Prospect Report: Feb. 12, 2021

A look at how Minnesota Wild prospects have performed up-to-date this season, from NCAA to international play.
Boston College forward, and 2018 Wild third-round pick, Jack McBain recored one goal and two assists this week for No. 1 Boston College. He tallied a goal and an assist in the team's 4-3 win against Boston University on Friday. Wild prospect Matt Boldy also recorded a goal in the game. On Saturday, McBain recorded an assist in the team's 3-1 loss at BU. He currently leads Hockey East with a +15 rating.

| 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 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 4 | | Leads team in PPP (3) and FO% (.586), ranks second in assists and 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 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 8 | | Ranks T-3rd on team in assists and fourth in scoring...Tallied four points (2-2=4) in 6-5 OT win vs. New Hampshire (1/15)…Owns four multi-point games…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 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 13 | -3 | 14 | | Leads team in shots on goal (59) and ranks T-2nd in goals…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 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 12 | | Leads team in assists, plus/minus rating, shots on goal (45) and FOW (161), ranks T-2nd in scoring and third in blocked shots (15)…On a four-game point streak (2-4=6)…Owns four 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 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 10 | | Ranks T-2nd on team in scoring and goals...Ranks T-9th in goals and T-10th in scoring amongst NCAA freshmen…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 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 8 | 8 | | Leads team in scoring, assists and PPP (11), ranks second in shots on goal (84)…Ranks T-4th in the NCAA in PPP and T-5th in scoring and shots on goal…On a six-game point streak (4-4=8)…Owns seven multi-point games…Started season on 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 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 23 | | 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 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 8 | | Ranks second amongst team defensemen in goals and third in scoring…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 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 8 | | 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 | | Leads team with 3 GWG, ranks second in scoring and assists… Also skated in seven games with Ak Bars Kazan (KHL)…Wild's third-round selection in 2018 NHL Entry Draft. | | C Marat Khusnutdinov | SKA St. Petersburg (KHL) | 5-11 / 176 | 7/17/02 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 2 | | Has also recorded 14 points (3-11=14) in 10 games with St. Petersburg (MHL) and one goal in four games for SKA-Neva St. Petersburg (VHL)…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 | 43 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 34 | | 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 second in the NCAA in GAA and fourth in SV%...Named Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week (2/1) after stopping 44 of 45 shots faced in a 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. |