2014–15 Minnesota Wild season

2014–15 Minnesota Wild · NHL
Division	4th Central
Conference	6th Western
2014–15 record	46–28–8
Home record	22–13–6
Road record	24–15–2
Goals for	231
Goals against	201
General Manager	Chuck Fletcher
Coach	Mike Yeo
Captain	Mikko Koivu
Alternate captains	Zack Parise Ryan Suter
Arena	Xcel Energy Center
Average attendance	19,023 (106.0%) (41 games)
Team Leaders
Goals	Zach Parise (33)
Assists	Jason Pominville Ryan Suter (36)
Points	Zach Parise (62)
Penalties in minutes	Marco Scandella (56)
Wins	Devan Dubnyk (27)
Goals against average	Devan Dubnyk (1.78)
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The 2014–15 Minnesota Wild season was the 15th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.

Off-season

Following the team's 4–2 Western Conference Semifinals loss to the Chicago Blackhawks, General Manager Chuck Fletcher was tasked with deciding how to deal with the Wild's 21 free-agents, including 13 unrestricted and nine restricted free agents. The contract situation for all players, including UFAs Dany Heatley, Cody McCormick, Matt Moulson and Nate Prosser, needed to be decided before heading into the NHL's free agency period beginning on July 1, 2014.

Playoffs

See also: 2015 Stanley Cup playoffs

The Minnesota Wild entered the playoffs as the Western Conference's first wild-card. After defeating the St. Louis Blues 4–2 in the first round, they advanced to the second round, where they were defeated by the Chicago Blackhawks for the third-straight season.

Standings

Divisional standings

Central Divison (Top 3)
Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SL	GF	GA	Pts
St. Louis Bluesx y	82	51	24	3	4	248	201	109
Nashville Predatorsx	82	47	25	4	6	232	208	104
Chicago Blackhawksx	82	48	28	3	3	229	189	102
Minnesota Wildx	82	46	28	5	3	231	201	100
Winnipeg Jetsx	82	43	26	7	6	230	210	99
Dallas Stars	82	41	31	7	3	261	260	92
Colorado Avalanche	82	39	31	8	4	219	227	90

x-clinched playoff berth, y-clinched division title, z-clinched conference title, p-clinched President's Trophy

Conference standings

Central Divison (Top 3)
Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SL	GF	GA	Pts
St. Louis Bluesx y	82	51	24	3	4	248	201	109
Nashville Predatorsx	82	47	25	4	6	232	208	104
Chicago Blackhawksx	82	48	28	3	3	229	189	102
Pacific Division (Top 3)
Anaheim Ducksx y	82	51	24	2	5	236	226	109
Vancouver Canucksx	82	48	29	3	2	242	222	101
Calgary Flamesx	82	45	30	4	3	241	216	97
Western Conference Wildcard (Top 2 qualify)
Minnesota Wildx	82	46	28	5	3	231	201	100
Winnipeg Jetsx	82	43	26	7	6	230	210	99
Los Angeles Kings	82	40	27	7	8	220	205	95
Dallas Stars	82	41	31	7	3	261	260	92
Colorado Avalanche	82	39	31	8	4	219	227	90
San Jose Sharks	82	40	33	3	6	228	232	89
Edmonton Oilers	82	24	44	7	7	198	283	62
Arizona Coyotes	82	24	50	3	5	170	272	56

x-clinched playoff berth, y-clinched division title, z-clinched conference title, p-clinched President's Trophy

Suspensions/fines

Player	Explanation	Length	Salary	Date issued
Marco Scandella	Illegal check to the head of St. Louis Blues forward T. J. Oshie during NHL Game No. 351 in St. Paul on Saturday, November 29, 2014, at 8:45 of the first period.	—	$2,755.38	December 1, 2014
Marco Scandella	Illegal check to the head of New York Islanders forward Brock Nelson during NHL Game No. 415 in St. Paul on Tuesday, December 9, 2014, at 17:32 of the third period.	2 games (1–1 in absence)	$11,021.50	December 10, 2014
Ryan Suter	Elbowing Pittsburgh Penguins forward Steve Downie during NHL Game No. 633 in Pittsburgh on Tuesday, January 13, 2015, at 4:22 of the second period.	2 games (2–0 in absence)	$81,058.72	January 14, 2015

