2013–14 Minnesota Wild season

The 2013–14 Minnesota Wild season was the 14th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.

Standings

Schedule and results

Pre-season 2013 preseason game log: 4–2–0 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 2–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 17 Columbus 3–1 Minnesota Backstrom 17,784 0–1–0 2 September 19 Minnesota 4–1 Winnipeg Harding 15,004 1–1–0 3 September 21 Winnipeg 3–4 Minnesota SO Backstrom 16,179 2–1–0 4 September 23 Minnesota 2–1 Columbus SO Harding 10,089 3–1–0 5 September 25 St. Louis 1–3 Minnesota Backstrom 15,183 4–1–0 6 September 27 Minnesota 1–4 St. Louis Gustafsson 13,233 4–2–0

Regular season 2013–14 Game Log October: 6–4–3 (Home: 4–1–2; Road: 2–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 3 Los Angeles 3–2 Minnesota SO Backstrom 18,511 0–0–1 1 2 October 5 Anaheim 4–3 Minnesota OT Backstrom 18,213 0–0–2 2 3 October 8 Minnesota 2–3 Nashville Harding 17,196 0–1–2 2 4 October 10 Winnipeg 1–2 Minnesota Harding 17,366 1–1–2 4 5 October 12 Dallas 1–5 Minnesota Harding 18,278 2–1–2 6 6 October 14 Minnesota 2–1 Buffalo Harding 18,111 3–1–2 8 7 October 15 Minnesota 1–4 Toronto Kuemper 19,283 3–2–2 8 8 October 17 Minnesota 1–3 Tampa Bay Harding 16,454 3–3–2 8 9 October 19 Minnesota 1–2 Florida SO Harding 13,081 3–3–3 9 10 October 22 Nashville 0–2 Minnesota Harding 17,651 4–3–3 11 11 October 24 Carolina 1–3 Minnesota Harding 17,668 5–3–3 13 12 October 26 Minnesota 5–3 Chicago Backstrom 21,521 6–3–3 15 13 October 28 Chicago 5–1 Minnesota Backstrom 18,685 6–4–3 15 November: 9–4–2 (Home: 6–2–0; Road: 3–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 14 November 1 Montreal 3–4 Minnesota Harding 18,207 7–4–3 17 15 November 3 New Jersey 0–4 Minnesota Harding 17,571 8–4–3 19 16 November 5 Calgary 1–5 Minnesota Harding 17,708 9–4–3 21 17 November 7 Minnesota 2–3 Washington SO Harding 18,506 9–4–4 22 18 November 9 Minnesota 3–2 Carolina SO Harding 14,704 10–4–4 24 19 November 13 Toronto 1–2 Minnesota SO Harding 17,897 11–4–4 26 20 November 15 Florida 2–3 Minnesota Harding 18,102 12–4–4 28 21 November 17 Winnipeg 1–2 Minnesota Harding 18,283 13–4–4 30 22 November 19 Minnesota 2–6 Montreal Harding 21,273 13–5–4 30 23 November 20 Minnesota 4–3 Ottawa Harding 16,642 14–5–4 32 24 November 23 Minnesota 3–2 Winnipeg SO Backstrom 15,004 15–5–4 34 25 November 25 Minnesota 0–3 St. Louis Backstrom 15,832 15–6–4 34 26 November 27 Phoenix 3–1 Minnesota Backstrom 18,265 15–7–4 34 27 November 29 Colorado 3–1 Minnesota Harding 19,081 15–8–4 34 28 November 30 Minnesota 2–3 Colorado SO Harding 17,857 15–8–5 35 December: 5–9–0 (Home: 4–2–0; Road: 1–7–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 29 December 2 Philadelphia 0–2 Minnesota Harding 17,676 16–8–5 37 30 December 5 Chicago 3–4 Minnesota Harding 18,852 17–8–5 39 31 December 6 Minnesota 0–4 Columbus Backstrom 11,319 17–9–5 39 32 December 8 San Jose 1–3 Minnesota Harding 18,411 18–9–5 41 33 December 11 Minnesota 1–2 Anaheim Harding 15,252 18–10–5 41 34 December 12 Minnesota 1–3 San Jose Backstrom 17,562 18–11–5 41 35 December 14 Minnesota 2–1 Colorado SO Harding 16,188 19–11–5 43 36 December 17 Vancouver 2–3 Minnesota SO Harding 18,531 20–11–5 45 37 December 19 Minnesota 2–5 Pittsburgh Backstrom 18,623 20–12–5 