2011–12 Minnesota Wild season

The 2011–12 Minnesota Wild season was the 12th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.

The Wild failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the fourth consecutive season.

This currently remains the last season the Wild finished with a losing record.

Off-season On June 17, 2011, the Wild officially introduced Mike Yeo as their new head coach. Yeo had been the head coach of the Wild's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Houston Aeros.Mike Yeo Named Wild Head Coach

Regular season Excluding 11 shootout-winning goals, the Wild scored 166 goals overall, the fewest in the NHL.

Playoffs The Wild failed to qualify for the playoffs for the fourth consecutive year.

Standings

Schedule and results

Pre-season 2011 Pre-season Game Log: 3–3–1 (Home: 1–1–1; Road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 20 Minnesota Wild 4–3 Edmonton Oilers Hackett 15,653 1–0–0 2 September 22 Minnesota Wild 1–0 St. Louis Blues Backstrom 9,644 2–0–0 3 September 23 Columbus Blue Jackets 3–4 Minnesota Wild OT Harding 14,119 3–0–0 4 September 24 Minnesota Wild 1–4 Pittsburgh Penguins Backstrom 18,387 3–1–0 5 September 27 St. Louis Blues 4–3 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 13,789 3–2–0 6 September 29 Minnesota Wild 2–4 Columbus Blue Jackets Harding 11,709 3–3–0 7 September 30 Edmonton Oilers 4–3 Minnesota Wild SO Backstrom 14,544 3–3–1

