2013–14 Minnesota Wild season

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

2013–14 Minnesota Wild
Division	4th Central
Conference	7th Western
2013–14 record	43–27–12
Home record	26–10–5
Road record	17–17–7
Goals for	207
Goals against	206
Team information
General manager	Chuck Fletcher
Coach	Mike Yeo
Captain	Mikko Koivu
Alternate captains	Zach Parise Ryan Suter
Arena	Xcel Energy Center
Average attendance	18,505 (103.1%) (41 games)
Minor league affiliate(s)	Iowa Wild (AHL) Orlando Solar Bears (ECHL) Quad City Mallards (CHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Jason Pominville (30)
Assists	Mikko Koivu (43)
Points	Jason Pominville (60)
Penalty minutes	Clayton Stoner (84)
Plus/minus	Jared Spurgeon Ryan Suter (+15)
Wins	Josh Harding (18)
Goals against average	Josh Harding (1.66)

Standings

Central Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Colorado Avalanche	82	52	22	8	47	250	220	+30	112
2	x – St. Louis Blues	82	52	23	7	43	248	191	+57	111
3	x – Chicago Blackhawks	82	46	21	15	40	267	220	+47	107
4	Minnesota Wild	82	43	27	12	35	207	206	+1	98
5	Dallas Stars	82	40	31	11	36	235	228	+7	91
6	Nashville Predators	82	38	32	12	36	216	242	−26	88
7	Winnipeg Jets	82	37	35	10	29	227	237	−10	84

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Western Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CE	x – Minnesota Wild	82	43	27	12	35	207	206	+1	98
2	CE	x – Dallas Stars	82	40	31	11	36	235	228	+7	91
3	PA	Phoenix Coyotes	82	37	30	15	31	216	231	−15	89
4	CE	Nashville Predators	82	38	32	12	36	216	242	−26	88
5	CE	Winnipeg Jets	82	37	35	10	29	227	237	−10	84
6	PA	Vancouver Canucks	82	36	35	11	31	196	223	−27	83
7	PA	Calgary Flames	82	35	40	7	28	209	241	−32	77
8	PA	Edmonton Oilers	82	29	44	9	25	203	270	−67	67

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2013 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 17	Columbus	3–1	Minnesota		Backstrom	17,784	0–1–0	[1]
2	September 19	Minnesota	4–1	Winnipeg		Harding	15,004	1–1–0	[2]
3	September 21	Winnipeg	3–4	Minnesota	SO	Backstrom	16,179	2–1–0	[3]
4	September 23	Minnesota	2–1	Columbus	SO	Harding	10,089	3–1–0	[4]
5	September 25	St. Louis	1–3	Minnesota		Backstrom	15,183	4–1–0	[5]
6	September 27	Minnesota	1–4	St. Louis		Gustafsson	13,233	4–2–0	[6]

