancouver 2–6 Minnesota Kuemper 18,804 16–7–6 38 [35] 30 December 17 NY Rangers 2–5 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,090 17–7–6 40 [36] 31 December 19 Minnesota 2–3 Nashville Dubnyk 17,117 17–8–6 40 [37] 32 December 21 Dallas 6–3 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,047 17–9–6 40 [38] 33 December 22 Montreal 1–2 Minnesota Kuemper 19,105 18–9–6 42 [39] 34 December 26 Pittsburgh 3–1 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,234 18–10–6 42 [40] 35 December 28 Detroit 1–3 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,110 19–10–6 44 [41] 36 December 31 Minnesota 3–1 St. Louis Dubnyk 19,194 20–10–6 46 [42]
January: 3–7–3 (Home: 0–3–2 ; Road: 3–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 37 January 2 Minnesota 2–3 Tampa Bay SO Dubnyk 19,092 20–10–7 47 [43] 38 January 3 Minnesota 1–2 Florida Dubnyk 15,426 20–11–7 47 [44] 39 January 5 Minnesota 4–2 Columbus Dubnyk 12,411 21–11–7 49 [45] 40 January 7 Philadelphia 4–3 Minnesota OT Dubnyk 19,125 21–11–8 50 [46] 41 January 9 Minnesota 2–1 Dallas Dubnyk 18,532 22–11–8 52 [47] 42 January 10 New Jersey 2–1 Minnesota Kuemper 19,028 22–12–8 52 [48] 43 January 12 Buffalo 3–2 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,034 22–13–8 52 [49] 44 January 15 Winnipeg 1–0 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,222 22–14–8 52 [50] 45 January 16 Minnesota 0–3 Nashville Dubnyk 17,302 22–15–8 52 [51] 46 January 20 Minnesota 1–3 Anaheim Dubnyk 15,962 22–16–8 52 [52] 47 January 21 Minnesota 3–0 Los Angeles Kuemper 18,230 23–16–8 54 [53] 48 January 23 Minnesota 3–4 San Jose Kuemper 16,956 23–17–8 54 [54] 49 January 25 Arizona 2–1 Minnesota SO Dubnyk 19,020 23–17–9 55 [55]
February: 5–8–1 (Home: 2–3–1 ; Road: 3–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 50 February 2 Minnesota 3–5 NY Islanders Dubnyk 13,331 23–18–9 55 [56] 51 February 4 Minnesota 2–4 NY Rangers Dubnyk 18,006 23–19–9 55 [57] 52 February 6 Minnesota 1–4 St. Louis Dubnyk 19,318 23–20–9 55 [58] 53 February 9 Dallas 4–3 Minnesota OT Kuemper 19,087 23–20–10 56 [59] 54 February 11 Washington 4–3 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,213 23–21–10 56 [60] 55 February 13 Boston 4–2 Minnesota Kuemper 19,191 23–22–10 56 [61] 56 February 15 Minnesota 5–2 Vancouver Dubnyk 18,437 24–22–10 58 [62] 57 February 17 Minnesota 5–3 Calgary Dubnyk 19,289 25–22–10 60 [63] 58 February 18 Minnesota 5–2 Edmonton Kuemper 16,839 26–22–10 62 [64] 59 February 21 (2016 NHL Stadium Series) Chicago 1–6 Minnesota (at TCF Bank Stadium) Dubnyk 50,426 27–22–10 64 [65] 60 February 23 NY Islanders 4–1 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,085 27–23–10 64 [66] 61 February 25 Minnesota 2–3 Philadelphia Dubnyk 18,631 27–24–10 64 [67] 62 February 26 Minnesota 2–3 Washington Kuemper 18,605 27–25–10 64 [68] 63 February 28 Florida 1–3 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,093 28–25–10 66 [69]
March: 10–4–1 (Home: 5–3–0 ; Road: 5–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 64 March 1 Colorado 3–6 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,107 29–25–10 68 [70] 65 March 3 Minnesota 2–1 Toronto Dubnyk 18,915 30–25–10 70 [71] 66 March 5 Minnesota 3–2 Buffalo SO Dubnyk 19,070 31–25–10 72 [72] 67 March 6 St. Louis 4–2 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,040 31–26–10 72 [73] 68 March 10 Edmonton 2–1 Minnesota Kuemper 19,058 31–27–10 72 [74] 69 March 12 Minnesota 4–1 Montreal Dubnyk 21,288 32–27–10 74 [75] 70 March 15 Minnesota 2–3 Ottawa OT Dubnyk 18,966 32–27–11 75 [76] 71 March 17 Minnesota 4–7 New Jersey Kuemper 15,114 32–28–11 75 [77] 72 March 19 Carolina 2–3 Minnesota SO Dubnyk 19,044 33–28–11 77 [78] 73 March 20 Minnesota 3–2 Chicago SO Dubnyk 22,059 34–28–11 79 [79] 74 March 22 Los Angeles 1–2 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,018 35–28–11 81 [80] 75 March 24 Calgary 2–6 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,032 36–28–11 83 [81] 76 March 26 Minnesota 4–0 Colorado Dubnyk 18,007 37–28–11 85 [82] 77 March 29 Chicago 1–4 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,190 38–28–11 87 [83] 78 March 31 Ottawa 3–2 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,032 38–29–11 87 [84]
April: 0–4–0 (Home: 0–2–0 ; Road: 0–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 79 April 1 Minnesota 2–3 Detroit Dubnyk 20,027 38–30–11 87 [85] 80 April 3 Minnesota 1–5 Winnipeg Dubnyk 15,294 38–31–11 87 [86] 81 April 5 San Jose 3–0 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,061 38–32–11 87 [87] 82 April 9 Calgary 2–1 Minnesota Kuemper 19,247 38–33–11 87 [88]
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Final stats

