2021–22 Minnesota Wild season

The 2021–22 Minnesota Wild season was the 22nd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.^[2] The Wild clinched a playoff spot after a 5–4 overtime win against the San Jose Sharks, which would be their ninth postseason appearance in the last 10 seasons.^[3] Despite setting franchise records in wins (53), and points (113), the Wild were upset in the first round by the St. Louis Blues, losing in six games.

2021–22 Minnesota Wild
Division	2nd Central
Conference	2nd Western
2021–22 record	53–22–7
Home record	31–8–2
Road record	22–14–5
Goals for	310
Goals against	253
Team information
General manager	Bill Guerin
Coach	Dean Evason
Captain	Jared Spurgeon
Alternate captains	Matt Dumba Marcus Foligno
Arena	Xcel Energy Center
Average attendance	18,542[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Iowa Wild (AHL) Iowa Heartlanders (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Kirill Kaprizov (47)
Assists	Kirill Kaprizov (61)
Points	Kirill Kaprizov (108)
Penalty minutes	Brandon Duhaime (122)
Plus/minus	Alex Goligoski (+41)
Wins	Cam Talbot (32)
Goals against average	Marc-Andre Fleury (2.74)
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

Standings

Divisional standings

Central Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	z – Colorado Avalanche	82	56	19	7	46	312	234	+78	119
2	x – Minnesota Wild	82	53	22	7	37	310	253	+57	113
3	x – St. Louis Blues	82	49	22	11	43	311	242	+69	109
4	x – Dallas Stars	82	46	30	6	31	238	246	−8	98
5	x – Nashville Predators	82	45	30	7	35	266	252	+14	97
6	Winnipeg Jets	82	39	32	11	31	252	257	−5	89
7	Chicago Blackhawks	82	28	42	12	16	219	291	−72	68
8	Arizona Coyotes	82	25	50	7	18	207	313	−106	57

Source: National Hockey League^[4]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) 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; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
x – Clinched playoff spot; z – Clinched conference

Conference standings

Western Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CE	x – Dallas Stars	82	46	30	6	31	238	246	−8	98
2	CE	x – Nashville Predators	82	45	30	7	35	266	252	+14	97
3	PA	Vegas Golden Knights	82	43	31	8	34	266	248	+18	94
4	PA	Vancouver Canucks	82	40	30	12	32	249	236	+13	92
5	CE	Winnipeg Jets	82	39	32	11	32	252	257	−5	89
6	PA	San Jose Sharks	82	32	37	13	22	214	264	−50	77
7	PA	Anaheim Ducks	82	31	37	14	22	232	271	−39	76
8	CE	Chicago Blackhawks	82	28	42	12	16	219	291	−72	68
9	PA	Seattle Kraken	82	27	49	6	23	216	285	−69	60
10	CE	Arizona Coyotes	82	25	50	7	18	207	313	−106	57

Source: National Hockey League^[5]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) 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; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on July 22, 2021,^[6] with only about a handful of games scheduled in February because NHL players are planning to participate in the 2022 Winter Olympics.^[7] Ultimately, due to a surge in the COVID-19 pandemic, NHL players did not go to the Olympics, and the planned break in February was used to reschedule some games that had been postponed due to outbreaks of COVID-19 throughout the league in December and January.

