2016–17 Minnesota Wild season
The 2016–17 Minnesota Wild season was the 17th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.
Standings
Schedule and results
Pre-season
Regular season
Playoffs
Player statistics
Final StatsSkaters
| Player | ||||||
| 81 | 26 | 43 | 69 | 23 | 12 | |
| 82 | 28 | 37 | 65 | 17 | 34 | |
| 80 | 18 | 40 | 58 | 27 | 34 | |
| 82 | 25 | 32 | 57 | 17 | 53 | |
| 82 | 18 | 38 | 56 | 13 | 36 | |
| 79 | 22 | 25 | 47 | 34 | 30 | |
| 78 | 13 | 34 | 47 | 2 | 4 | |
| 69 | 19 | 23 | 42 | −3 | 30 | |
| 82 | 9 | 31 | 40 | 34 | 36 | |
| 76 | 10 | 28 | 38 | 33 | 20 | |
| 76 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 15 | 59 | |
| 72 | 15 | 11 | 26 | 5 | 28 | |
| 68 | 3 | 22 | 25 | 5 | 20 | |
| 79 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 3 | 94 | |
| 37 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 0 | |
| † | 20 | 4 | 9 | 13 | −2 | 10 |
| 71 | 4 | 9 | 13 | −2 | 25 | |
| 52 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | |
| 51 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 26 | |
| 15 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | |
| 39 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 12 | |
| † | 19 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −8 | 14 |
| ‡ | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
| ‡ | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
| 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 |
| Player | ||||||
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −4 | 8 | |
| 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −3 | 10 | |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 2 | |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0 | |
| 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 0 | |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | |
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | |
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | |
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | |
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | |
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Goaltenders
| Player | |||||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | 322:15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1.86 | 133 | .925 | 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
Awards and honours
Awards
| Player | Award | Awarded |
| NHL Third Star of the Month | January 3, 2017 | |
| NHL All-Star game selection | January 10, 2017 | |
| NHL All-Star game selection | January 10, 2017 | |
| NHL All-Star game selection | January 10, 2017 |
Milestones
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| 300th Career NHL Game | October 15, 2016 | |
| 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point | October 22, 2016 | |
| 300th Career NHL Goal | October 23, 2016 | |
| 1st Career NHL Assist | October 25, 2016 | |
| 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point | October 29, 2016 | |
| 200th Career NHL Game | November 12, 2016 | |
| 400th Career NHL Assist | November 21, 2016 | |
| 100th Career NHL Assist | December 2, 2016 | |
| 1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point | December 7, 2016 | |
| 800th Career NHL Point | December 11, 2016 | |
| 300th Career NHL Game | December 15, 2016 | |
| 200th Career NHL Game | December 20, 2016 | |
| 400th Career NHL Game | December 22, 2016 | |
| 300th Career NHL Game | January 5, 2017 | |
| 800th Career NHL Game | January 5, 2017 | |
| 100th Career NHL Game | January 19, 2017 | |
| 200th Career NHL Game | January 26, 2017 | |
| 800th Career NHL Game | January 26, 2017 | |
| 1st Career NHL Hat Trick | February 4, 2017 | |
| 1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point | February 12, 2017 | |
| 100th Career NHL Point | February 18, 2017 | |
| 600th Career NHL Point | February 18, 2017 | |
| 300th Career NHL Game | February 27, 2017 | |
| 300th Career NHL Point | February 28, 2017 | |
| 300th Career NHL Game | March 9, 2017 | |
| 200th Career NHL Assist | March 10, 2017 | |
| 100th Career NHL Assist | March 10, 2017 | |
| 900th Career NHL Game | March 16, 2017 | |
| 1,000th Career NHL Game | March 19, 2017 | |
| 900th Career NHL Game | March 30, 2017 | |
| 200th Career NHL Point | April 2, 2017 |
Transactions
The Wild have been involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 season.Trades
Free agents acquired
Free agents lost
Claimed via waivers
Lost via waivers
Player signings
Draft picks
Below are the Minnesota Wild's selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo.| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club Team |
| 1 | 15 | Luke Kunin | C |  United States | Wisconsin Badgers |
| 4 | 106 | Brandon Duhaime | RW | United States | Tri-City Storm |
| 7 | 196 | Dmitry Sokolov | RW |  Russia | Sudbury Wolves |
| 7 | 204 | Brayden Chizen | D |  Canada | Kelowna Rockets |
;Draft notes
- The Minnesota Wild's second-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016 that sent Andrew Shaw to Montreal in exchange for a second-round pick in 2016 and this pick.
- The Minnesota Wild's fifth-round pick went to the Boston Bruins as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent a fifth-round pick in 2015 to Minnesota in exchange for this pick.
- The Minnesota Wild's sixth-round pick went to the Calgary Flames as the result of a trade on February 29, 2016 that sent David Jones to Minnesota in exchange for Niklas Backstrom and this pick.
- The Florida Panthers' seventh-round pick went to the Minnesota Wild as the result of a trade on February 24, 2015 that sent a third-round pick in 2016 to Florida in exchange for Sean Bergenheim and this pick.