Prospect Report: Feb. 26, 2021

A look at how Minnesota Wild prospects have performed up-to-date this season, from NCAA to international play.
Matt Boldy, the Wild's 2019 first-round draft pick, recorded two goals for No. 1 Boston College in a 4-2 win over Maine on Friday night. He scored the game's first goal of the game, shorthanded, 1:25 into the second period and tallied his second goal with an empty net and under a minute remaining in the game to clinch the win.

| 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 | 17 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 4 | | Leads team in assists, PPP (8) and shots on goal (56), ranks T-1st in scoring and second in goals…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)…Hockey East Player of the Week (11/30)…Owns five multi-point games, two GWG, two PPG and two SHG…Tallied seven points (5-2=7) in seven games to help United States win 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 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 14 | | Ranks second on team in shots on goal (60)…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 | 19 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 18 | 12 | | Leads team in FOW (207) and FO% (.561), ranks second in plus/minus rating, T-2nd in assists, third in scoring and shots on goal (50), T-3rd in blocked shots (17)…Tallied six-game point streak (3-7=10, 1/23-2/13)…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 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 | | Vermont did not play last week…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 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 12 | | Ranks T-3rd on team in goals, fourth in scoring and T-4th in plus/minus rating...Ranks T-8th in goals and ninth in 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 | | The Bulldogs did not play last week…Leads team in scoring, assists and PPP (11), ranks second in shots on goal (92) and T-2nd in goals…Ranks sixth in the NCAA in shots on goal, T-8th in PPP and T-14th 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 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 25 | | Ranks second on team in PIM and T-4th in plus/minus rating…Third in scoring among team defensemen…Recorded GWG in 4-3 OT win vs. UConn (12/11)…Tallied assist and led team with plus-4 rating in 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 | | 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 | 37 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 10 | | Ranks second among 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…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 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -9 | 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 | 46 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 11 | 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 | 7 | 432 | 1.39 | 3-1-3 | 2 | 10 | .947 | | 3-0-2 with a 0.59 GAA, a .976 SV% and two shutouts in last five games (3-0-2)…Ranks second in the NCAA in SV% and third in GAA…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. |