2021–22 game log
October: 5–3–0 (home: 2–1–0; road: 3–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 15 Minnesota 2–1 Anaheim Talbot 11,938 1–0–0 2 [8] 2 October 16 Minnesota 3–2 Los Angeles Talbot 12,590 2–0–0 4 [9] 3 October 19 Winnipeg 5–6 Minnesota OT Talbot 18,156 3–0–0 6 [10] 4 October 23 Anaheim 3–4 Minnesota OT Talbot 18,055 4–0–0 8 [11] 5 October 24 Nashville 5–2 Minnesota Kahkonen 16,014 4–1–0 8 [12] 6 October 26 Minnesota 3–2 Vancouver Talbot 18,870 5–1–0 10 [13] 7 October 28 Minnesota 1–4 Seattle Talbot 17,151 5–2–0 10 [14] 8 October 30 Minnesota 1–4 Colorado Talbot 17,708 5–3–0 10 [15]
November: 10–3–1 (home: 6–1–0; road: 4–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 9 November 2 Ottawa 4–5 Minnesota OT Talbot 15,276 6–3–0 12 [16] 10 November 6 Minnesota 5–4 Pittsburgh SO Talbot 17,181 7–3–0 14 [17] 11 November 7 NY Islanders 2–5 Minnesota Kahkonen 15,547 8–3–0 16 [18] 12 November 10 Minnesota 5–2 Arizona Kahkonen 13,488 9–3–0 18 [19] 13 November 11 Minnesota 2–3 Vegas Talbot 18,267 9–4–0 18 [20] 14 November 13 Minnesota 4–2 Seattle Talbot 17,151 10–4–0 20 [21] 15 November 16 San Jose 4–1 Minnesota Talbot 15,367 10–5–0 20 [22] 16 November 18 Dallas 2–7 Minnesota Talbot 17,088 11–5–0 22 [23] 17 November 20 Minnesota 4–5 Florida Talbot 13,854 11–6–0 22 [24] 18 November 21 Minnesota 4–5 Tampa Bay SO Kahkonen 19,092 11–6–1 23 [25] 19 November 24 Minnesota 3–2 New Jersey SO Talbot 14,763 12–6–1 25 [26] 20 November 26 Winnipeg 1–7 Minnesota Talbot 19,113 13–6–1 27 [27] 21 November 28 Tampa Bay 2–4 Minnesota Talbot 17,785 14–6–1 29 [28] 22 November 30 Arizona 2–5 Minnesota Kahkonen 16,239 15–6–1 31 [29]
December: 4–3–1 (home: 2–0–1; road: 2–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 23 December 2 New Jersey 2–5 Minnesota Kahkonen 16,112 16–6–1 33 [30] 24 December 4 Toronto 3–4 Minnesota SO Talbot 18,568 17–6–1 35 [31] 25 December 7 Minnesota 4–1 Edmonton Talbot 14,715 18–6–1 37 [32] 26 December 9 Minnesota 5–2 San Jose Talbot 10,782 19–6–1 39 [33] 27 December 11 Minnesota 1–2 Los Angeles Kahkonen 15,897 19–7–1 39 [34] 28 December 12 Minnesota 4–6 Vegas Talbot 18,001 19–8–1 39 [35] — December 14 Carolina – Minnesota Postponed due to COVID-19.[36] 29 December 16 Buffalo 3–2 Minnesota SO Talbot 18,022 19–8–2 40 [37] — December 18 Florida – Minnesota Postponed due to COVID-19.[38] 30 December 20 Minnesota 4–7 Dallas Talbot 18,237 19–9–2 40 [39] — December 23 Detroit – Minnesota Postponed due to COVID-19. — December 27 Minnesota – Winnipeg Postponed due to COVID-19.[40]
January: 8–1–1 (home: 4–1–0; road: 4–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 31 January 1 St. Louis 6–4 Minnesota Talbot 38,619 (outdoors) 19–10–2 40 [41] — January 3 Minnesota – Ottawa Postponed due to COVID-19. 32 January 6 Minnesota 3–2 Boston Kahkonen 17,850 20–10–2 42 [42] 33 January 8 Washington 2–3 Minnesota SO Kahkonen 19,078 21–10–2 44 [43] — January 10 Minnesota – Winnipeg Postponed due to COVID-19. — January 12 Minnesota – Edmonton Postponed due to COVID-19. 34 January 14 Anaheim 3–7 Minnesota Kahkonen 18,300 22–10–2 46 [44] 35 January 17 Minnesota 3–4 Colorado SO Kahkonen 17,565 22–10–3 47 [45] 36 January 21 Minnesota 5–1 Chicago Kahkonen 17,921 23–10–3 49 [46] 37 January 22 Chicago 3–4 Minnesota OT Kahkonen 19,092 24–10–3 51 [47] 38 January 24 Montreal 2–8 Minnesota Talbot 18,104 25–10–3 53 [48] 39 January 28 Minnesota 3–2 NY Rangers Talbot 18,006 26–10–3 55 [49] 40 January 30 Minnesota 4–3 NY Islanders Kahkonen 15,518 27–10–3 57 [50]