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2014 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–2–1 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 0–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 22	Minnesota	1–2	Winnipeg		Bryzgalov	14,448	0–1–0	[1]
2	September 25	Minnesota	2–3	Pittsburgh	OT	Bryzgalov	17,858	0–1–1	[2]
3	September 27	Winnipeg	3–4	Minnesota		Backstrom	16,822	1–1–1	[3]
4	September 29	Pittsburgh	1–4	Minnesota		Kuemper	16,106	2–1–1	[4]
5	October 2	Minnesota	1–4	St. Louis		Backstrom	12,103	2–2–1	[5]
6	October 4	St. Louis	4–5	Minnesota	OT	Kuemper	17,342	3–2–1	[6]

Regular season

2014–15 Game Log
October: 6–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 2–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 9 Colorado 0–5 Minnesota Kuemper 19,098 1–0–0 2 [7] 2 October 11 Minnesota 3–0 Colorado Kuemper 18,139 2–0–0 4 [8] 3 October 17 Minnesota 1–2 Anaheim Kuemper 17,306 2–1–0 4 [9] 4 October 19 Minnesota 1–2 Los Angeles Backstrom 18,230 2–2–0 4 [10] 5 October 23 Arizona 0–2 Minnesota Kuemper 18,554 3–2–0 6 [11] 6 October 25 Tampa Bay 2–7 Minnesota Kuemper 18,884 4–2–0 8 [12] 7 October 27 Minnesota 4–5 NY Rangers Kuemper 18,006 4–3–0 8 [13] 8 October 28 Minnesota 4–3 Boston Backstrom 17,565 5–3–0 10 [14] 9 October 30 San Jose 3–4 Minnesota SO Kuemper 18,633 6–3–0 12 [15]
November: 7–6–1 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 4–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 10 November 1 Dallas 1–4 Minnesota Kuemper 19,088 7–3–0 14 [16] 11 November 4 Pittsburgh 4–1 Minnesota Kuemper 18,788 7–4–0 14 [17] 12 November 6 Minnesota 0–3 Ottawa Backstrom 16,867 7–5–0 14 [18] 13 November 8 Minnesota 1–4 Montreal Kuemper 21,287 7–6–0 14 [19] 14 November 11 Minnesota 1–3 New Jersey Kuemper 14,256 7–7–0 14 [20] 15 November 13 Buffalo 3–6 Minnesota Backstrom 18,925 8–7–0 16 [21] 16 November 15 Minnesota 2–1 Dallas Kuemper 17,543 9–7–0 18 [22] 17 November 16 Winnipeg 3–4 Minnesota OT Kuemper 18,808 10–7–0 20 [23] 18 November 20 Minnesota 3–2 Philadelphia Kuemper 19,919 11–7–0 22 [24] 19 November 22 Minnesota 1–2 Tampa Bay Kuemper 19,204 11–8–0 22 [25] 20 November 24 Minnesota 4–1 Florida Backstrom 8,426 12–8–0 24 [26] 21 November 26 Los Angeles 4–0 Minnesota Kuemper 19,038 12–9–0 24 [27] 22 November 28 Minnesota 5–4 Dallas OT Kuemper 18,532 13–9–0 26 [28] 23 November 29 St. Louis 3–2 Minnesota SO Backstrom 19,124 13–9–1 27 [29]