Skaters

Regular Season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Mikko Koivu	82	17	39	56	6	40
Zach Parise	70	25	28	53	−3	36
Ryan Suter	82	8	43	51	10	30
Mikael Granlund	82	13	31	44	−12	20
Nino Niederreiter	82	20	23	43	9	36
Charlie Coyle	82	21	21	42	1	16
Thomas Vanek	74	18	23	41	−10	22
Jason Pominville	75	11	25	36	10	12
Erik Haula	76	14	20	34	21	24
Jared Spurgeon	77	11	18	29	11	14
Mathew Dumba	81	10	16	26	1	38
Jason Zucker	71	13	10	23	−4	20
Marco Scandella	73	5	16	21	6	22
Justin Fontaine	60	5	11	16	3	20
Ryan Carter	60	7	5	12	−3	48
Chris Porter	61	4	3	7	−6	6
Mike Reilly	29	1	6	7	−4	8
Jonas Brodin	68	2	5	7	–5	18
Jarret Stoll†	51	3	3	6	−4	16
Jordan Schroeder	26	2	2	4	2	2
Christian Folin	26	0	4	4	−1	11
David Jones†	16	2	1	3	1	0
Nate Prosser	54	0	3	3	1	39
Zac Dalpe	2	1	0	1	0	0
Tyson Strachan	2	0	0	0	1	0
Brett Bulmer	3	0	0	0	−1	7
Tyler Graovac	2	0	0	0	−1	0
Kurtis Gabriel	3	0	0	0	1	10
Christoph Bertschy	3	0	0	0	0	0
Gustav Olofsson	2	0	0	0	0	0
Michael Keranen‡	1	0	0	0	−1	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Jason Pominville	6	4	3	7	0	6
Nino Niederreiter	6	1	5	6	1	4
Mikko Koivu	6	3	2	5	0	2
Jared Spurgeon	6	2	3	5	1	4
Erik Haula	5	1	3	4	0	2
Ryan Suter	6	0	3	3	3	4
Mikael Granlund	6	1	2	3	–2	0
Jonas Brodin	6	1	2	3	3	0
Jason Zucker	6	0	2	2	–4	2
Charlie Coyle	6	1	1	2	–4	6
Mathew Dumba	6	0	2	2	–2	6
Chris Porter	6	1	0	1	0	0
David Jones	6	0	1	1	0	0
Marco Scandella	6	1	0	1	–7	4
Jordan Schroeder	2	1	0	1	–1	0
Nate Prosser	6	0	1	1	–6	0
Jarret Stoll	4	0	0	0	–1	4
Ryan Carter	2	0	0	0	–1	10
Zac Dalpe	3	0	0	0	–1	0
Justin Fontaine	4	0	0	0	–1	0
Kurtis Gabriel	4	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Devan Dubnyk	67	66	3861	32	26	6	150	2.33	1829	.918	5	0	0	8
Darcy Kuemper	21	16	1063	6	7	5	43	2.43	507	.915	2	0	0	2

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Devan Dubnyk	6	6	359	2	4	20	3.34	163	.877	0	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

Updated December 22, 2015.