February: 4–6–0 (home: 2–1–0; road: 2–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 41 February 2 Minnesota 5–0 Chicago Talbot 16,373 28–10–3 59 [51] 42 February 8 Minnesota 0–2 Winnipeg Kahkonen 7,012 28–11–3 59 [52] 43 February 12 Carolina 2–3 Minnesota Talbot 18,802 29–11–3 61 [53] 44 February 14 Detroit 4–7 Minnesota Kahkonen 18,098 30–11–3 63 [54] 45 February 16 Minnesota 3–6 Winnipeg Talbot 12,527 30–12–3 63 [55] 46 February 18 Florida 6–2 Minnesota Talbot 18,300 30–13–3 63 [56] 47 February 20 Minnesota 7–3 Edmonton Kahkonen 9,150 31–13–3 65 [57] 48 February 22 Minnesota 3–4 Ottawa Talbot 7,602 31–14–3 65 [58] 49 February 24 Minnesota 1–3 Toronto Kahkonen 9,410 31–15–3 65 [59] 50 February 26 Minnesota 3–7 Calgary Kahkonen 9,639 31–16–3 65 [60]
March: 10–4–2 (home: 8–3–1; road: 2–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 March 1 Calgary 5–1 Minnesota Talbot 16,998 31–17–3 65 [61] 52 March 3 Minnesota 5–4 Philadelphia Talbot 13,876 32–17–3 67 [62] 53 March 4 Minnesota 4–5 Buffalo Kahkonen 8,462 32–18–3 67 [63] 54 March 6 Dallas 6–3 Minnesota Kahkonen 18,791 32–19–3 67 [64] 55 March 8 NY Rangers 2–5 Minnesota Talbot 18,356 33–19–3 69 [65] 56 March 10 Minnesota 6–5 Detroit SO Talbot 17,461 34–19–3 71 [66] 57 March 11 Minnesota 2–3 Columbus SO Kahkonen 16,399 34–19–4 72 [67] 58 March 13 Nashville 6–2 Minnesota Kahkonen 19,009 34–20–4 72 [68] 59 March 16 Boston 2–4 Minnesota Talbot 17,956 35–20–4 74 [69] 60 March 19 Chicago 1–3 Minnesota Talbot 19,226 36–20–4 76 [70] 61 March 21 Vegas 0–3 Minnesota Talbot 17,498 37–20–4 78 [71] 62 March 24 Vancouver 2–3 Minnesota OT Talbot 17,333 38–20–4 80 [72] 63 March 26 Columbus 2–3 Minnesota OT Fleury 19,089 39–20–4 82 [73] 64 March 27 Colorado 2–3 Minnesota OT Talbot 19,140 40–20–4 84 [74] 65 March 29 Philadelphia 1–4 Minnesota Fleury 17,874 41–20–4 86 [75] 66 March 31 Pittsburgh 4–3 Minnesota OT Talbot 18,978 41–20–5 87 [76]
April: 12–2–2 (home: 7–1–0; road: 5–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 67 April 2 Minnesota 3–1 Carolina Fleury 16,375 42–20–5 89 [77] 68 April 3 Minnesota 5–1 Washington Talbot 18,573 43–20–5 91 [78] 69 April 5 Minnesota 2–6 Nashville Fleury 17,244 43–21–5 91 [79] 70 April 8 Minnesota 3–4 St. Louis OT Talbot 18,096 43–21–6 92 [80] 71 April 10 Los Angeles 3–6 Minnesota Fleury 19,104 44–21–6 94 [81] 72 April 12 Edmonton 1–5 Minnesota Talbot 19,035 45–21–6 96 [82] 73 April 14 Minnesota 3–2 Dallas OT Fleury 18,110 46–21–6 98 [83] 74 April 16 Minnesota 5–6 St. Louis OT Talbot 18,096 46–21–7 99 [84] 75 April 17 San Jose 4–5 Minnesota OT Fleury 19,029 47–21–7 101 [85] 76 April 19 Minnesota 2–0 Montreal Talbot 20,725 48–21–7 103 [86] 77 April 21 Vancouver 3–6 Minnesota Talbot 17,894 49–21–7 105 [87] 78 April 22 Seattle 3–6 Minnesota Fleury 19,047 50–21–7 107 [88] 79 April 24 Minnesota 5–4 Nashville OT Fleury 17,160 51–21–7 109 [89] 80 April 26 Arizona 5–3 Minnesota Fleury 18,383 51–22–7 109 [90] 81 April 28 Calgary 2–3 Minnesota OT Talbot 18,490 52–22–7 111 [91] 82 April 29 Colorado 1–4 Minnesota Fleury 19,261 53–22–7 113 [92]
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