December: 4–5–3 (Home: 2–2–3 ; Road: 2–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 24 December 3 Montreal 1–2 Minnesota Kuemper 19,034 14–9–1 29 [30] 25 December 5 Anaheim 5–4 Minnesota Kuemper 19,044 14–10–1 29 [31] 26 December 9 NY Islanders 4–5 Minnesota Backstrom 18,904 15–10–1 31 [32] 27 December 11 Minnesota 1–2 San Jose Kuemper 17,097 15–11–1 31 [33] 28 December 13 Minnesota 4–3 Arizona SO Backstrom 13,975 16–11–1 33 [34] 29 December 16 Minnesota 3–5 Chicago Backstrom 21,472 16–12–1 33 [35] 30 December 17 Boston 3–2 Minnesota OT Backstrom 18,841 16–12–2 34 [36] 31 December 20 Nashville 6–5 Minnesota OT Backstrom 19,017 16–12–3 35 [37] 32 December 23 Philadelphia 5–2 Minnesota Kuemper 19,020 16–13–3 35 [38] 33 December 27 Winnipeg 4–3 Minnesota OT Curry 19,177 16–13–4 36 [39] 34 December 29 Minnesota 3–2 Winnipeg Kuemper 15,016 17–13–4 38 [40] 35 December 31 Minnesota 1–3 Columbus Kuemper 18,040 17–14–4 38 [41]
January: 5–6–2 (Home: 2–3–1 ; Road: 3–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 36 January 2 Toronto 1–3 Minnesota Kuemper 19,168 18–14–4 40 [42] 37 January 3 Minnesota 1–7 Dallas Kuemper 18,532 18–15–4 40 [43] 38 January 6 San Jose 4–3 Minnesota OT Kuemper 19,043 18–15–5 41 [44] 39 January 8 Chicago 4–2 Minnesota Backstrom 19,060 18–16–5 41 [45] 40 January 10 Nashville 3–1 Minnesota Backstrom 19,052 18–17–5 41 [46] 41 January 11 Minnesota 1–4 Chicago Backstrom 21,809 18–18–5 41 [47] 42 January 13 Minnesota 2–7 Pittsburgh Backstrom 18,642 18–19–5 41 [48] 43 January 15 Minnesota 7–0 Buffalo Dubnyk 18,963 19–19–5 43 [49] 44 January 17 Arizona 1–3 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,111 20–19–5 45 [50] 45 January 19 Columbus 3–1 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,064 20–20–5 45 [51] 46 January 20 Minnesota 4–5 Detroit SO Kuemper 20,027 20–20–6 46 [52] 47 January 27 Minnesota 2–1 Edmonton Dubnyk 16,839 21–20–6 48 [53] 48 January 29 Minnesota 1–0 Calgary Dubnyk 19,289 22–20–6 50 [54]
February: 11–2–1 (Home: 6–1–0 ; Road: 5–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 49 February 1 Minnesota 4–2 Vancouver Dubnyk 18,438 23–20–6 52 [55] 50 February 3 Chicago 0–3 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,104 24–20–6 54 [56] 51 February 7 Colorado 0–1 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,244 25–20–6 56 [57] 52 February 9 Vancouver 3–5 Minnesota Dubnyk 18,804 26–20–6 58 [58] 53 February 10 Minnesota 1–2 Winnipeg OT Dubnyk 15,016 26–20–7 59 [59] 54 February 12 Florida 1–2 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,055 27–20–7 61 [60] 55 February 14 Carolina 3–6 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,220 28–20–7 63 [61] 56 February 16 Minnesota 2–3 Vancouver Dubnyk 18,465 28–21–7 63 [62] 57 February 18 Minnesota 3–2 Calgary OT Dubnyk 19,277 29–21–7 65 [63] 58 February 20 Minnesota 4–0 Edmonton Dubnyk 16,839 30–21–7 67 [64] 59 February 22 Dallas 2–6 Minnesota Dubnyk 18,754 31–21–7 69 [65] 60 February 24 Edmonton 2–1 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,044 31–22–7 69 [66] 61 February 26 Minnesota 4–2 Nashville Dubnyk 17,113 32–22–7 71 [67] 62 February 28 Minnesota 3–1 Colorado Dubnyk 18,087 33–22–7 73 [68]
