Prospect Report: Feb. 5, 2021

A look at how Minnesota Wild prospects have performed up-to-date this season, from NCAA to international play.
University of Massachusetts goalie, and 2019 Minnesota Wild draft pick, Filip Lindberg was named Hockey East Goaltender of the Month for January and Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week on Feb. 1 after a two-win weekend against UMass Lowell, while saving 44 of 45 shots.

| COLLEGE/USHL | TEAM | HT. / WT. | D.O.B | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | C Matt Boldy | Boston College (H-East) | 6-2 / 195 | 4/5/01 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 4 | | Leads team in assists and PPP (2) and ranks T-2nd in scoring…Named Hockey East Player of the Week (11/30) after leading Boston College with four points (1-3=4) in sweep of UMass…Owns three multi-point games…Tallied seven points (5-2=7) in seven games to help the United States win the gold medal at 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship…Led tournament with 3 PPG…Ranked T-1st on team in goals, second in TOI/game (18:31) and T-4th in scoring…Skating in sophomore season…Wild's first-round selection in 2019 NHL Entry Draft. | | LW Vladislav Firstov | U. of Connecticut (H-East) | 6-1 / 181 | 6/19/01 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 4 | | Recorded three points (1-2=3) in sweep of Merrimack (1/29-1/30)…Tallied four points (2-2=4) in 6-5 OT win vs. New Hampshire (1/15)…Appeared in five games for Russia at 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship…Playing in sophomore season…Wild's second-round selection in 2019 NHL Entry Draft. | | F Sam Hentges | St. Cloud State Univ. (NCHC) | 6-0 / 190 | 7/26/99 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 14 | | Leads team in shots on goal (52), ranks third in goals and T-4th in scoring…Owns three multi-point games…Skating in junior season…Wild's seventh-round selection in 2018 NHL Entry Draft. | | F Jack McBain | Boston College (H-East) | 6-4 / 215 | 1/6/00 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 12 | | Leads team in FOW (139), ranks second in shots on goal (36), T-2nd in plus/minus rating, assists and blocked shots (15)…Team is 8-0-0 when he registers a point this season…Owns three multi-point games…Tallied two goals in season-opening 4-3 win vs. UMass (11/27)…Skating in junior season…Minnesota's third-round selection in 2018 NHL Entry Draft. | | C Bryce Misley | U. of Vermont (H-East) | 6-1 / 195 | 9/5/99 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -6 | 0 | | Skating in senior season...Wild's fourth-round selection in 2017 NHL Entry Draft. | | C Nikita Nesterenko | Boston College (H-East) | 6-2 / 176 | 9/10/01 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 8 | | Ranks second on team in goals and T-2nd in scoring...Owns four multi-point games…Started college career with a five-game point streak (3-4=7)…Tallied SHG at Merrimack (1/17)…Tallied goal in first collegiate game, a 6-3 win at UMass (11/28)…Skating in freshman season…Minnesota's sixth-round selection in 2019 NHL Entry Draft. | | RW Nick Swaney | U. of Minn. Duluth (NCHC) | 5-11 / 175 | 9/9/97 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 6 | | Leads team in scoring, PPP (11), assists, PPA (8) and shots on goal (74)…Ranks T-3rd in the NCAA in PPP, fourth in shots on goal and T-7th in scoring…On a four-game point streak (2-4=6)…Owns seven multi-point games…Started season on a four-game point streak (1-7=8, 12/1-12/8)…Skating in senior season...Wild's seventh-round selection in 2017 NHL Entry Draft. | | D Marshall Warren | Boston College (H-East) | 5-11 / 175 | 4/20/01 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | | Tallied two points (1-1=2) at Northeastern (2/2)...Recorded GWG in 4-3 OT win vs. UConn (12/11)…Tallied assist and led team with plus-4 rating in season-opening sweep vs. UMass (11/27-11/28)…Skating in sophomore season…Wild's sixth-round selection in 2019 NHL Entry Draft. |

| INTERNATIONAL | TEAM | HT. / WT. | D.O.B | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | C Matvey Guskov | Krasnaya Armiya Moskva (MHL) | 6-2 / 183 | 1/30/01 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 6 | | Has also played two games with CSKA Moscow (KHL) and one game with Zvezda Moskva (VHL) this season…Minnesota's fifth-round selection in 2019 NHL Entry Draft. | | D Filip Johansson | Frolunda HC (SHL) | 6-1 / 176 | 3/23/00 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 8 | | Ranks second amongst team defensemen in goals and third in scoring and shots on goal (63)…Recorded two goals against Färjestad (1/16)…Notched two goals vs. Linköping (12/26)…Owns three multi-point games…Skating in second season in Sweden's Elite League...Wild's first-round selection in 2018 NHL Entry Draft. | | D Simon Johansson | Djurgarden IF (SHL) | 6-2 / 185 | 6/14/99 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -6 | 6 | | Skating in second season in Sweden's Elite League…Minnesota's fifth-round selection in 2018 NHL Entry Draft. | | F Alexander Khovanov | Bars Kazan (VHL) | 5-11 / 206 | 4/12/00 | 28 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 46 | | Ranks second on team in scoring and assists and third in PIM…Owns five multi-point games…Recorded a five-game point streak (2-5=7, 1/21-1/31)…Tallied a six-game point streak (1-6=7, 11/18-12/2)…Also skated in seven games with Ak Bars Kazan (KHL)…Wild's third-round selection in 2018 NHL Entry Draft. | | C Marat Khusnutdinov | SKA-Neva (VHL) | 5-11 / 176 | 7/17/02 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | | Currently playing for SKA-Neva in VHL…Has also tallied one assist in 11 games for SKA St. Petersburg (KHL) and 14 points (3-11=14) in 10 games with St. Petersburgh (MHL)…Tallied five points (3-2=5) in seven games for Russia at 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship…Recorded one PPG and one GWG…Ranked T-2nd on team in scoring and second amongst team forwards in TOI/game (17:26)…Minnesota's second-round selection in 2020 NHL Entry Draft. | | C Andrei Svetlakov | CSKA Moscow (KHL) | 6-0 / 202 | 4/6/96 | 41 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 34 | | Owns four GWG…Ranks fourth on team in PIM…Skating in sixth season with CSKA Moscow...Minnesota's sixth-round selection in 2017 NHL Entry Draft. |

| GOALTENDER | TEAM | HT. / WT. | D.O.B | GP | MIN | GAA | RECORD | SO | GA | SV% | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Filip Lindberg | U. Massachusetts (H-East) | 6-1 / 188 | 1/31/99 | 6 | 371 | 1.45 | 2-1-3 | 2 | 9 | .943 | | Ranks third in the NCAA in GAA and sixth in SV%...Named Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week (2/1) after stopping 44 of 45 shots faced in weekend sweep of UMass Lowell (5-0 win 1/29 and 2-1 win 1/30)…Stopped 24-of-25 shots in 1-1 tie at Providence (1/23)…Stopped all 27 shots faced in 0-0 tie vs. Providence (1/22)…Made 33 saves in season-opening 2-2 tie vs. UConn (11/21)…Skating in junior season…Minnesota's seventh-round selection in 2019 NHL Entry Draft. |