Main article: 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs

2022 Stanley Cup playoffs
Western Conference first round vs. (C3) St. Louis Blues: St. Louis won 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 2 St. Louis 4–0 Minnesota Fleury 19,053 0–1 [93] 2 May 4 St. Louis 2–6 Minnesota Fleury 19,376 1–1 [94] 3 May 6 Minnesota 5–1 St. Louis Fleury 18,096 2–1 [95] 4 May 8 Minnesota 2–5 St. Louis Fleury 18,096 2–2 [96] 5 May 10 St. Louis 5–2 Minnesota Fleury 19,197 2–3 [97] 6 May 12 Minnesota 1–5 St. Louis Talbot 18,096 2–4 [98]
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

As of May 13, 2022

Skaters

Regular season[99] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Kirill Kaprizov 81 47 61 108 +27 34 Kevin Fiala 82 33 52 85 +23 52 Mats Zuccarello 70 24 55 79 +21 24 Ryan Hartman 82 34 31 65 +31 95 Joel Eriksson Ek 77 26 23 49 +16 28 Frederick Gaudreau 76 14 30 44 +12 8 Marcus Foligno 74 23 19 42 +25 112 Jared Spurgeon 65 10 30 40 +32 10 Matthew Boldy 47 15 24 39 +17 10 Jonas Brodin 73 5 25 30 +9 18 Alex Goligoski 72 2 28 30 +41 34 Jordan Greenway 62 10 17 27 +26 69 Matt Dumba 57 7 20 27 +9 47 Dmitry Kulikov 80 7 17 24 +23 39 Jon Merrill 69 4 16 20 +15 22 Nico Sturm‡ 53 9 8 17 −5 8 Brandon Duhaime 80 6 11 17 −2 122 Nick Bjugstad 57 7 6 13 −2 20 Victor Rask‡ 29 5 8 13 +7 2 Rem Pitlick‡ 20 6 5 11 +1 12 Jordie Benn 39 1 7 8 +1 10 Tyson Jost† 21 2 4 6 0 4 Connor Dewar 35 2 4 6 −4 25 Jacob Middleton† 21 1 4 5 +7 13 Calen Addison 15 2 2 4 −4 2 Nicolas Deslauriers† 20 3 0 3 −2 23 Joseph Cramarossa 1 0 1 1 0 2 Adam Beckman 3 0 1 1 −1 2 Kyle Rau 5 0 0 0 −3 0 Dakota Mermis 2 0 0 0 +2 0 Mason Shaw 3 0 0 0 −2 5 Jon Lizotte 1 0 0 0 0 2 Mitchell Chaffee 2 0 0 0 +1 0 Marco Rossi 2 0 0 0 −1 4

Playoffs[100] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Kirill Kaprizov 6 7 1 8 1 2 Joel Eriksson Ek 6 3 2 5 1 8 Ryan Hartman 6 0 5 5 0 2 Mats Zuccarello 6 1 3 4 −1 2 Jonas Brodin 6 1 2 3 −2 2 Jared Spurgeon 6 0 3 3 1 4 Kevin Fiala 6 0 3 3 −5 16 Jordan Greenway 6 1 1 2 0 6 Marcus Foligno 6 0 2 2 1 14 Matt Dumba 6 1 0 1 4 2 Frederick Gaudreau 6 1 0 1 −1 0 Matthew Boldy 6 1 0 1 −1 4 Jon Merrill 6 0 1 1 −6 0 Jacob Middleton 6 0 1 1 6 2 Dmitry Kulikov 2 0 1 1 −4 2 Tyson Jost 6 0 0 0 0 4 Brandon Duhaime 6 0 0 0 −2 2 Nicolas Deslauriers 5 0 0 0 −3 0 Alex Goligoski 4 0 0 0 −3 2 Connor Dewar 1 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular season^[101]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Cam Talbot	49	48	2,864:23	32	12	4	132	2.76	1,488	.911	3	0	1	2
Kaapo Kahkonen‡	25	23	1,380:05	12	8	3	66	2.87	734	.910	0	0	1	2
Marc-Andre Fleury†	11	11	657:54	9	2	0	30	2.74	334	.910	0	0	1	0