March: 11–3–0 (Home: 5–3–0 ; Road: 6–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 63 March 3 Ottawa 2–3 Minnesota SO Dubnyk 19,054 34–22–7 75 [69] 64 March 5 Minnesota 2–1 Washington Dubnyk 18,506 35–22–7 77 [70] 65 March 6 Minnesota 3–1 Carolina Dubnyk 10,857 36–22–7 79 [71] 66 March 8 Colorado 3–2 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,119 36–23–7 79 [72] 67 March 10 New Jersey 2–6 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,034 37–23–7 81 [73] 68 March 13 Anaheim 2–1 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,045 37–24–7 81 [74] 69 March 14 Minnesota 3–1 St. Louis Dubnyk 19,638 38–24–7 83 [75] 70 March 17 Minnesota 3–2 Nashville OT Dubnyk 17,209 39–24–7 85 [76] 71 March 19 Washington 3–2 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,044 39–25–7 85 [77] 72 March 21 St. Louis 3–6 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,204 40–25–7 87 [78] 73 March 23 Minnesota 2–1 Toronto Dubnyk 18,366 41–25–7 89 [79] 74 March 24 Minnesota 2–1 NY Islanders SO Dubnyk 16,170 42–25–7 91 [80] 75 March 27 Calgary 2–4 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,040 43–25–7 93 [81] 76 March 28 Los Angeles 1–4 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,204 44–25–7 95 [82]
April: 2–3–1 (Home: 0–2–1 ; Road: 2–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 77 April 2 NY Rangers 3–2 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,244 44–26–7 95 [83] 78 April 4 Detroit 3–2 Minnesota SO Dubnyk 19,246 44–26–8 96 [84] 79 April 6 Winnipeg 2–0 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,010 44–27–8 96 [85] 80 April 7 Minnesota 2–1 Chicago Dubnyk 21,851 45–27–8 98 [86] 81 April 9 Minnesota 4–2 Nashville Kuemper 17,236 46–27–8 100 [87] 82 April 11 Minnesota 2–4 St. Louis Dubnyk 19,155 46–28–8 100 [88]
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Western Conference First Round vs. (C1) St. Louis Blues: Minnesota wins 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 16 Minnesota 4–2 St. Louis Dubnyk 19,671 1–0 Recap 2 April 18 Minnesota 1–4 St. Louis Dubnyk 19,243 1–1 Recap 3 April 20 St. Louis 0–3 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,165 2–1 Recap 4 April 22 St. Louis 6–1 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,390 2–2 Recap 5 April 24 Minnesota 4–1 St. Louis Dubnyk 19,653 3–2 Recap 6 April 26 St. Louis 1–4 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,318 4–2 Recap Western Conference Second Round vs. (C3) Chicago Blackhawks: Chicago wins 4–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 1 Minnesota 3–4 Chicago Dubnyk 21,851 0–1 Recap 2 May 3 Minnesota 1–4 Chicago Dubnyk 21,934 0–2 Recap 3 May 5 Chicago 1–0 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,349 0–3 Recap 4 May 7 Chicago 4–3 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,163 0–4 Recap Legend:       Win       Loss

