2015–16 Minnesota Wild season

NHL team seasonal recap

2015–16 Minnesota Wild
Division5th Central
Conference8th Western
2015–16 record38–33–11
Home record21–16–4
Road record17–17–7
Goals for216
Goals against206
Team information
General managerChuck Fletcher
CoachMike Yeo (Oct.–Feb.)
John Torchetti (interim, Feb.–Apr.)
CaptainMikko Koivu
Alternate captainsZach Parise
Ryan Suter
ArenaXcel Energy Center
Average attendance19,827 (113.2%)[1]
(41 games)
Minor league affiliate(s)Iowa Wild (AHL)
Team leaders
GoalsZach Parise (25)
AssistsRyan Suter (43)
PointsMikko Koivu (56)
Penalty minutesRyan Carter (46)
Plus/minusErik Haula (+21)
WinsDevan Dubnyk (32)
Goals against averageDevan Dubnyk (2.33)

The 2015–16 Minnesota Wild season was the 16th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.[2] Head coach Mike Yeo was relieved of his duties on February 13 after the teams thirteenth loss in fourteen games. He finished with a record of 173–132–44 in his four and a half years as head coach of the Wild. Iowa Wild head coach John Torchetti was promoted to interim head coach. Minnesota was the first team since the 2009–10 Philadelphia Flyers and the 2009–10 Montreal Canadiens to make the playoffs with fewer than 90 points.

Standings

Central Division
Pos Team
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GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 z – Dallas Stars 82 50 23 9 48 267 230 +37 109
2 x – St. Louis Blues 82 49 24 9 44 224 201 +23 107
3 x – Chicago Blackhawks 82 47 26 9 46 235 209 +26 103
4 x – Nashville Predators 82 41 27 14 37 228 215 +13 96
5 x – Minnesota Wild 82 38 33 11 35 216 206 +10 87
6 Colorado Avalanche 82 39 39 4 35 216 240 −24 82
7 Winnipeg Jets 82 35 39 8 32 215 239 −24 78
Source: National Hockey League[3]
x – Clinched playoff spot; z – Clinched conference
Western Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team
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GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 CE x – Nashville Predators 82 41 27 14 37 228 215 +13 96
2 CE x – Minnesota Wild 82 38 33 11 35 216 206 +10 87
3 CE Colorado Avalanche 82 39 39 4 35 216 240 −24 82
4 PA Arizona Coyotes 82 35 39 8 34 209 245 −36 78
5 CE Winnipeg Jets 82 35 39 8 32 215 239 −24 78
6 PA Calgary Flames 82 35 40 7 33 231 260 −29 77
7 PA Vancouver Canucks 82 31 38 13 26 191 243 −52 75
8 PA Edmonton Oilers 82 31 43 8 27 203 245 −42 70
Source: National Hockey League[4]
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2015–16 Pre-Season Game Log: 4–2–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 2–1–0)[5]
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap
1 September 21 Buffalo 3–2 Minnesota Kuemper 17,217 0–1–0 [1]
2 September 22 Minnesota 1–0 Winnipeg OT Backstrom 15,294 1–1–0 [2]
3 September 24 Minnesota 5–2 Columbus Dubnyk 10,209 2–1–0 [3]
4 September 26
(In Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)		 Minnesota 0–3 Edmonton Kuemper 7,541 2–2–0 [4]
5 September 27 Winnipeg 1–8 Minnesota Dubnyk 17,710 3–2–0 [5]
6 October 1 Buffalo 1–6 Minnesota Dubnyk 17,214 4–2–0 [6]