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
32		Niklas Backstrom	G	L	46	2006	Helsinki, Finland
25		Jonas Brodin	D	L	30	2011	Karlstad, Sweden
18		Ryan Carter	C	L	40	2014	White Bear Lake, Minnesota
3		Charlie Coyle	C	R	32	2011	Weymouth, Massachusetts
40		Devan Dubnyk	G	L	37	2015	Regina, Saskatchewan
24		Matt Dumba	D	R	29	2012	Regina, Saskatchewan
14		Justin Fontaine	RW	R	36	2011	Bonnyville, Alberta
64		Mikael Granlund	C	L	32	2010	Oulu, Finland
56		Erik Haula	C	L	33	2009	Pori, Finland
9		Mikko Koivu (C)	C	L	41	2001	Turku, Finland
35		Darcy Kuemper	G	L	33	2009	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
22		Nino Niederreiter	RW	L	31	2013	Chur, Switzerland
11		Zach Parise (A)	LW	L	39	2012	Minneapolis, Minnesota
29		Jason Pominville	RW	R	41	2013	Repentigny, Quebec
7		Chris Porter	LW	L	39	2015	Toronto, Ontario
39		Nate Prosser	D	R	37	2010	Elk River, Minnesota
6		Marco Scandella	D	L	34	2008	Montreal, Quebec
46		Jared Spurgeon	D	R	34	2010	Edmonton, Alberta
19		Jarret Stoll	C	R	41	2015	Melville, Saskatchewan
20		Ryan Suter (A)	D	L	39	2012	Madison, Wisconsin
26		Thomas Vanek	LW	R	40	2014	Baden bei Wien, Austria
16		Jason Zucker	LW	L	32	2010	Newport Beach, California

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular Season

Player	Award	Awarded
M. Koivu	NHL Third Star of the Week	December 21, 2015
D. Dubnyk	NHL All-Star game selection	January 6, 2016
Z. Parise	NHL First Star of the Week	March 28, 2016
D. Dubnyk	NHL Second Star of the Month	April 1, 2016

Milestones

Regular Season

Player	Milestone	Reached
R. Suter	300th Career NHL Assist	October 8, 2015
Z. Parise	3rd Career NHL Hat Trick	October 8, 2015
J. Zucker	100th Career NHL Game	October 10, 2015
T. Vanek	300th Career NHL Goal	October 15, 2015
D. Dubnyk	100th Career NHL Win	October 15, 2015
J. Brodin	200th Career NHL Game	October 18, 2015
J. Spurgeon	300th Career NHL Game	October 18, 2015
Z. Parise	700th Career NHL Game	October 27, 2015
C. Coyle	200th Career NHL Game	October 31, 2015
C. Bertschy	1st Career NHL Game	November 7, 2015
M. Keranen	1st Career NHL Game	November 17, 2015
G. Olofsson	1st Career NHL Game	November 19, 2015
N. Prosser	200th Career NHL Game	November 19, 2015
M. Koivu	700th Career NHL Game	November 21, 2015
M. Granlund	100th Career NHL Point	November 25, 2015
C. Porter	200th Career NHL Game	December 11, 2015
M. Dumba	100th Career NHL Game	December 15, 2015
Z. Parise	300th Career NHL Assist	December 15, 2015
D. Dubnyk	100th Career NHL Loss	December 21, 2015
C. Coyle	100th Career NHL Point	January 2, 2016
Z. Parise	4th Career NHL Hat Trick	January 5, 2016
M. Reilly	1st Career NHL Game	January 9, 2016
M. Granlund	200th Career NHL Game	January 10, 2016
J. Pominville	800th Career NHL Game	January 23, 2016
J. Pominville	600th Career NHL Point	February 2, 2016
N. Niederreiter	100th Career NHL Point	February 2, 2016
R. Suter	800th Career NHL Game	February 4, 2016
M. Reilly	1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point	February 13, 2016
Z. Parise	600th Career NHL Point	February 17, 2016
T. Vanek	800th Career NHL Game	February 18, 2016
M. Reilly	1st Career NHL Assist	February 18, 2016
J. Schroeder	100th Career NHL Game	March 19, 2016
Z. Parise	5th Career NHL Hat Trick	March 24, 2016
N. Niederreiter	300th Career NHL Game	March 24, 2016
M. Granlund	100th Career NHL Assist	March 26, 2016
R. Suter	400th Career NHL Point	March 26, 2016
M. Scandella	300th Career NHL Game	April 3, 2016

Playoffs

Player	Milestone	Reached
Z. Dalpe	1st Career Playoff Game	April 14, 2016
K. Gabriel	1st Career Playoff Game	April 18, 2016
J. Schroeder	1st Career Playoff Goal 1st Career Playoff Point	April 22, 2016