Player statistics

Final stats

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Parise, ZachZach Parise 74 33 29 62 21 41 Pominville, JasonJason Pominville 82 18 36 54 9 8 Vanek, ThomasThomas Vanek 80 21 31 52 −6 37 Koivu, MikkoMikko Koivu 80 14 34 48 2 38 Granlund, MikaelMikael Granlund 68 8 31 39 17 20 Suter, RyanRyan Suter 77 2 36 38 7 48 Niederreiter, NinoNino Niederreiter 80 24 13 37 2 28 Coyle, CharlieCharlie Coyle 82 11 24 35 13 39 Fontaine, JustinJustin Fontaine 71 9 22 31 13 12 Zucker, JasonJason Zucker 51 21 5 26 −9 18 Spurgeon, JaredJared Spurgeon 66 9 16 25 3 6 Scandella, MarcoMarco Scandella 64 11 12 23 8 56 Brodziak, KyleKyle Brodziak 73 9 11 20 −6 47 Brodin, JonasJonas Brodin 71 3 14 17 21 8 Dumba, MathewMathew Dumba 58 8 8 16 13 23 Haula, ErikErik Haula 72 7 7 14 −7 32 Carter, RyanRyan Carter 53 3 10 13 3 55 Stewart, ChrisChris Stewart † || 20 || 3 || 8 || 11 || 4 || 25 Cooke, MattMatt Cooke 29 4 6 10 0 13 Folin, ChristianChristian Folin 40 2 8 10 3 13 Schroeder, JordanJordan Schroeder 25 3 5 8 9 2 Prosser, NateNate Prosser 63 2 5 7 −1 32 Sutter, BrettBrett Sutter 6 0 3 3 1 4 Veilleux, StephaneStephane Veilleux 12 1 1 2 0 10 Leopold, JordanJordan Leopold † || 18 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 8 Ballard, KeithKeith Ballard 14 0 1 1 −3 26 Bergenheim, SeanSean Bergenheim † || 17 || 1 || 0 || 1 || −4 || 6 Blum, JonathonJonathon Blum 4 0 1 1 −3 2 Bickel, StuStu Bickel 9 0 1 1 1 46 Graovac, TylerTyler Graovac 3 0 0 0 0 0 Falk, JustinJustin Falk ‡ || 13 || 0 || 0 || 0 || −6 || 7

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Parise, ZachZach Parise 10 4 6 10 0 4 Pominville, JasonJason Pominville 10 3 3 6 −1 0 Granlund, MikaelMikael Granlund 10 2 4 6 2 0 Niederreiter, NinoNino Niederreiter 10 4 1 5 −2 10 Koivu, MikkoMikko Koivu 10 1 3 4 −4 2 Vanek, ThomasThomas Vanek 10 0 4 4 −7 2 Spurgeon, JaredJared Spurgeon 10 1 3 4 0 4 Dumba, MathewMathew Dumba 10 2 2 4 −1 2 Suter, RyanRyan Suter 10 0 3 3 −8 0 Scandella, MarcoMarco Scandella 10 2 1 3 4 0 Zucker, JasonJason Zucker 10 2 1 3 −1 2 Cooke, MattMatt Cooke 7 0 2 2 1 4 Stewart, ChrisChris Stewart 8 0 2 2 −3 2 Coyle, CharlieCharlie Coyle 10 1 1 2 −3 0 Fontaine, JustinJustin Fontaine 6 1 1 2 0 2 Haula, ErikErik Haula 2 1 0 1 1 0 Leopold, JordanJordan Leopold 9 0 0 0 −3 0 Bergenheim, SeanSean Bergenheim 3 0 0 0 −2 0 Brodziak, KyleKyle Brodziak 10 0 0 0 −3 2 Carter, RyanRyan Carter 1 0 0 0 0 0 Schroeder, JordanJordan Schroeder 3 0 0 0 0 0 Prosser, NateNate Prosser 1 0 0 0 −1 2 Brodin, JonasJonas Brodin 10 0 0 0 −2 0

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Dubnyk, DevanDevan Dubnyk † || 39 || 39 || 2293 || 27 || 9 || 2 || 68 || 1.78 || 1064 || .936 || 5 || 0 || 2 || 2
Kuemper, DarcyDarcy Kuemper	31	28	1569	14	12	2	68	2.60	718	.905	3	0	0	0
Backstrom, NiklasNiklas Backstrom	19	14	1005	5	7	3	51	3.04	452	.887	0	0	0	2
Curry, JohnJohn Curry	2	1	72	0	0	1	5	4.17	25	.800	0	0	0	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Dubnyk, DevanDevan Dubnyk	10	10	570	4	6	24	2.53	260	.908	1	0	1	0
Kuemper, DarcyDarcy Kuemper	1	0	23	0	0	0	0.00	9	1.000	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