Regular season

2015–16 Game Log[6]
October: 7–2–2 (Home: 5–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–2)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
1 October 8 Minnesota 5–4 Colorado Dubnyk 18,007 1–0–0 2 [7]
2 October 10 St. Louis 2–3 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,096 2–0–0 4 [8]
3 October 15 Minnesota 4–3 Arizona Dubnyk 12,029 3–0–0 6 [9]
4 October 16 Minnesota 1–2 Los Angeles OT Kuemper 18,230 3–0–1 7 [10]
5 October 18 Minnesota 1–4 Anaheim Dubnyk 16,784 3–1–1 7 [11]
6 October 22 Columbus 2–3 Minnesota Dubnyk 18,650 4–1–1 9 [12]
7 October 24 Anaheim 0–3 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,034 5–1–1 11 [13]
8 October 25 Minnesota 4–5 Winnipeg Dubnyk 15,294 5–2–1 11 [14]
9 October 27 Edmonton 3–4 Minnesota Dubnyk 18,936 6–2–1 13 [15]
10 October 30 Chicago 4–5 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,140 7–2–1 15 [16]
11 October 31 Minnesota 2–3 St. Louis OT Dubnyk 17,728 7–2–2 16 [17]
November: 4–5–2 (Home: 3–3–1 ; Road: 1–2–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
12 November 5 Nashville 3–2 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,024 7–3–2 16 [18]
13 November 7 Tampa Bay 0–1 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,066 8–3–2 18 [19]
14 November 10 Winnipeg 3–5 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,153 9–3–2 20 [20]
15 November 12 Minnesota 3–2 Carolina OT Dubnyk 9,511 10–3–2 22 [21]
16 November 14 Minnesota 2–3 Dallas OT Dubnyk 18,532 10–3–3 23 [22]
17 November 17 Minnesota 3–4 Pittsburgh Dubnyk 18,495 10–4–3 23 [23]
18 November 19 Minnesota 2–4 Boston Dubnyk 17,565 10–5–3 23 [24]
19 November 21 Nashville 0–4 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,056 11–5–3 25 [25]
20 November 25 Vancouver 3–2 Minnesota Dubnyk 18,877 11–6–3 25 [26]
21 November 27 Winnipeg 3–1 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,055 11–7–3 25 [27]
22 November 28 Dallas 4–3 Minnesota OT Kuemper 19,024 11–7–4 26 [28]
December: 9–3–2 (Home: 6–2–0 ; Road: 3–1–2)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
23 December 1 Minnesota 2–1 Chicago Dubnyk 21,580 12–7–4 28 [29]
24 December 3 Toronto 0–1 Minnesota Dubnyk 18,880 13–7–4 30 [30]
25 December 5 Colorado 0–3 Minnesota Kuemper 19,173 14–7–4 32 [31]
26 December 7 Minnesota 1–2 Colorado OT Kuemper 16,589 14–7–5 33 [32]
27 December 11 Minnesota 1–2 Arizona OT Kuemper 14,404 14–7–6 34 [33]
28 December 12 Minnesota 2–0 San Jose Kuemper 16,766 15–7–6 36 [34]
29 December 15 Vancouver 2–6 Minnesota Kuemper 18,804 16–7–6 38 [35]
30 December 17 NY Rangers 2–5 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,090 17–7–6 40 [36]
31 December 19 Minnesota 2–3 Nashville Dubnyk 17,117 17–8–6 40 [37]
32 December 21 Dallas 6–3 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,047 17–9–6 40 [38]
33 December 22 Montreal 1–2 Minnesota Kuemper 19,105 18–9–6 42 [39]
34 December 26 Pittsburgh 3–1 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,234 18–10–6 42 [40]
35 December 28 Detroit 1–3 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,110 19–10–6 44 [41]
36 December 31 Minnesota 3–1 St. Louis Dubnyk 19,194 20–10–6 46 [42]
January: 3–7–3 (Home: 0–3–2 ; Road: 3–4–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
37 January 2 Minnesota 2–3 Tampa Bay SO Dubnyk 19,092 20–10–7 47 [43]
38 January 3 Minnesota 1–2 Florida Dubnyk 15,426 20–11–7 47 [44]
39 January 5 Minnesota 4–2 Columbus Dubnyk 12,411 21–11–7 49 [45]
40 January 7 Philadelphia 4–3 Minnesota OT Dubnyk 19,125 21–11–8 50 [46]
