2014–15 Minnesota Wild season

The 2014–15 Minnesota Wild season was the 15th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.^[2]

Off-season

Following the team's 4–2 Western Conference Semifinals loss to the Chicago Blackhawks, General Manager Chuck Fletcher was tasked with deciding how to deal with the Wild's 21 free-agents, including 13 unrestricted and nine restricted free agents.^[3] The contract situation for all players, including UFAs Dany Heatley, Cody McCormick, Matt Moulson and Nate Prosser, needed to be decided before heading into the NHL's free agency period beginning on July 1, 2014.^[4]

Playoffs

The Minnesota Wild entered the playoffs as the Western Conference's first wild-card. After defeating the St. Louis Blues 4–2 in the first round, they advanced to the second round, where they were defeated by the Chicago Blackhawks for the third-straight season.

As of 2024, this remains the last time the Wild have won a playoff series.

Standings

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

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot

Suspensions/fines

Schedule and results

Pre-season

Regular season

Playoffs

Player statistics

Final stats^[8]

Skaters

Goaltenders

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

Notable achievements

Awards

Milestones

Transactions

The Wild have been involved in the following transactions during the 2014–15 season.

Trades

Draft picks

Below are the Minnesota Wild's selections made at the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 27–28, 2014 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.^[52]

Draft notes^[53]

The Minnesota Wild's second-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of trade on April 3, 2013 that sent Jason Pominville, and a fourth-round pick in 2014 to Minnesota in exchange for Matt Hackett, Johan Larsson, a first-round pick in 2013 and this pick.^[54]
a The Ottawa Senators' sixth-round pick went to Minnesota as the result of a trade on March 12, 2013 that sent Matt Kassian to Ottawa in exchange for this pick.^[55]
b The Columbus Blue Jackets' sixth-round pick (previously acquired by the New York Rangers^[56]) went to Minnesota as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013 that sent Justin Falk to the Rangers in exchange for Benn Ferriero, and this pick.^[57]

References

^ "2014–2015 NHL Attendance – National Hockey League – ESPN". ESPN.
^ National Hockey League (2013). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2014. Diamond Sports Data, Inc. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-894801-26-3.
^ "2014 Free Agents - Western Conference". www.tsn.ca. Archived from the original on April 15, 2014.
^ "2013-14 NHL calendar - ESPN". Archived from the original on August 1, 2013.
^ "Wild's Scandella fined for illegal check to the head". NHL. December 1, 2014.
^ "Wild's Scandella suspended two games". NHL. December 10, 2014.
^ "Wild's Suter suspended two games for elbowing". NHL. January 14, 2015.
^ "2014–2015 Regular Season Stats – Points – Minnesota Wild – Statistics". Minnesota Wild. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
^ "Plekanec, Kuemper and Crosby named 'Three Stars'". NHL. October 13, 2014.
^ "Ennis, Suter and Lundqvist named stars of the week". NHL. December 15, 2014.
^ "2015 NHL All-Star selections highlighted by three Columbus Blue Jackets". NHL. January 10, 2015.
^ "Johansen, Karlsson and Parise named stars of week". NHL. January 26, 2015.
^ "Price, Paquette and Dubnyk named stars of the week". NHL. February 2, 2015.
^ "Dubnyk, Perry and Desharnais named week's stars". NHL. February 9, 2015.
^ "Dubnyk Named First Star Of February". NHL. March 1, 2015.
^ "Dubnyk, Atkinson and O'Reilly named stars of week". NHL. March 30, 2015.
^ "Hammond, Hudler, Dubnyk named stars for March". NHL. April 1, 2015.
^ Wild Adds Seven On Day 2 Of NHL Draft
^ Wild Acquires Dubnyk From Arizona
^ Wild Acquires Bergenheim
^ Wild Acquires Leopold At Deadline
^ In Second Deal Of The Day, Wild Acquires Stewart
^ Wild Acquires Knight, Reassigns Veilleux
^ Wild Signs Vanek To Three-Year Deal
^ a b c Wild Inks Three More On FA Opening Day
^ Wild Signs Rechlicz To Two-Way Deal
^ Wild Signs Almond
^ a b Minnesota Wild Agrees to Terms with Blum, Schroeder
^ Wild Ink Falk To One-Year Deal
^ a b Wild Signs Gudbranson And Warner
^ Wild Inks Carter To One-Year Deal
^ Wild Inks Downing
^ a b Wild Agrees To Terms With Brody Hoffman And Zach Palmquist
^ Ducks Sign Stoner to Four-Year Contract
^ McCORMICK RETURNS TO BUFFALO
^ MOULSON SIGNS MULTI-YEAR DEAL
^ Capitals Sign Jon Landry and Mike Moore
^ Dan Boyle highlights hectic day of Rangers signings
^ Ducks Sign LW Heatley to One-Year Contract
^ Prosser, Welsh agree to contracts with Blues
^ Ducks Sign Goaltender Bryzgalov to One-Year Contract
^ Wild Claims Prosser Off Waivers
^ Wild Re-signs Zucker
^ Wild Agrees To Terms With Curry
^ Wild Re-Signs Fontaine
^ Wild Agrees To Terms With Niederreiter
^ Wild Signs Brodin To Six-Year Extension
^ Charlie Coyle Signs Extension
^ Wild Agrees To Terms With Labbe
^ Wild Agrees To Terms With Pavel Jenys On An Entry-Level Contract
^ Wild Agrees To Terms With Michael Keranen
^ "Cats Win NHL Draft Lottery". April 15, 2014.
^ "2014 NHL Entry Draft Pending Transactions". Pro Sports Transactions. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
^ "Jason Pominville traded to Wild by Sabres". National Hockey League. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
^ "Senators acquire Matt Kassian from Wild". National Hockey League. March 12, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
^ "Columbus Blue Jackets Acquire RW Marian Gaborik From the New York Rangers". Columbus Blue Jackets. April 3, 2013.
^ "Wild, Rangers swap Falk, Ferriero". National Hockey League. June 30, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2014.