Playoffs^[102]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Marc-Andre Fleury	5	5	296:28	2	3	15	3.04	159	.906	0	0	0	0
Cam Talbot	1	1	57:53	0	1	4	4.14	26	.846	0	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.

Transactions

The Wild have been involved in the following transactions during the 2021–22 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23)	To Edmonton Oilers 1st-round pick in 2021 PIT 3rd-round pick in 2021	To Minnesota Wild 1st-round pick in 2021	[103]
July 24, 2021 (2021-07-24)	To Montreal Canadiens 5th-round pick in 2021 7th-round pick in 2021	To Minnesota Wild 4th-round pick in 2021	[104]
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Brennan Menell	To Minnesota Wild Conditional1 7th-round pick in 2022	[105]
December 29, 2021 (2021-12-29)	To St. Louis Blues Will Bitten	To Minnesota Wild Nolan Stevens	[106]
February 12, 2022 (2022-02-12)	To Montreal Canadiens Andrew Hammond	To Minnesota Wild Brandon Baddock	[107]
March 15, 2022 (2022-03-15)	To Colorado Avalanche Nico Sturm	To Minnesota Wild Tyson Jost	[108]
March 19, 2022 (2022-03-19)	To Anaheim Ducks 3rd-round pick in 2023	To Minnesota Wild Nicolas Deslauriers	[109]
March 20, 2022 (2022-03-20)	To Arizona Coyotes Jack McBain	To Minnesota Wild VAN 2nd-round pick in 2022	[110]
March 21, 2022 (2022-03-21)	To San Jose Sharks Kaapo Kahkonen 5th-round pick in 2022	To Minnesota Wild Jacob Middleton	[111]
March 21, 2022 (2022-03-21)	To Chicago Blackhawks Conditional2 2nd-round pick in 2022	To Minnesota Wild Marc-Andre Fleury	[111]
June 29, 2022 (2022-06-29)	To Los Angeles Kings Kevin Fiala	To Minnesota Wild Brock Faber 1st-round pick in 2022	[112]

Notes:

1. Minnesota will receive a 7th-round pick in 2022 if Mennell plays 30 games for Toronto in 2021–22; otherwise no pick will be exchanged.
2. Chicago will receive Minnesota's 1st-round pick in 2022 if they reach the 2022 Western Conference Final and Fleury has at least four wins in the first two rounds; otherwise they will receive a 2nd-round pick.