41 January 9 Minnesota 2–1 Dallas Dubnyk 18,532 22–11–8 52 [47]
42 January 10 New Jersey 2–1 Minnesota Kuemper 19,028 22–12–8 52 [48]
43 January 12 Buffalo 3–2 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,034 22–13–8 52 [49]
44 January 15 Winnipeg 1–0 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,222 22–14–8 52 [50]
45 January 16 Minnesota 0–3 Nashville Dubnyk 17,302 22–15–8 52 [51]
46 January 20 Minnesota 1–3 Anaheim Dubnyk 15,962 22–16–8 52 [52]
47 January 21 Minnesota 3–0 Los Angeles Kuemper 18,230 23–16–8 54 [53]
48 January 23 Minnesota 3–4 San Jose Kuemper 16,956 23–17–8 54 [54]
49 January 25 Arizona 2–1 Minnesota SO Dubnyk 19,020 23–17–9 55 [55]
February: 5–8–1 (Home: 2–3–1 ; Road: 3–5–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
50 February 2 Minnesota 3–5 NY Islanders Dubnyk 13,331 23–18–9 55 [56]
51 February 4 Minnesota 2–4 NY Rangers Dubnyk 18,006 23–19–9 55 [57]
52 February 6 Minnesota 1–4 St. Louis Dubnyk 19,318 23–20–9 55 [58]
53 February 9 Dallas 4–3 Minnesota OT Kuemper 19,087 23–20–10 56 [59]
54 February 11 Washington 4–3 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,213 23–21–10 56 [60]
55 February 13 Boston 4–2 Minnesota Kuemper 19,191 23–22–10 56 [61]
56 February 15 Minnesota 5–2 Vancouver Dubnyk 18,437 24–22–10 58 [62]
57 February 17 Minnesota 5–3 Calgary Dubnyk 19,289 25–22–10 60 [63]
58 February 18 Minnesota 5–2 Edmonton Kuemper 16,839 26–22–10 62 [64]
59 February 21
(2016 NHL Stadium Series)		 Chicago 1–6 Minnesota
(at TCF Bank Stadium)		 Dubnyk 50,426 27–22–10 64 [65]
60 February 23 NY Islanders 4–1 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,085 27–23–10 64 [66]
61 February 25 Minnesota 2–3 Philadelphia Dubnyk 18,631 27–24–10 64 [67]
62 February 26 Minnesota 2–3 Washington Kuemper 18,605 27–25–10 64 [68]
63 February 28 Florida 1–3 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,093 28–25–10 66 [69]
March: 10–4–1 (Home: 5–3–0 ; Road: 5–1–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
64 March 1 Colorado 3–6 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,107 29–25–10 68 [70]
65 March 3 Minnesota 2–1 Toronto Dubnyk 18,915 30–25–10 70 [71]
66 March 5 Minnesota 3–2 Buffalo SO Dubnyk 19,070 31–25–10 72 [72]
67 March 6 St. Louis 4–2 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,040 31–26–10 72 [73]
68 March 10 Edmonton 2–1 Minnesota Kuemper 19,058 31–27–10 72 [74]
69 March 12 Minnesota 4–1 Montreal Dubnyk 21,288 32–27–10 74 [75]
70 March 15 Minnesota 2–3 Ottawa OT Dubnyk 18,966 32–27–11 75 [76]
71 March 17 Minnesota 4–7 New Jersey Kuemper 15,114 32–28–11 75 [77]
72 March 19 Carolina 2–3 Minnesota SO Dubnyk 19,044 33–28–11 77 [78]
73 March 20 Minnesota 3–2 Chicago SO Dubnyk 22,059 34–28–11 79 [79]
74 March 22 Los Angeles 1–2 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,018 35–28–11 81 [80]
75 March 24 Calgary 2–6 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,032 36–28–11 83 [81]
76 March 26 Minnesota 4–0 Colorado Dubnyk 18,007 37–28–11 85 [82]
77 March 29 Chicago 1–4 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,190 38–28–11 87 [83]
78 March 31 Ottawa 3–2 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,032 38–29–11 87 [84]
April: 0–4–0 (Home: 0–2–0 ; Road: 0–2–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
79 April 1 Minnesota 2–3 Detroit Dubnyk 20,027 38–30–11 87 [85]
80 April 3 Minnesota 1–5 Winnipeg Dubnyk 15,294 38–31–11 87 [86]
81 April 5 San Jose 3–0 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,061 38–32–11 87 [87]
82 April 9 Calgary 2–1 Minnesota Kuemper 19,247 38–33–11 87 [88]