45 38 December 22 Minnesota 1–4 NY Rangers Backstrom 18,006 20–13–5 45 39 December 23 Minnesota 1–4 Philadelphia Backstrom 19,872 20–14–5 45 40 December 27 Minnesota 4–6 Winnipeg Backstrom 15,004 20–15–5 45 41 December 29 NY Islanders 5–4 Minnesota Harding 18,851 20–16–5 45 42 December 31 St. Louis 2–1 Minnesota Harding 18,919 20–17–5 45 January: 9–4–1 (Home: 5–2–0; Road: 4–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 43 January 2 Buffalo 1–4 Minnesota Backstrom 18,229 21–17–5 47 44 January 4 Washington 3–5 Minnesota Backstrom 19,022 22–17–5 49 45 January 7 Minnesota 2–1 Los Angeles SO Kuemper 18,118 23–17–5 51 46 January 9 Minnesota 4–1 Phoenix Backstrom 10,075 24–17–5 53 47 January 11 Colorado 4–2 Minnesota Backstrom 19,117 24–18–5 53 48 January 12 Minnesota 4–0 Nashville Kuemper 16,221 25–18–5 55 49 January 14 Ottawa 3–0 Minnesota Kuemper 18,117 25–19–5 55 50 January 16 Edmonton 1–4 Minnesota Kuemper 18,037 26–19–5 57 51 January 18 Dallas 2–3 Minnesota OT Kuemper 19,192 27–19–5 59 52 January 21 Minnesota 0–4 Dallas Kuemper 11,191 27–20–5 59 53 January 23 Chicago 1–2 Minnesota Kuemper 19,226 28–20–5 61 54 January 25 Minnesota 2–3 San Jose OT Kuemper 17,562 28–20–6 62 55 January 28 Minnesota 4–2 Anaheim Kuemper 15,020 29–20–6 64 56 January 30 Minnesota 4–5 Colorado Backstrom 14,697 29–21–6 64 February: 4–0–1 (Home: 2–0–0; Road: 2–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 57 February 1 Minnesota 3–4 Calgary OT Kuemper 19,289 29–21–7 65 58 February 4 Tampa Bay 1–2 Minnesota Kuemper 18,454 30–21–7 67 59 February 6 Nashville 2–3 Minnesota OT Kuemper 18,766 31–21–7 69 60 February 27 Minnesota 3–0 Edmonton Kuemper 16,839 32–21–7 71 61 February 28 Minnesota 2–1 Vancouver SO Kuemper 18,910 33–21–7 73 March: 6–5–4 (Home: 2–2–3; Road: 4–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 62 March 3 Calgary 2–3 Minnesota Kuemper 18,543 34–21–7 75 63 March 8 Minnesota 3–4 Dallas Kuemper 19,109 34–22–7 75 64 March 9 St. Louis 3–2 Minnesota SO Bryzgalov 18,909 34–22–8 76 65 March 11 Edmonton 4–3 Minnesota SO Kuemper 18,650 34–22–9 77 66 March 13 NY Rangers 1–2 Minnesota Kuemper 18,885 35–22–9 79 67 March 15 Columbus 2–1 Minnesota SO Kuemper 19,042 35–22–10 80 68 March 17 Minnesota 1–4 Boston Kuemper 17,565 35–23–10 80 69 March 18 Minnesota 6–0 NY Islanders Bryzgalov 14,888 36–23–10 82 70 March 20 Minnesota 3–4 New Jersey OT Bryzgalov 14,772 36–23–11 83 71 March 22 Detroit 3–2 Minnesota Kuemper 19,176 36–24–11 83 72 March 23 Minnesota 4–3 Detroit OT Bryzgalov 20,066 37–24–11 85 73 March 26 Vancouver 5–2 Minnesota Kuemper 19,014 37–25–11 85 74 March 27 Minnesota 1–5 St. Louis Kuemper 19,646 37–26–11 85 75 March 29 Minnesota 3–1 Phoenix Bryzgalov 16,691 38–26–11 87 76 March 31 Minnesota 3–2 Los Angeles Bryzgalov 18,118 39–26–11 89 April: 4–1–1 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 1–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 77 April 3 Minnesota 2–3 Chicago SO Bryzgalov 21,791 39–26–12 90 78 April 5 Pittsburgh 0–4 Minnesota Bryzgalov 19,409 40–26–12 92 79 April 7 Minnesota 1–0 Winnipeg Bryzgalov 15,004 41–26–12 94 80 April 8 Boston 3–4 Minnesota SO Bryzgalov 18,893 42–26–12 96 81 April 10 St. Louis 2–4 Minnesota Curry 18,664 43–26–12 98 82 April 13 Nashville 7–3 Minnesota Bryzgalov 18,658 43–27–12 98 Legend:

Playoffs

The Minnesota Wild entered the playoffs as the Western Conference's first wild card. They defeated the Central Division champion Colorado Avalanche in seven games in the first round, winning all three games at the Xcel Energy Center while losing the first three at the Pepsi Center until winning game seven there on a goal by Nino Niederreiter in overtime. The Wild fell to the Chicago Blackhawks in the second round, losing in game six on an overtime goal by Patrick Kane. It was the Wild's first (and only) loss at home of the 2014 post-season.

2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs Western Conference first round vs. (C1) Colorado Avalanche: Minnesota won series 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 17 Minnesota 4–5 Colorado OT Bryzgalov 18,074 0–1 Recap 2 April 19 Minnesota 2–4 Colorado Bryzgalov 18,402 0–2 Recap 3 April 21 Colorado 0–1 Minnesota OT Kuemper 19,221 1–2 Recap 4 April 24 Colorado 1–2 Minnesota Kuemper 19,396 2–2 Recap 5 April 26 Minnesota 3–4 Colorado OT Kuemper 18,418 2–3 Recap 6 April 28 Colorado 2–5 Minnesota Kuemper 19,314 3–3 Recap 7 April 30 Minnesota 5–4 Colorado OT Bryzgalov 18,511 4–3 Recap Western Conference second round vs. (C3) Chicago Blackhawks: Chicago won series 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 2 Minnesota 2–5 Chicago Bryzgalov 22,116 0–1 Recap 2 May 4 Minnesota 1–4 Chicago Bryzgalov 22,018 0–2 Recap 3 May 6 Chicago 0–4 Minnesota Bryzgalov 19,416 1–2 Recap 4 May 9 Chicago 2–4 Minnesota Bryzgalov 19,405 2–2 Recap 5 May 11 Minnesota 1–2 Chicago Bryzgalov 22,016 2–3 Recap 6 May 13 Chicago 2–1 Minnesota OT Bryzgalov 19,396 2–4 Recap

Legend:

Player statistics Final Stats Skaters

Regular season Player 82 30 30 60 3 16 67 29 27 56 10 30 65 11 43 54 0 24 82 8 35 43 15 34 63 8 33 41 −3 22 81 14 22 36 12 44 70 12 18 30 −7 33 76 12 16 28 −18 18 82 10 18 28 8 54 67 5 21 26 15 16 81 8 16 24 0 61 66 13 8 21 6 26 79 8 11 19 0 22 76 3 14 17 10 20 46 6 9 15 14 29 † 20 6 7 13 7 8 45 2 7 9 −7 37 ‡ 58 1 8 9 −3 21 53 2 6 8 2 58 21 4 1 5 2 2 63 1 4 5 −6 84 34 3 0 3 −2 21 † 14 1 1 2 2 7 13 1 1 2 −5 2 ‡ 36 1 1 2 −5 55 13 0 1 1 1 23 15 0 1 1 −1 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 −1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 −2 2

