A look at how Minnesota Wild prospects have performed up-to-date this season, from NCAA to international play.
University of Minnesota Duluth forward Nick Swaney, a 2017 NHL Entry Draft selection by the Wild, scored a hat trick on Saturday night to record 100 points in his college career. He becomes the 59th player in school history to hit the milestone.
Prospect Report: March 5, 2021
Lindberg named Hockey East Goaltender of the Month for second consecutive month; Swaney hat trick gives him 100 career points
| 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 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 4 | | Leads team in assists, PPP (8) and shots (59), ranks T-1st in scoring, T-2nd in goals…Hockey East Co-Player of 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 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 three 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 | | Did not play last week…Ranks T-3rd on team in assists and T-4th 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 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -4 | 14 | | Ranks T-2nd on team in shots on goal (62)…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 | 20 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 18 | 12 | | Leads team in FOW, ranks T-1st in plus/minus rating, second in shots (53), T-2nd in assists, third in scoring, T-3rd in blocked shots (18)…Named alternate captain (3/2)…Recorded 6-game point streak (3-7=10, 1/23-2/13)…Notched season-high 3 points (1-2=3) including GWG in 4-3 win at UMass Lowell (2/13)…Owns five multi-point games…Tallied 2 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 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -9 | 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 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 15 | 12 | | Ranks fourth on team in scoring, T-4th in goals and plus/minus rating...Ranks T-9th in scoring and goals 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 | 23 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 10 | 10 | | Leads team in scoring, goals, assists and PPP (11), ranks second in shots on goal (100)…Ranks fifth in the NCAA in shots on goal, T-8th in goals, T-10th in scoring and T-11th in PPP…Owns eight multi-point games, three PPG, one GWG and one SHG…Named NCHC Forward of the Week (3/2)…Tallied hat trick (GWG) vs. St. Cloud State (2/27) to become 59th player in Bulldogs history to score 100 career points…Recorded six-game point streak (4-4=8, 1/23-2/6)…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 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 25 | | Ranks second on team in PIM and fourth in blocked shots (17)…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 | 40 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 12 | | Ranks T-2nd among team defensemen in goals, third in scoring and shots on goal (83)…Skating in second season in Sweden's Elite League...Wild's first-round selection in 2018 NHL Entry Draft. | | D Simon Johansson | Mora IK (SWE-1) | 6-2 / 185 | 6/14/99 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | | Also recorded four points (1-3=4) in 37 games with Djurgarden 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 | | Tallied one assist in five playoff games…Led team in GWG (3), ranked second in scoring, assists and PIM during regular season…Tallied 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 (2/11)…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 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -10 | 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 | 48 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 16 | 38 | | CSKA Moscow finished first in regular season…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 | 8 | 493 | 1.46 | 4-1-3 | 2 | 12 | .945 | | 4-0-2 with 0.80 GAA,.968 SV% and two shutouts in last six games…Leads NCAA in SV%, ranks second in GAA…Named Hockey East Defensive Player of Week (2/1) after stopping 44 of 45 shots faced in a weekend sweep of UMass Lowell (1/29, 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. |