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2016 Stanley Cup playoffs
Western Conference First Round vs. (C1) Dallas Stars: Dallas wins 4–2
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap
1 April 14 Minnesota 0–4 Dallas Dubnyk 18,532 0–1 Recap
2 April 16 Minnesota 1–2 Dallas Dubnyk 18,988 0–2 Recap
3 April 18 Dallas 3–5 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,038 1–2 Recap
4 April 20 Dallas 3–2 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,080 1–3 Recap
5 April 22 Minnesota 5–4 Dallas OT Dubnyk 18,889 2–3 Recap
6 April 24 Dallas 5–4 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,310 2–4 Recap

Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Final stats

Skaters

Regular Season[7]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Mikko Koivu 82 17 39 56 6 40
Zach Parise 70 25 28 53 −3 36
Ryan Suter 82 8 43 51 10 30
Mikael Granlund 82 13 31 44 −12 20
Nino Niederreiter 82 20 23 43 9 36
Charlie Coyle 82 21 21 42 1 16
Thomas Vanek 74 18 23 41 −10 22
Jason Pominville 75 11 25 36 10 12
Erik Haula 76 14 20 34 21 24
Jared Spurgeon 77 11 18 29 11 14
Mathew Dumba 81 10 16 26 1 38
Jason Zucker 71 13 10 23 −4 20
Marco Scandella 73 5 16 21 6 22
Justin Fontaine 60 5 11 16 3 20
Ryan Carter 60 7 5 12 −3 48
Chris Porter 61 4 3 7 −6 6
Jonas Brodin 68 2 5 7 −5 18
Mike Reilly 29 1 6 7 −4 8
Jarret Stoll† 51 3 3 6 −4 16
Jordan Schroeder 26 2 2 4 2 2
Christian Folin 26 0 4 4 −1 11
David Jones† 16 2 1 3 1 0
Nate Prosser 54 0 3 3 1 39
Zac Dalpe 2 1 0 1 0 0
Tyson Strachan 2 0 0 0 1 0
Brett Bulmer 3 0 0 0 −1 7
Tyler Graovac 2 0 0 0 −1 0
Kurtis Gabriel 3 0 0 0 1 10
Christoph Bertschy 3 0 0 0 0 0
Gustav Olofsson 2 0 0 0 0 0
Michael Keranen‡ 1 0 0 0 −1 0
Playoffs
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Jason Pominville 6 4 3 7 0 6
Nino Niederreiter 6 1 5 6 1 4
Mikko Koivu 6 3 2 5 0 2
Jared Spurgeon 6 2 3 5 1 4
Erik Haula 5 1 3 4 0 2
Mikael Granlund 6 1 2 3 −2 0
Jonas Brodin 6 1 2 3 3 0
Ryan Suter 6 0 3 3 3 4
Charlie Coyle 6 1 1 2 −4 6
Jason Zucker 6 0 2 2 −4 2
Mathew Dumba 6 0 2 2 −2 6
Chris Porter 6 1 0 1 0 0
Marco Scandella 6 1 0 1 −7 4
Jordan Schroeder 2 1 0 1 −1 0
Nate Prosser 6 0 1 1 −6 0
David Jones 6 0 1 1 0 0
Jarret Stoll 4 0 0 0 −1 4
Ryan Carter 2 0 0 0 −1 10
Zac Dalpe 3 0 0 0 −1 0
Justin Fontaine 4 0 0 0 −1 0
Kurtis Gabriel 4 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular Season[8]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Devan Dubnyk 67 66 3861 32 26 6 150 2.33 1829 .918 5 0 0 8
Darcy Kuemper 21 16 1063 6 7 5 43 2.43 507 .915 2 0 0 2
Playoffs[9]
Player GP GS TOI W L GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Devan Dubnyk 6 6 359 2 4 20 3.34 163 .877 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