Playoffs Player 13 4 10 14 −3 6 13 2 7 9 −3 0 13 4 3 7 3 2 13 4 3 7 2 0 13 3 4 7 −2 6 13 1 6 7 −5 4 13 1 6 7 −4 10 13 3 3 6 0 2 13 3 3 6 0 8 12 3 3 6 −2 2 11 1 5 6 6 4 13 2 1 3 4 0 10 1 2 3 0 4 13 1 2 3 2 26 6 0 3 3 1 8 9 1 1 2 0 2 13 0 2 2 3 12 13 1 0 1 1 14 4 0 0 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 −2 0 10 0 0 0 2 12

Goaltenders Regular season Player 29 26 1668 18 7 3 46 1.65 690 .933 3 0 0 0 26 25 1480 12 8 4 60 2.43 702 .915 2 0 0 0 21 19 1094 5 11 2 55 3.02 546 .899 0 0 0 0 † 12 11 679 7 1 3 24 2.12 269 .911 3 0 0 0 2 1 80 1 0 0 4 3.00 57 .930 0 0 0 0 Playoffs Player 9 8 479 3 6 21 2.63 182 .885 1 0 0 0 6 5 325 3 1 11 2.03 127 .913 1 0 0 0 †Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Wild. Stats reflect time with the Wild only. ‡Traded mid-season Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Transactions The Wild have been involved in the following transactions during the 2013–14 season.

Trades Date June 30, 2013Wild Draft Day Wrap To New York Rangers Justin Falk To Minnesota WildBenn FerrieroCBJ's 6th-round pick in 2014 June 30, 2013Wild Acquires Niederreiter To New York Islanders Cal ClutterbuckNJD's 3rd-round pick in 2013 To Minnesota WildNino Niederreiter July 5, 2013Wild Acquires Second-Round Pick From Winnipeg For Setoguchi To Winnipeg Jets Devin Setoguchi To Minnesota Wild2nd-round pick in 2014 February 5, 2014Wild Acquires Gogol To San Jose Sharks Chad Rau To Minnesota WildCurt Gogol February 26, 2014Wild Acquires Winchester From Blackhawks To Chicago Blackhawks Brian Connelly To Minnesota WildBrad Winchester March 4, 2014Wild Acquires Bryzgalov To Edmonton Oilers BUF's 4th-round pick in 2014 To Minnesota WildIlya Bryzgalov March 5, 2014Wild Taps Buffalo For Moulson, McCormick To Buffalo Sabres Torrey MitchellWPG's 2nd-round pick in 20142nd-round pick in 2016 To Minnesota WildMatt MoulsonCody McCormick

Free agents signed Player Former team Contract terms Keith BallardWild Agrees To Terms With Defenseman Keith Ballard Vancouver Canucks 2 years, $3 million Matt CookeWild Signs Forward Matt Cooke Pittsburgh Penguins 3 years, $7.5 million Jonathon BlumWild Agrees To Terms With FA Defensemen Nashville Predators 1 year, $650,000 Jon Landry Bridgeport Sound Tigers 1 year, $625,000 John CurryWild Signs Curry To Two-Way Deal Iowa Wild 1 year, $550,000 Brady BrassartWild Inks Brassart To Entry-Level Deal Calgary Hitmen 3 years, $2.51 million entry-level contract Zack MitchellWild Inks Mitchell To Entry-Level Deal Guelph Storm 3 years, $1.845 million entry-level contract Christian FolinWild Signs Folin To Entry-Level Deal UMass Lowell 2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract Michael KeranenWild Inks Keranen To One-Year Deal Ilves 1 year, $925,000 entry-level contract

Free agents lost