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 [7] 2 October 5 Anaheim 4–3 Minnesota OT Backstrom 18,213 0–0–2 2 [8] 3 October 8 Minnesota 2–3 Nashville Harding 17,196 0–1–2 2 [9] 4 October 10 Winnipeg 1–2 Minnesota Harding 17,366 1–1–2 4 [10] 5 October 12 Dallas 1–5 Minnesota Harding 18,278 2–1–2 6 [11] 6 October 14 Minnesota 2–1 Buffalo Harding 18,111 3–1–2 8 [12] 7 October 15 Minnesota 1–4 Toronto Kuemper 19,283 3–2–2 8 [13] 8 October 17 Minnesota 1–3 Tampa Bay Harding 16,454 3–3–2 8 [14] 9 October 19 Minnesota 1–2 Florida SO Harding 13,081 3–3–3 9 [15] 10 October 22 Nashville 0–2 Minnesota Harding 17,651 4–3–3 11 [16] 11 October 24 Carolina 1–3 Minnesota Harding 17,668 5–3–3 13 [17] 12 October 26 Minnesota 5–3 Chicago Backstrom 21,521 6–3–3 15 [18] 13 October 28 Chicago 5–1 Minnesota Backstrom 18,685 6–4–3 15 [19]
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 [20] 15 November 3 New Jersey 0–4 Minnesota Harding 17,571 8–4–3 19 [21] 16 November 5 Calgary 1–5 Minnesota Harding 17,708 9–4–3 21 [22] 17 November 7 Minnesota 2–3 Washington SO Harding 18,506 9–4–4 22 [23] 18 November 9 Minnesota 3–2 Carolina SO Harding 14,704 10–4–4 24 [24] 19 November 13 Toronto 1–2 Minnesota SO Harding 17,897 11–4–4 26 [25] 20 November 15 Florida 2–3 Minnesota Harding 18,102 12–4–4 28 [26] 21 November 17 Winnipeg 1–2 Minnesota Harding 18,283 13–4–4 30 [27] 22 November 19 Minnesota 2–6 Montreal Harding 21,273 13–5–4 30 [28] 23 November 20 Minnesota 4–3 Ottawa Harding 16,642 14–5–4 32 [29] 24 November 23 Minnesota 3–2 Winnipeg SO Backstrom 15,004 15–5–4 34 [30] 25 November 25 Minnesota 0–3 St. Louis Backstrom 15,832 15–6–4 34 [31] 26 November 27 Phoenix 3–1 Minnesota Backstrom 18,265 15–7–4 34 [32] 27 November 29 Colorado 3–1 Minnesota Harding 19,081 15–8–4 34 [33] 28 November 30 Minnesota 2–3 Colorado SO Harding 17,857 15–8–5 35 [34]
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 [35] 30 December 5 Chicago 3–4 Minnesota Harding 18,852 17–8–5 39 [36] 31 December 6 Minnesota 0–4 Columbus Backstrom 11,319 17–9–5 39 [37] 32 December 8 San Jose 1–3 Minnesota Harding 18,411 18–9–5 41 [38] 33 December 11 Minnesota 1–2 Anaheim Harding 15,252 18–10–5 41 [39] 34 December 12 Minnesota 1–3 San Jose Backstrom 17,562 18–11–5 41 [40] 35 December 14 Minnesota 2–1 Colorado SO Harding 16,188 19–11–5 43 [41] 36 December 17 Vancouver 2–3 Minnesota SO Harding 18,531 20–11–5 45 [42] 37 December 19 Minnesota 2–5 Pittsburgh Backstrom 18,623 20–12–5 45 [43] 38 December 22 Minnesota 1–4 NY Rangers Backstrom 18,006 20–13–5 45 [44] 39 December 23 Minnesota 1–4 Philadelphia Backstrom 19,872 20–14–5 45 [45] 40 December 27 Minnesota 4–6 Winnipeg Backstrom 15,004 20–15–5 45 [46] 41 December 29 NY Islanders 5–4 Minnesota Harding 18,851 20–16–5 45 [47] 42 December 31 St. Louis 2–1 Minnesota Harding 18,919 20–17–5 45 [48]
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 [49] 44 January 4 Washington 3–5 Minnesota Backstrom 19,022 22–17–5 49 [50] 45 January 7 Minnesota 2–1 Los Angeles SO Kuemper 18,118 23–17–5 51 [51] 46 January 9 Minnesota 4–1 Phoenix Backstrom 10,075 24–17–5 53 [52] 47 January 11 Colorado 4–2 Minnesota Backstrom 19,117 24–18–5 53 [53] 48 January 12 Minnesota 4–0 Nashville Kuemper 16,221 25–18–5 55 [54] 49 January 14 Ottawa 3–0 Minnesota Kuemper 18,117 25–19–5 55 [55] 50 January 16 Edmonton 1–4 Minnesota Kuemper 18,037 26–19–5 57 [56] 51 January 18 Dallas 2–3 Minnesota OT Kuemper 19,192 27–19–5 59 [57] 52 January 21 Minnesota 0–4 Dallas Kuemper 11,191 27–20–5 59 [58] 53 January 23 Chicago 1–2 Minnesota Kuemper 19,226 28–20–5 61 [59] 54 January 25 Minnesota 2–3 San Jose OT Kuemper 17,562 28–20–6 62 [60] 55 January 28 Minnesota 4–2 Anaheim Kuemper 15,020 29–20–6 64 [61] 56 January 30 Minnesota 4–5 Colorado Backstrom 14,697 29–21–6 64 [62]
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 [63] 58 February 4 Tampa Bay 1–2 Minnesota Kuemper 18,454 30–21–7 67 [64] 59 February 6 Nashville 2–3 Minnesota OT Kuemper 18,766 31–21–7 69 [65] 60 February 27 Minnesota 3–0 Edmonton Kuemper 16,839 32–21–7 71 [66] 61 February 28 Minnesota 2–1 Vancouver SO Kuemper 18,910 33–21–7 73 [67]
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 [68] 63 March 8 Minnesota 3–4 Dallas Kuemper 19,109 34–22–7 75 [69] 64 March 9 St. Louis 3–2 Minnesota SO Bryzgalov 18,909 34–22–8 76 [70] 65 March 11 Edmonton 4–3 Minnesota SO Kuemper 18,650 34–22–9 77 [71] 66 March 13 NY Rangers 1–2 Minnesota Kuemper 18,885 35–22–9 79 [72] 67 March 15 Columbus 2–1 Minnesota SO Kuemper 19,042 35–22–10 80 [73] 68 March 17 Minnesota 1–4 Boston Kuemper 17,565 35–23–10 80 [74] 69 March 18 Minnesota 6–0 NY Islanders Bryzgalov 14,888 36–23–10 82 [75] 70 March 20 Minnesota 3–4 New Jersey OT Bryzgalov 14,772 36–23–11 83 [76] 71 March 22 Detroit 3–2 Minnesota Kuemper 19,176 36–24–11 83 [77] 72 March 23 Minnesota 4–3 Detroit OT Bryzgalov 20,066 37–24–11 85 [78] 73 March 26 Vancouver 5–2 Minnesota Kuemper 19,014 37–25–11 85 [79] 74 March 27 Minnesota 1–5 St. Louis Kuemper 19,646 37–26–11 85 [80] 75 March 29 Minnesota 3–1 Phoenix Bryzgalov 16,691 38–26–11 87 [81] 76 March 31 Minnesota 3–2 Los Angeles Bryzgalov 18,118 39–26–11 89 [82]
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 [83] 78 April 5 Pittsburgh 0–4 Minnesota Bryzgalov 19,409 40–26–12 92 [84] 79 April 7 Minnesota 1–0 Winnipeg Bryzgalov 15,004 41–26–12 94 [85] 80 April 8 Boston 3–4 Minnesota SO Bryzgalov 18,893 42–26–12 96 [86] 81 April 10 St. Louis 2–4 Minnesota Curry 18,664 43–26–12 98 [87] 82 April 13 Nashville 7–3 Minnesota Bryzgalov 18,658 43–27–12 98 [88]
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