Regular season

2011–12 Game Log October: 4–3–3 (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 1–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 8 Columbus Blue Jackets 2–4 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 19,040 1–0–0 2 2 October 10 Minnesota Wild 1–2 New York Islanders Backstrom 11,278 1–1–0 2 3 October 11 Minnesota Wild 3–4 Ottawa Senators SO Backstrom 19,455 1–1–1 3 4 October 13 Edmonton Oilers 1–2 Minnesota Wild SO Backstrom 15,878 2–1–1 5 5 October 15 Minnesota Wild 2–1 Detroit Red Wings OT Harding 17,104 3–1–1 7 6 October 18 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 17,297 2–2–2 6 7 October 20 Minnesota Wild 2–1 Edmonton Oilers SO Backstrom 16,839 3–2–2 8 8 October 22 Minnesota Wild 2–3 Vancouver Canucks OT Backstrom 18,860 3–2–3 9 9 October 27 Anaheim Ducks 3–2 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 15,723 3–3–3 9 10 October 29 Detroit Red Wings 0–1 Minnesota Wild Harding 17,233 4–3–3 11 November: 11–4–0 (Home: 6–2–0; Road: 5–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 11 November 1 Minnesota Wild 2–1 Detroit Red Wings OT Harding 20,066 5–3–3 13 12 November 3 Vancouver Canucks 1–5 Minnesota Wild Harding 16,534 6–3–3 15 13 November 5 St. Louis Blues 1–2 Minnesota Wild Harding 16,917 7–3–3 17 14 November 8 Minnesota Wild 3–0 Calgary Flames Backstrom 19,289 8–3–3 19 15 November 10 Minnesota Wild 1–3 San Jose Sharks Backstrom 17,562 8–4–3 19 16 November 12 Minnesota Wild 2–5 Los Angeles Kings Harding 18,118 8–5–3 19 17 November 13 Minnesota Wild 3–2 Anaheim Ducks Backstrom 13,803 9–5–3 21 18 November 15 Minnesota Wild 4–2 Columbus Blue Jackets Backstrom 10,833 10–5–3 23 19 November 17 Colorado Avalanche 0–1 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 16,779 11–5–3 25 20 November 19 St. Louis Blues 2–3 Minnesota Wild SO Harding 17,259 12–5–3 27 21 November 23 Nashville Predators 2–3 Minnesota Wild Harding 16,981 13–5–3 29 22 November 25 Edmonton Oilers 5–2 Minnesota Wild Harding 18,092 13–6–3 29 23 November 27 Calgary Flames 5–2 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 16,864 13–7–3 29 24 November 28 Tampa Bay Lightning 1–3 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 16,628 14–7–3 31 25 November 30 Minnesota Wild 3–2 Edmonton Oilers SO Backstrom 16,839 15–7–3 33 December: 6–6–3 (Home: 2–2–2; Road: 4–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 26 December 2 New Jersey Devils 2–4 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 17,310 16–7–3 35 27 December 4 Minnesota Wild 5–3 Anaheim Ducks Harding 14,002 17–7–3 37 28 December 6 Minnesota Wild 2–1 San Jose Sharks Hackett 17,562 18–7–3 39 29 December 8 Minnesota Wild 4–2 Los Angeles Kings Hackett 18,118 19–7–3 41 30 December 10 Minnesota Wild 4–1 Phoenix Coyotes Backstrom 10,976 20–7–3 43 31 December 13 Minnesota Wild 1–2 Winnipeg Jets Backstrom 15,004 20–8–3 43 32 December 14 Chicago Blackhawks 4–3 Minnesota Wild SO Backstrom 19,254 20–8–4 44 33 December 17 New York Islanders 2–1 Minnesota Wild SO Backstrom 18,209 20–8–5 45 34 December 19 Minnesota Wild 0–4 Vancouver Canucks Backstrom 18,890 20–9–5 45 35 December 20 Minnesota Wild 1–2 Calgary Flames Harding 19,289 20–10–5 45 36 December 22 Minnesota Wild 1–4 Edmonton Oilers Backstrom 16,839 20–11–5 45 37 December 26 Colorado Avalanche 4–2 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 19,290 20–12–5 45 38 December 28 Minnesota Wild 1–2 Nashville Predators SO Harding 17,113 20–12–6 46 39 December 29 Edmonton Oilers 3–4 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 19,194 21–12–6 48 40 December 31 Phoenix Coyotes 4–2 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 19,297 21–13–6 48 January: 3–6–1 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 1–5–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 41 January 4 Minnesota Wild 0–3 Vancouver Canucks Harding 18,890 21–14–6 48 42 January 7 Minnesota Wild 1–3 Calgary Flames Backstrom 19,289 21–15–6 48 43 January 10 San Jose Sharks 4–5 Minnesota Wild SO Harding 18,986 22–15–6 50 44 January 12 Minnesota Wild 2–5 Chicago Blackhawks Harding 21,490 22–16–6 50 45 January 14 Minnesota Wild 2–3 St. Louis Blues SO Harding 19,150 22–16–7 51 46 January 17 Minnesota Wild 1–5 Philadelphia Flyers Harding 19,787 22–17–7 51 47 January 19 Minnesota Wild 1–4 Toronto Maple Leafs Backstrom 19,421 22–18–7 51 48 January 21 Dallas Stars 2–5 Minnesota Wild Harding 19,213 23–18–7 53 49 January 24 Minnesota Wild 3–2 Colorado Avalanche Backstrom 16,291 24–18–7 55 50 January 31 Nashville Predators 5–4 Minnesota Wild Harding 17,325 24–19–7 55 February: 4–7–2 (Home: 2–4–1; Road: 2–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 February 2 Minnesota Wild 1–0 Colorado Avalanche Backstrom 14,186 25–19–7 57 52 February 4 Minnesota Wild 1–2 Dallas Stars SO Backstrom 18,532 25–19–8 58 53 February 7 Minnesota Wild 1–3 Columbus Blue Jackets Backstrom 11,237 25–20–8 58 54 February 9 Vancouver Canucks 5–2 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 17,859 25–21–8 58 55 February 11 Columbus Blue Jackets 3–1 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 18,958 25–22–8 58 56 February 14 Anaheim Ducks 2–1 Minnesota Wild Harding 17,552 25–23–8 58 57 February 16 Winnipeg Jets 4–3 Minnesota Wild SO Backstrom 19,060 25–23–9 59 58 February 18 Minnesota Wild 0–4 St. Louis Blues Harding 19,150 25–24–9 59 59 February 19 Boston Bruins 0–2 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 19,198 26–24–9 61 60 February 23 Minnesota Wild 3–2 Florida Panthers SO Backstrom 13,892 27–24–9 63 61 February 24 Minnesota Wild 1–4 Dallas Stars Backstrom 13,144 27–25–9 63 62 February 26 San Jose Sharks 3–4 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 17,401 28–25–9 65 63 February 28 Los Angeles Kings 4–0 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 17,317 28–26–9 65 March: 5–9–1 (Home: 4–5–0; Road: 1–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 64 March 1 Minnesota Wild 4–5 Montreal Canadiens SO Harding 21,273 28–26–10 66 65 March 2 Minnesota Wild 0–6 Detroit Red Wings Harding 20,066 28–27–10 66 66 March 4 Colorado Avalanche 2–0 Minnesota Wild Hackett 17,354 28–28–10 66 67 March 6 Minnesota Wild 1–7 Colorado Avalanche Hackett 13,385 28–29–10 66 68 March 8 Minnesota Wild 3–2 Phoenix Coyotes SO Hackett 11,716 29–29–10 68 69 March 11 Calgary Flames 4–3 Minnesota Wild Hackett 17,119 29–30–10 68 70 March 13 Dallas Stars 1–0 Minnesota Wild Hackett 17,326 29–31–10 68 71 March 17 Carolina Hurricanes 5–3 Minnesota Wild Hackett 18,394 29–32–10 68 72 March 19 Vancouver Canucks 0–2 Minnesota Wild Harding 17,188 30–32–10 70 73 March 22 Calgary Flames 2–3 Minnesota Wild SO Harding 17,002 31–32–10 72 74 March 24 Minnesota Wild 1–3 Buffalo Sabres Harding 18,690 31–33–10 72 75 March 25 Minnesota Wild 0–3 Washington Capitals Hackett 18,506 31–34–10 72 76 March 27 New York Rangers 3–2 Minnesota Wild Harding 17,880 31–35–10 72 77 March 29 Florida Panthers 2–3 Minnesota Wild OT Backstrom 16,952 32–35–10 74 78 March 31 Los Angeles Kings 3–4 Minnesota Wild SO Backstrom 18,209 33–35–10 76 April: 2–1–1 (Home: 1–1–0; Road: 1–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 79 April 1 Minnesota Wild 5–4 Chicago Blackhawks SO Harding 21,576 34–35–10 78 80 April 3 Minnesota Wild 1–2 Nashville Predators SO Backstrom 17,113 34–35–11 79 81 April 5 Chicago Blackhawks 1–2 Minnesota Wild SO Harding 18,643 35–35–11 81 82 April 7 Phoenix Coyotes 4–1 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 18,864 35–36–11 81 Legend:

Player statistics

Skaters Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM 82 24 29 53 2 28 55 12 32 44 10 28 82 22 22 44 −15 66 69 19 17 36 −17 28 73 14 21 35 −10 24 74 15 12 27 −4 103 77 8 18 26 −6 45 70 3 20 23 −4 6 37 9 13 22 −1 18 82 6 7 13 −20 57 ‡ 40 0 13 13 −7 22 63 3 9 12 −22 19 51 1 11 12 −17 57 16 5 4 9 6 20 47 1 8 9 −13 54 † 29 6 1 7 −13 6 ‡ 14 2 5 7 −4 0 ‡ 39 2 4 6 −1 14 58 1 4 5 −15 54 † 20 0 5 5 −5 8 51 1 4 5 3 62 11 1 2 3 1 11 9 0 3 3 1 6 † 13 2 1 3 −7 2 ‡ 62 1 2 3 −10 30 17 0 2 2 −1 4 5 0 2 2 2 0 9 2 0 2 -1 0 7 1 1 2 −1 2 † 21 0 2 2 −2 15 35 1 1 2 −8 14 24 2 0 2 −2 55 6 0 2 2 −2 2 ‡ 37 0 2 2 −5 10 10 1 0 1 −5 15 6 1 0 1 −2 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 -2 2 † 9 0 0 0 −3 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 † 14 0 0 0 1 4 ‡ 43 0 0 0 −7 73

Goaltenders Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime losses; GA = Goals against; GAA= Goals against average; SA= Shots against; SV= Saves; Sv% = Save percentage; SO= Shutouts Regular season Player GP TOI W L OT GA GAA SA Sv% SO G A PIM 46 2590 19 18 7 105 2.43 1299 .919 4 0 2 2 34 1855 13 12 4 81 2.62 981 .917 2 0 0 0 12 556 3 6 0 22 2.37 282 .922 0 0 0 0

†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Wild. Stats reflect time with Wild only. ‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Wild only.

Awards and records

Awards Regular Season Player Award Awarded Josh HardingWild's Harding named NHL's First Star of the week NHL First Star of the Week November 7, 2011 Matt HackettIginla, Hackett, Carlson are NHL's Three Stars NHL Second Star of the Week December 12, 2011

Records

Milestones