Notable achievements

Awards

Regular Season Player Award Awarded Kuemper, D.D. Kuemper NHL Second Star of the Week October 13, 2014 Suter, R.R. Suter NHL Second Star of the Week December 15, 2014 R. Suter NHL All-Star game selection January 10, 2015 Parise, Z.Z. Parise NHL Third Star of the Week January 26, 2015 Dubnyk, D.D. Dubnyk NHL Third Star of the Week February 2, 2015 D. Dubnyk NHL First Star of the Week February 9, 2015 D. Dubnyk NHL First Star of the Month March 1, 2015 D. Dubnyk NHL First Star of the Week March 30, 2015 D. Dubnyk NHL Third Star of the Month April 1, 2015

Milestones

Regular Season Player Milestone Reached Granlund, M.M. Granlund 100th Career NHL Game November 1, 2014 Niederreiter, N.N. Niederreiter 1st Career NHL Hat Trick November 13, 2014 Ballard, K.K. Ballard 600th Career NHL Game November 26, 2014 Backstrom, N.N. Backstrom 400th Career NHL Game December 9, 2014 Folin, C.C. Folin 1st Career NHL Goal December 11, 2014 Pominville, J.J. Pominville 700th Career NHL Game December 17, 2014 Suter, R.R. Suter 700th Career NHL Game December 17, 2014 Graovac, T.T. Graovac 1st Career NHL Game December 29, 2014 Vanek, T.T. Vanek 700th Career NHL Game January 3, 2015 Fontaine, J.J. Fontaine 100th Career NHL Game January 8, 2015 Scandella, M.M. Scandella 200th Career NHL Game January 17, 2015 Carter, R.R. Carter 400th Career NHL Game January 17, 2015 T. Vanek 300th Career NHL Assist January 29, 2015 Dubnyk, D.D. Dubnyk 200th Career NHL Game February 3, 2015 Veilleux, S.S. Veilleux 500th Career NHL Game February 12, 2015 N. Niederreiter 200th Career NHL Game February 14, 2015 Brodziak, K.K. Brodziak 600th Career NHL Game February 20, 2015 Haula, E.E. Haula 100th Career NHL Game February 26, 2015 Bergenheim, S.S. Bergenheim 500th Career NHL Game March 27, 2015 Spurgeon, J.J. Spurgeon 100th Career NHL Point March 27, 2015 T. Vanek 600th Career NHL Point March 14, 2015 D. Dubnyk 38th Consecutive Start (Wild franchise record) April 7, 2015 Koivu, M.M. Koivu 500th Career NHL Point April 9, 2015

Playoffs Player Milestone Reached Dubnyk, D.D. Dubnyk 1st Career Playoff Game 1st Career Playoff Win April 16, 2015 Dumba, M.M. Dumba 1st Career Playoff Game 1st Career Playoff Goal 1st Career Playoff Point April 16, 2015 Schroeder, J.J. Schroeder 1st Career Playoff Game April 18, 2015 D. Dubnyk 1st Career Playoff Shutout April 20, 2015

Transactions

The Wild have been involved in the following transactions during the 2014–15 season.