Main article: 2014 Stanley Cup 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:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Final Stats

Skaters

Regular Season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Jason Pominville	82	30	30	60	3	16
Zach Parise	67	29	27	56	10	30
Mikko Koivu	65	11	43	54	0	24
Ryan Suter	82	8	35	43	15	34
Mikael Granlund	63	8	33	41	−3	22
Nino Niederreiter	81	14	22	36	12	44
Charlie Coyle	70	12	18	30	−7	33
Dany Heatley	76	12	16	28	−18	18
Matt Cooke	82	10	18	28	8	54
Jared Spurgeon	67	5	21	26	15	16
Kyle Brodziak	81	8	16	24	0	61
Justin Fontaine	66	13	8	21	6	26
Jonas Brodin	79	8	11	19	0	22
Marco Scandella	76	3	14	17	10	20
Erik Haula	46	6	9	15	14	29
Matt Moulson†	20	6	7	13	7	8
Keith Ballard	45	2	7	9	−7	37
Torrey Mitchell‡	58	1	8	9	−3	21
Nate Prosser	53	2	6	8	2	58
Jason Zucker	21	4	1	5	2	2
Clayton Stoner	63	1	4	5	−6	84
Stephane Veilleux	34	3	0	3	−2	21
Cody McCormick†	14	1	1	2	2	7
Mathew Dumba	13	1	1	2	−5	2
Zenon Konopka‡	36	1	1	2	−5	55
Michael Rupp	13	0	1	1	1	23
Jonathon Blum	15	0	1	1	−1	0
Christian Folin	1	0	1	1	3	0
Jake Dowell	1	0	0	0	−1	0
Carson McMillan	1	0	0	0	0	0
Brett Bulmer	5	0	0	0	−2	2

Playoffs

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Zach Parise	13	4	10	14	−3	6
Jason Pominville	13	2	7	9	−3	0
Mikael Granlund	13	4	3	7	3	2
Erik Haula	13	4	3	7	2	0
Charlie Coyle	13	3	4	7	−2	6
Ryan Suter	13	1	6	7	−5	4
Mikko Koivu	13	1	6	7	−4	10
Jared Spurgeon	13	3	3	6	0	2
Nino Niederreiter	13	3	3	6	0	8
Kyle Brodziak	12	3	3	6	−2	2
Dany Heatley	11	1	5	6	6	4
Marco Scandella	13	2	1	3	4	0
Matt Moulson	10	1	2	3	0	4
Clayton Stoner	13	1	2	3	2	26
Matt Cooke	6	0	3	3	1	8
Justin Fontaine	9	1	1	2	0	2
Jonas Brodin	13	0	2	2	3	12
Cody McCormick	13	1	0	1	1	14
Stephane Veilleux	4	0	0	0	1	4
Keith Ballard	3	0	0	0	−2	0
Nate Prosser	10	0	0	0	2	12

