2019–20 Minnesota Wild season
# 2019–20 Minnesota Wild season

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

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. On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled. 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 v t e | 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 |

### Western Conference

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |
| 2 | Colorado Avalanche | 70 | 42 | 20 | 8 | 37 | 237 | 191 | +46 | .657 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament |
| 3 | Vegas Golden Knights | 71 | 39 | 24 | 8 | 30 | 227 | 211 | +16 | .606 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament |
| 4 | Dallas Stars | 69 | 37 | 24 | 8 | 26 | 180 | 177 | +3 | .594 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament |
| 5 | Edmonton Oilers | 71 | 37 | 25 | 9 | 31 | 225 | 217 | +8 | .585 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 6 | Nashville Predators | 69 | 35 | 26 | 8 | 28 | 215 | 217 | −2 | .565 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 7 | Vancouver Canucks | 69 | 36 | 27 | 6 | 27 | 228 | 217 | +11 | .565 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 8 | Calgary Flames | 70 | 36 | 27 | 7 | 25 | 210 | 215 | −5 | .564 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 9 | Winnipeg Jets | 71 | 37 | 28 | 6 | 30 | 216 | 203 | +13 | .563 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 10 | Minnesota Wild | 69 | 35 | 27 | 7 | 30 | 220 | 220 | 0 | .558 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 11 | Arizona Coyotes | 70 | 33 | 29 | 8 | 26 | 195 | 187 | +8 | .529 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 12 | Chicago Blackhawks | 70 | 32 | 30 | 8 | 23 | 212 | 218 | −6 | .514 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 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 | |

**Tiebreaking procedures**

* Fewer number of games played (only used during regular season).
* Greater number of regulation wins (denoted by RW).
* Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime (excluding shootout wins; denoted by ROW).
* Greater number 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 number of goals scored (denoted by GF).

## Schedule and results

### Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 13, 2019.

### Regular season

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

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

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.

2020 Stanley Cup playoffs :

Legend:

  Win

  Loss :

## Player statistics

### Skaters

Regular season :

| 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 :

| 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 :

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

Playoffs :

| 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.

