Prospect Report: Feb. 19, 2021

A look at how Minnesota Wild prospects have performed up-to-date this season, from NCAA to international play.
On Friday, Matt Boldy, the Wild's 2019 first-round draft pick, recorded one goal and four assists for No. 1 Boston College in a 7-1 win against UMass Lowell. The five points was a career high for Boldy and he was named Hockey East Co-Player of the Week. He has six goals on the season, and is tied for the team-high with 13 assists, with fellow Wild prospect Jack McBain.

| 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 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 4 | | Leads team in scoring and PPP (6), ranks T-1st in assists and T-4th in goals…Named Hockey East Co-Player of the Week (2/15) after recording season-high five points (1-4=5) in 7-1 win vs. UMass Lowell (2/12)…Named Hockey East Player of the Week (11/30)…Owns four multi-point games, two GWG and one SHG…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 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 8 | | Ranks T-3rd on team in assists and fourth in scoring...Owns two multi-point games and one PPG…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 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 13 | -3 | 14 | | Did not play last weekend due to injury…Leads team in shots on goal (59) and ranks T-4th in goals…Owns three multi-point games, two PPG and one GWG…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 | 17 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 18 | 12 | | Leads team in shots on goal (48), FOW (188) and FO% (.561), ranks T-1st in assists, second in plus/minus rating, T-2nd in scoring and third in blocked shots (17)…On a six-game point streak (3-7=10)…Notched season-high three points (1-2=3) including GWG in 4-3 win at UMass Lowell (2/13)…Owns five 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 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -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 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 14 | 10 | | Ranks T-2nd on team in goals, T-3rd in plus/minus rating and fourth in scoring...Ranks T-7th in goals and scoring among NCAA freshmen…Owns five multi-point games and one SHG…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 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 11 | | Leads team in scoring, assists and PPP (11), ranks second in shots on goal (92) and T-2nd in goals…Ranks T-5th in the NCAA in shots on goal, T-8th in PPP and ninth in scoring…Owns seven multi-point games, 3 PPG and one SHG…Recorded six-game point streak (4-4=8, 1/23-2/6)…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 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 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 | 36 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 8 | | Ranks second amongst team defensemen in goals and third in scoring and shots on goal (77)…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 | 30 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 5 | 50 | | Leads team in GWG (3), ranks second in scoring, assists and PIM…Owns three PPG and five multi-point games…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 | | Out with upper-body injury suffered Feb. 11…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 Pavel Novak | Motor Ceske Budejovice (CZE) | 5-9 / 170 | 4/16/02 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -7 | 2 | | Has also tallied four points (1-3=4) in nine games with HC Stadion Litomerice (Czech 2)…Recorded three points (1-2=3) in five games for Czech Republic at 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship…Ranked T-2nd on team in scoring and shots on goal (13). | | C Andrei Svetlakov | CSKA Moscow (KHL) | 6-0 / 202 | 4/6/96 | 45 | 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 | | UMass did not play last week…Ranks second in the NCAA in GAA and T-3rd 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)…Skating in junior season…Minnesota's seventh-round selection in 2019 NHL Entry Draft. |