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular Season
Player Award Awarded
M. Koivu NHL Third Star of the Week[10] December 21, 2015
D. Dubnyk NHL All-Star game selection[11] January 6, 2016
Z. Parise NHL First Star of the Week[12] March 28, 2016
D. Dubnyk NHL Second Star of the Month[13] April 1, 2016

Milestones

Regular Season
Player Milestone Reached
R. Suter 300th Career NHL Assist October 8, 2015
Z. Parise 3rd Career NHL Hat Trick October 8, 2015
J. Zucker 100th Career NHL Game October 10, 2015
T. Vanek 300th Career NHL Goal October 15, 2015
D. Dubnyk 100th Career NHL Win October 15, 2015
J. Brodin 200th Career NHL Game October 18, 2015
J. Spurgeon 300th Career NHL Game October 18, 2015
Z. Parise 700th Career NHL Game October 27, 2015
C. Coyle 200th Career NHL Game October 31, 2015
C. Bertschy 1st Career NHL Game November 7, 2015
M. Keranen 1st Career NHL Game November 17, 2015
G. Olofsson 1st Career NHL Game November 19, 2015
N. Prosser 200th Career NHL Game November 19, 2015
M. Koivu 700th Career NHL Game November 21, 2015
M. Granlund 100th Career NHL Point November 25, 2015
C. Porter 200th Career NHL Game December 11, 2015
M. Dumba 100th Career NHL Game December 15, 2015
Z. Parise 300th Career NHL Assist December 15, 2015
D. Dubnyk 100th Career NHL Loss December 21, 2015
C. Coyle 100th Career NHL Point January 2, 2016
Z. Parise 4th Career NHL Hat Trick January 5, 2016
M. Reilly 1st Career NHL Game January 9, 2016
M. Granlund 200th Career NHL Game January 10, 2016
J. Pominville 800th Career NHL Game January 23, 2016
J. Pominville 600th Career NHL Point February 2, 2016
N. Niederreiter 100th Career NHL Point February 2, 2016
R. Suter 800th Career NHL Game February 4, 2016
M. Reilly 1st Career NHL Goal
1st Career NHL Point		 February 13, 2016
Z. Parise 600th Career NHL Point February 17, 2016
T. Vanek 800th Career NHL Game February 18, 2016
M. Reilly 1st Career NHL Assist February 18, 2016
J. Schroeder 100th Career NHL Game March 19, 2016
Z. Parise 5th Career NHL Hat Trick March 24, 2016
N. Niederreiter 300th Career NHL Game March 24, 2016
M. Granlund 100th Career NHL Assist March 26, 2016
R. Suter 400th Career NHL Point March 26, 2016
M. Scandella 300th Career NHL Game April 3, 2016
Playoffs
Player Milestone Reached
Z. Dalpe 1st Career Playoff Game April 14, 2016
K. Gabriel 1st Career Playoff Game April 18, 2016
J. Schroeder 1st Career Playoff Goal
1st Career Playoff Point		 April 22, 2016

Transactions

The Wild have been involved in the following transactions during the 2015–16 season.