Transactions

The Wild have been involved in the following transactions during the 2015–16 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27)	To Boston Bruins 5th-round pick in 2016	To Minnesota Wild 5th-round pick in 2015
February 29, 2016 (2016-02-29)	To Calgary Flames Niklas Backstrom 6th-round pick in 2016	To Minnesota Wild David Jones
February 29, 2016 (2016-02-29)	To Ottawa Senators Michael Keranen	To Minnesota Wild Conor Allen
February 29, 2016 (2016-02-29)	To Los Angeles Kings Brett Sutter	To Minnesota Wild Scott Sabourin

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Mike Reilly	Columbus Blue Jackets	2 years, entry-level contract
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Zac Dalpe	Buffalo Sabres	1 year, $600,000
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Ruslan Fedotenko	Iowa Wild	1 year, $600,000
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Marc Hagel	Iowa Wild	2 years, $1.21 million
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02)	Tyson Strachan	Buffalo Sabres	1 year, $650,000
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02)	Jared Knight	Iowa Wild	1 year, $761,250
March 26, 2016 (2016-03-26)	Nick Seeler	University of Minnesota	2 years, entry-level contract
March 27, 2016 (2016-03-27)	Mario Lucia	University of Notre Dame	2 years, entry-level contract
April 15, 2016 (2016-04-15)	Sam Anas	Quinnipiac University	2 years, entry-level contract
May 17, 2016 (2016-05-17)	Adam Vay	Debreceni Hoki Klub	2 years, entry-level contract

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02)	Kyle Brodziak	St. Louis Blues	1 year, $900,000
July 12, 2015 (2015-07-12)	Chris Stewart	Anaheim Ducks	1 year, $1.7 million

Claimed via waivers

Player	Former team	Date claimed off waivers	Ref
Chris Porter	Philadelphia Flyers	October 1, 2015
Jarret Stoll	New York Rangers	December 15, 2015

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Mikael Granlund	2 years, $6 million
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Nate Prosser	2 years, $1.25 million
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Ryan Carter	1 year, $625,000
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Steve Michalek	2 years, entry-level contract
July 4, 2015 (2015-07-04)	Devan Dubnyk	6 years, $26 million
July 11, 2015 (2015-07-11)	Christian Folin	2 years, $1.45 million
July 13, 2015 (2015-07-13)	Joel Eriksson Ek	3 years, entry-level contract
August 2, 2015 (2015-08-02)	Erik Haula	2 years, $2 million
August 16, 2015 (2015-08-16)	Brett Bulmer	1 year, $600,000
December 21, 2015 (2015-12-21)	Jared Spurgeon	4 years, $20.75 million (extension)
April 11, 2016 (2016-04-11)	Adam Gilmour	2 years, entry-level contract
April 13, 2016 (2016-04-13)	Alex Tuch	3 years, entry-level contract
May 24, 2016 (2016-05-24)	Chase Lang	3 years, entry-level contract

Draft picks

See also: List of Minnesota Wild draft picks

Below are the Minnesota Wild' selections at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 26–27, 2015 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	20	Joel Eriksson Ek	C	Sweden	Farjestad BK
2	50	Jordan Greenway	LW	United States	USA U-18
4	111	Ales Stezka	G	Czech Republic	HC Bílí Tygři Liberec
5	135	Kirill Kaprizov	LW	Russia	Metallurg Novokuznetsk
6	171	Nicholas Boka	D	United States	USA U-18
7	201	Gustav Bouramman	D	Sweden	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
7	204	Jack Sadek	D	United States	Lakeville North High School

Draft notes

• The Minnesota Wild's third-round pick went to the Arizona Coyotes as the result of a trade on January 14, 2015 that sent Devan Dubnyk to Minnesota in exchange for this pick.
• The Boston Bruins' fifth-round pick went to the Minnesota Wild as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent a fifth-round pick in 2016 to Boston in exchange for this pick.
• The Minnesota Wild's fifth-round pick went to the Columbus Blue Jackets as the result of a trade on March 2, 2015 that sent Jordan Leopold to Minnesota in exchange for Justin Falk and this pick.
• ^a The Vancouver Canucks' seventh-round pick went to the Minnesota Wild as the result of a trade on June 28, 2014 that sent a third-round pick in 2014 to Tampa Bay in exchange for a third-round pick in 2014 and this pick. Tampa Bay previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 27, 2014 that sent a second-round pick in 2014 to Vancouver in exchange for Jason Garrison, the rights to Jeff Costello and this pick.

References