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Josh Harding	29	26	1668	18	7	3	46	1.65	690	.933	3	0	0	0
Darcy Kuemper	26	25	1480	12	8	4	60	2.43	702	.915	2	0	0	0
Niklas Backstrom	21	19	1094	5	11	2	55	3.02	546	.899	0	0	0	0
Ilya Bryzgalov†	12	11	679	7	1	3	24	2.12	269	.911	3	0	0	0
John Curry	2	1	80	1	0	0	4	3.00	57	.930	0	0	0	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Ilya Bryzgalov	9	8	479	3	6	21	2.63	182	.885	1	0	0	0
Darcy Kuemper	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	Details
June 30, 2013	To New York Rangers Justin Falk	To Minnesota Wild Benn Ferriero CBJ's 6th-round pick in 2014
June 30, 2013	To New York Islanders Cal Clutterbuck NJD's 3rd-round pick in 2013	To Minnesota Wild Nino Niederreiter
July 5, 2013	To Winnipeg Jets Devin Setoguchi	To Minnesota Wild 2nd-round pick in 2014
February 5, 2014	To San Jose Sharks Chad Rau	To Minnesota Wild Curt Gogol
February 26, 2014	To Chicago Blackhawks Brian Connelly	To Minnesota Wild Brad Winchester
March 4, 2014	To Edmonton Oilers BUF's 4th-round pick in 2014	To Minnesota Wild Ilya Bryzgalov
March 5, 2014	To Buffalo Sabres Torrey Mitchell WPG's 2nd-round pick in 2014 2nd-round pick in 2016	To Minnesota Wild Matt Moulson Cody McCormick

Free agents signed

Player	Former team	Contract terms
Keith Ballard	Vancouver Canucks	2 years, $3 million
Matt Cooke	Pittsburgh Penguins	3 years, $7.5 million
Jonathon Blum	Nashville Predators	1 year, $650,000
Jon Landry	Bridgeport Sound Tigers	1 year, $625,000
John Curry	Iowa Wild	1 year, $550,000
Brady Brassart	Calgary Hitmen	3 years, $2.51 million entry-level contract
Zack Mitchell	Guelph Storm	3 years, $1.845 million entry-level contract
Christian Folin	UMass Lowell	2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract
Michael Keranen	Ilves	1 year, $925,000 entry-level contract

Free agents lost

Player	New team	Contract terms
Matt Cullen	Nashville Predators	2 years, $7 million
Pierre-Marc Bouchard	New York Islanders	1 year, $2 million
Benn Ferriero	Vancouver Canucks	1 year, $550,000
Tom Gilbert	Florida Panthers	1 year, $900,000

Claimed via waivers

Player	Former team	Date claimed off waivers

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date claimed off waivers
Zenon Konopka	Buffalo Sabres	January 3, 2014

Player signings

Player	Date	Contract terms
Jared Spurgeon	July 5, 2013	3 years, $8 million
Tyler Cuma	July 30, 2013	1 year, $575,000
Jason Pominville	October 3, 2013	5 years, $28 million contract extension
Kurtis Gabriel	October 3, 2013	3 years, $2 million entry-level contract
Gustav Olofsson	March 24, 2013	3 years, $2.385 million entry-level contract

Draft picks

See also: List of Minnesota Wild draft picks

Minnesota Wild's picks at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, to be held in Newark, New Jersey on June 30, 2013.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
2	46	Gustav Olofsson	D	Sweden	Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)
3	81[b]	Kurtis Gabriel	RW	Canada	Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
4	107	Dylan Labbe	D	Canada	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
5	137	Carson Soucy	D	Canada	Spruce Grove Saints (AJHL)
6	167	Avery Peterson	C	United States	Grand Rapids Thunderhawks (MSHSL)
7	197	Nolan De Jong	D	Canada	Victoria Grizzlies (BCHL)
7	200[c]	Alexandre Belanger	G	Canada	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)

Draft notes

• The Minnesota Wild's first-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of an April 3, 2013 trade that sent Jason Pominville and a 2014 fourth-round pick to the Wild in exchange for Johan Larsson, Matt Hackett, a 2014 second-round pick and this pick.
• The New Jersey Devils' third-round pick went to the New York Islanders as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013 that sent Nino Niederreiter to Minnesota in exchange for Cal Clutterbuck and this pick.
       Minnesota previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on February 24, 2012 that sent Marek Zidlicky to New Jersey in exchange for Kurtis Foster, Nick Palmieri, Stephane Veilleux, Washington's second-round pick in 2012 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The conditions – New Jersey make the Eastern Conference Finals of the 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs, Zidlicky plays in 75 percent of New Jersey's games in the first two rounds – were converted on May 9. 2012.
• The Minnesota Wild's third-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins (via Philadelphia and Dallas), the Wild traded this pick to the Philadelphia Flyers as the result of a June 27, 2011 trade that sent Darroll Powe to the Wild in exchange for this pick.
• ^b The San Jose Sharks' third-round pick went to the Minnesota Wild as a result of an August 7, 2011 trade that sent James Sheppard to the Sharks in exchange for this pick.
• ^c The New York Rangers' seventh-round pick went to the Minnesota Wild as a result of a February 3, 2012 trade that sent Casey Wellman to the Rangers in exchange for Erik Christensen and this pick.