Trades

Date
Details
 Ref
June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27) To Boston Bruins
5th-round pick in 2016 		To Minnesota Wild
5th-round pick in 2015 		[14]
February 29, 2016 (2016-02-29) To Calgary Flames
Niklas Backstrom
6th-round pick in 2016 		To Minnesota Wild
David Jones 		[15]
February 29, 2016 (2016-02-29) To Ottawa Senators
Michael Keranen 		To Minnesota Wild
Conor Allen 		[16]
February 29, 2016 (2016-02-29) To Los Angeles Kings
Brett Sutter 		To Minnesota Wild
Scott Sabourin 		[16]

Free agents acquired

Date Player Former team Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)		 Ref
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) Mike Reilly Columbus Blue Jackets 2 years, entry-level contract [17]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) Zac Dalpe Buffalo Sabres 1 year, $600,000 [18]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) Ruslan Fedotenko Iowa Wild 1 year, $600,000 [18]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) Marc Hagel Iowa Wild 2 years, $1.21 million [18]
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02) Tyson Strachan Buffalo Sabres 1 year, $650,000 [19]
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02) Jared Knight Iowa Wild 1 year, $761,250 [19]
March 26, 2016 (2016-03-26) Nick Seeler University of Minnesota 2 years, entry-level contract [20]
March 27, 2016 (2016-03-27) Mario Lucia University of Notre Dame 2 years, entry-level contract [21]
April 15, 2016 (2016-04-15) Sam Anas Quinnipiac University 2 years, entry-level contract [22]
May 17, 2016 (2016-05-17) Adam Vay Debreceni Hoki Klub 2 years, entry-level contract [23]

Free agents lost

Date Player New team Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)		 Ref
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02) Kyle Brodziak St. Louis Blues 1 year, $900,000 [24]
July 12, 2015 (2015-07-12) Chris Stewart Anaheim Ducks 1 year, $1.7 million [25]

Claimed via waivers

Player Former team Date claimed off waivers Ref
Chris Porter Philadelphia Flyers October 1, 2015 [26]
Jarret Stoll New York Rangers December 15, 2015 [27]

Player signings

Date Player Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)		 Ref
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) Mikael Granlund 2 years, $6 million [28]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) Nate Prosser 2 years, $1.25 million [29]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) Ryan Carter 1 year, $625,000 [30]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) Steve Michalek 2 years, entry-level contract [31]
July 4, 2015 (2015-07-04) Devan Dubnyk 6 years, $26 million [32]
July 11, 2015 (2015-07-11) Christian Folin 2 years, $1.45 million [33]
July 13, 2015 (2015-07-13) Joel Eriksson Ek 3 years, entry-level contract [34]
August 2, 2015 (2015-08-02) Erik Haula 2 years, $2 million [35]
August 16, 2015 (2015-08-16) Brett Bulmer 1 year, $600,000 [36]
December 21, 2015 (2015-12-21) Jared Spurgeon 4 years, $20.75 million (extension) [37]
April 11, 2016 (2016-04-11) Adam Gilmour 2 years, entry-level contract [38]
April 13, 2016 (2016-04-13) Alex Tuch 3 years, entry-level contract [39]
May 24, 2016 (2016-05-24) Chase Lang 3 years, entry-level contract [40]

Draft picks

Below are the Minnesota Wild's selections at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 26–27, 2015 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 20 Joel Eriksson Ek C  Sweden Farjestad BK
2 50 Jordan Greenway LW  United States USA U-18
4 111 Ales Stezka G  Czech Republic HC Bílí Tygři Liberec
5 135 Kirill Kaprizov LW  Russia Metallurg Novokuznetsk
6 171 Nicholas Boka D  United States USA U-18
7 201 Gustav Bouramman D  Sweden Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
7 204[a] Jack Sadek D  United States Lakeville North High School
Draft notes[41]

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