Trades Date Details June 28, 2014 To Tampa Bay Lightning 3rd-round pick in 2014 To Minnesota Wild 3rd-round pick in 2014 7th-round pick in 2015 January 14, 2015 To Arizona Coyotes 3rd-round pick in 2015 To Minnesota Wild Devan Dubnyk February 24, 2015 To Florida Panthers 3rd-round pick in 2016 To Minnesota Wild Sean Bergenheim 7th-round pick in 2016 March 2, 2015 To Columbus Blue Jackets Justin Falk 5th-round pick in 2015 To Minnesota Wild Jordan Leopold March 2, 2015 To Buffalo Sabres 2nd-round pick in 2017 To Minnesota Wild Chris Stewart March 2, 2015 To Boston Bruins Zack Phillips To Minnesota Wild Jared Knight Free agents acquired Date Player Former team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2014 Thomas Vanek Montreal Canadiens 3 years, $19.5 million July 1, 2014 Stu Bickel Hartford Wolf Pack 1 year, $600,000 July 1, 2014 Brett Sutter Carolina Hurricanes 2 years, $1.2 million July 1, 2014 Guillaume Gelinas Val-d'Or Foreurs 3 year, $1.79 million entry-level contract July 2, 2014 Joel Rechlicz Washington Capitals 1 year, $600,000 July 9, 2014 Cody Almond Geneve-Servette HC 1 year, $550,000 July 11, 2014 Jordan Schroeder Vancouver Canucks 2 years, $1.2 million August 1, 2014 Justin Falk New York Rangers 1 year, $700,000 September 23, 2014 Alex Gudbranson Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 3 years, entry-level contract September 23, 2014 Hunter Warner Fargo Force 3 years, entry-level contract October 6, 2014 Ryan Carter New Jersey Devils 1 year, $725,000 March 24, 2015 Grayson Downing University of New Hampshire 2 years, entry-level contract March 30, 2015 Brody Hoffman University of Vermont entry-level contract March 30, 2015 Zach Palmquist Minnesota State University, Mankato entry-level contract Free agents lost Date Player New team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2014 Clayton Stoner Anaheim Ducks 4 years, $13 million July 1, 2014 Cody McCormick Buffalo Sabres 3 years, $4.5 million July 1, 2014 Matt Moulson Buffalo Sabres 5 years, $25 million July 1, 2014 Jon Landry Washington Capitals 1 year, $550,000 July 1, 2014 Steven Kampfer New York Rangers 1 year, $550,000 July 9, 2014 Dany Heatley Anaheim Ducks 1 year, $1 million July 21, 2014 Nate Prosser St. Louis Blues 1 year, $700,000 December 9, 2014 Ilya Bryzgalov Anaheim Ducks 1 year, $2.88 million Claimed via waivers Player Former team Date claimed off waivers Ref Nate Prosser St. Louis Blues October 2, 2014 Player signings Date Player Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 11, 2014 Jonathon Blum 1 year, $675,000 July 15, 2014 Jason Zucker 2 years, $1,800,500 July 17, 2014 John Curry 1 year, $575,000 July 29, 2014 Justin Fontaine 2 years, $2 million September 11, 2014 Nino Niederreiter 3 years, $8 million October 12, 2014 Jonas Brodin 6 years, $25 million (extension) October 22, 2014 Charlie Coyle 5 years, $16 million (extension) April 9, 2015 Dylan Labbe 3 years, entry-level contract May 4, 2015 Pavel Jenys 3 years, entry-level contract May 22, 2015 Michael Keranen 1 year Draft picks See also: List of Minnesota Wild draft picks Below are the Minnesota Wild's selections made at the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 27–28, 2014 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League) 1 18 Alex Tuch RW  United States USA U-18 (USHL) 3 80 Louis Belpedio D  United States USA U-18 (USHL) 4 109 Kaapo Kahkonen G  Finland Espoo Blues (Liiga) 5 139 Tanner Faith D  Canada Kootenay Ice (WHL) 6 160[a] Pontus Sjalin D  Sweden Ostersunds IK (J20 Elit) 6 167[b] Chase Lang C  Canada Calgary Hitmen (WHL) 6 169 Reid Duke C  Canada Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL) 7 199 Pavel Jenys C  Czech Republic Kometa Brno (Czrep) Draft notes The Minnesota Wild's second-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of trade on April 3, 2013 that sent Jason Pominville, and a fourth-round pick in 2014 to Minnesota in exchange for Matt Hackett, Johan Larsson, a first-round pick in 2013 and this pick. a The Ottawa Senators' sixth-round pick went to Minnesota as the result of a trade on March 12, 2013 that sent Matt Kassian to Ottawa in exchange for this pick. b The Columbus Blue Jackets' sixth-round pick (previously acquired by the New York Rangers) went to Minnesota as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013 that sent Justin Falk to the Rangers in exchange for Benn Ferriero, and this pick. References