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)	Frederick Gaudreau	Pittsburgh Penguins	2-year	Free agency	[113]
	Alex Goligoski	Arizona Coyotes	1-year	Free agency	[114]
	Joe Hicketts	Detroit Red Wings	2-year	Free agency	[115]
	Dmitry Kulikov	Edmonton Oilers	2-year	Free agency	[116]
	Jon Lizotte	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	[117]
	Dominic Turgeon	Detroit Red Wings	1-year	Free agency	[118]
July 29, 2021 (2021-07-29)	Kevin Czuczman	Pittsburgh Penguins	1-year	Free agency	[119]
	Jon Merrill	Montreal Canadiens	1-year	Free agency	[120]
August 27, 2021 (2021-08-27)	Jordie Benn	Winnipeg Jets	1-year	Free agency	[121]
October 5, 2021 (2021-10-05)	Rem Pitlick	Nashville Predators		Waivers	[122]
January 4, 2022 (2022-01-04)	Zane McIntyre	Tucson Roadrunners (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	[123]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Term	Via	Ref
July 13, 2021 (2021-07-13)	Zach Parise	New York Islanders	1-year	Buy-out	[124]
	Ryan Suter	Dallas Stars	4-year	Buy-out	[124]
July 21, 2021 (2021-07-21)	Carson Soucy	Seattle Kraken		Expansion draft	[125]
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)	Louie Belpedio	Montreal Canadiens	1-year	Free agency	[126]
	Nick Bonino	San Jose Sharks	2-year	Free agency	[127]
	Ian Cole	Carolina Hurricanes	1-year	Free agency	[128]
	Gabriel Dumont	Tampa Bay Lightning	1-year	Free agency	[129]
	Brad Hunt	Vancouver Canucks	1-year	Free agency	[130]
	Luke Johnson	Winnipeg Jets	1-year	Free agency	[131]
	Gerald Mayhew	Philadelphia Flyers	1-year	Free agency	[132]
	Ryan Suter	Dallas Stars	4-year	Free agency	[133]
August 6, 2021 (2021-08-06)	Marcus Johansson	Seattle Kraken	1-year	Free agency	[134]
October 2, 2021 (2021-10-02)	Matt Bartkowski	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	[135]
November 24, 2021 (2021-11-24)	Ivan Lodnia			Contract termination	[136]
		Chicago Wolves (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	[137]
January 12, 2022 (2022-01-12)	Rem Pitlick	Montreal Canadiens		Waivers	[138]
June 23, 2022 (2022-06-23)	Kevin Czuczman	Ilves (Liiga)	1-year	Free agency	[139]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
July 18, 2021 (2021-07-18)	Joseph Cramarossa	2-year	Re-signing	[140]
July 26, 2021 (2021-07-26)	Andrew Hammond	1-year	Re-signing	[141]
July 27, 2021 (2021-07-27)	Dakota Mermis	2-year	Re-signing	[142]
	Kyle Rau	1-year	Re-signing	[143]
July 29, 2021 (2021-07-29)	Brandon Duhaime	2-year	Re-signing	[144]
August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)	Will Bitten	1-year	Re-signing	[145]
August 16, 2021 (2021-08-16)	Kevin Fiala	1-year	Re-signing	[146]
August 17, 2021 (2021-08-17)	Mason Shaw	2-year	Re-signing	[147]
August 25, 2021 (2021-08-25)	Carson Lambos	3-year	Entry-level	[148]
September 21, 2021 (2021-09-21)	Kirill Kaprizov	5-year	Re-signing	[149]
January 11, 2022 (2022-01-11)	Jon Merrill	3-year	Extension	[150]
January 31, 2022 (2022-01-31)	Jordan Greenway	3-year	Extension	[151]
March 23, 2022 (2022-03-23)	Vladislav Firstov	3-year	Entry-level	[152]
March 29, 2022 (2022-03-29)	Sam Hentges	2-year	Entry-level	[153]
March 30, 2022 (2022-03-30)	Alex Goligoski	2-year	Extension	[154]
April 28, 2022 (2022-04-28)	Simon Johansson	2-year	Extension	[155]
May 9, 2022 (2022-05-09)	Pavel Novak	3-year	Entry-level	[156]
May 16, 2022 (2022-05-16)	Jesper Wallstedt	3-year	Entry-level	[157]
June 22, 2022 (2022-06-22)	Connor Dewar	2-year	Extension	[158]
July 6, 2022 (2022-07-06)	Jacob Middleton	3-year	Extension	[159]

Draft picks

See also: List of Minnesota Wild draft picks

Below are the Minnesota Wild's selections at the 2021 NHL entry draft, which were held on July 23 to 24, 2021. It was held virtually via Video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.

Round	#	Player	Pos.	Nationality	Team (League)
1	20	Jesper Wallstedt	G	Sweden	Lulea HF (SHL)
1	26	Carson Lambos	D	Canada	JYP U20 (U20 SM-sarja)
2	54	Jack Peart	D	USA	Fargo Force (USHL)
3	86	Caedan Bankier	C	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
4	118	Kyle Masters	D	Canada	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
4	127	Josh Pillar	RW	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
6	182	Nate Benoit		USA	Mount St. Charles Mounties (USHS-RI)