2016–17 Minnesota Wild season

The 2016–17 Minnesota Wild season was the 17th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.[1]

2016–17 Minnesota Wild
Division	2nd Central
Conference	2nd Western
2016–17 record	49–25–8
Home record	27–12–2
Road record	22–13–6
Goals for	266
Goals against	208
Team information
General manager	Chuck Fletcher
Coach	Bruce Boudreau
Captain	Mikko Koivu
Alternate captains	Zach Parise Ryan Suter
Arena	Xcel Energy Center
Minor league affiliate(s)	Iowa Wild (AHL) Quad City Mallards (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Eric Staal (28)
Assists	Mikael Granlund (43)
Points	Mikael Granlund (69)
Penalty minutes	Chris Stewart (94)
Plus/minus	Ryan Suter Jason Zucker (+34)
Wins	Devan Dubnyk (40)
Goals against average	Alex Stalock (1.51)

Standings

Central Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	z – Chicago Blackhawks	82	50	23	9	46	244	213	+31	109
2	x – Minnesota Wild	82	49	25	8	46	266	208	+58	106
3	x – St. Louis Blues	82	46	29	7	44	235	218	+17	99
4	x – Nashville Predators	82	41	29	12	39	240	224	+16	94
5	Winnipeg Jets	82	40	35	7	37	249	256	−7	87
6	Dallas Stars	82	34	37	11	33	223	262	−39	79
7	Colorado Avalanche	82	22	56	4	21	166	278	−112	48

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; z – Clinched conference.

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2016 Pre-season Game Log: 3–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)[2]
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 26 (in University Park, Pennsylvania)	Minnesota	2–1	Buffalo		Stalock	—	1–0–0	Recap
2	September 27	Colorado	4–1	Minnesota		Dubnyk	16,920	1–1–0	Recap
3	September 29	Minnesota	1–4	Winnipeg		Kuemper	15,294	1–2–0	Recap
4	October 2	Carolina	1–3	Minnesota		Dubnyk	18,665	2–2–0	Recap
5	October 4	Minnesota	0–2	Colorado		Stalock	—	2–3–0	Recap
6	October 8	Winnipeg	1–5	Minnesota		Dubnyk	18,302	3–3–0	Recap

Regular season

2016–17 Game Log[3]
October: 6–2–1 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 13 Minnesota 2–3 St. Louis Dubnyk 19,673 0–1–0 0 Recap 2 October 15 Winnipeg 3–4 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,024 1–1–0 2 Recap 3 October 18 Los Angeles 3–6 Minnesota Kuemper 18,644 2–1–0 4 Recap 4 October 20 Toronto 2–3 Minnesota Dubnyk 18,968 3–1–0 6 Recap 5 October 22 Minnesota 1–2 New Jersey OT Dubnyk 16,514 3–1–1 7 Recap 6 October 23 Minnesota 3–6 NY Islanders Kuemper 11,583 3–2–1 7 Recap 7 October 25 Minnesota 5–0 Boston Dubnyk 17,565 4–2–1 9 Recap 8 October 27 Minnesota 4–0 Buffalo Dubnyk 18,122 5–2–1 11 Recap 9 October 29 Dallas 0–4 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,031 6–2–1 13 Recap
November: 5–6–2 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 2–3–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 10 November 1 Buffalo 2–1 Minnesota Dubnyk 18,864 6–3–1 13 Recap 11 November 5 Minnesota 0–1 Colorado Dubnyk 16,256 6–4–1 13 Recap 12 November 10 Minnesota 4–2 Pittsburgh Dubnyk 18,458 7–4–1 15 Recap 13 November 12 Minnesota 2–3 Philadelphia Dubnyk 19,591 7–5–1 15 Recap 14 November 13 Minnesota 2–1 Ottawa OT Kuemper 14,265 8–5–1 17 Recap 15 November 15 Calgary 1–0 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,048 8–6–1 17 Recap 16 November 17 Boston 0–1 Minnesota Dubnyk 18,774 9–6–1 19 Recap 17 November 19 Colorado 3–2 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,238 9–7–1 19 Recap 18 November 21 Minnesota 2–3 Dallas OT Kuemper 18,532 9–7–2 20 Recap 19 November 23 Winnipeg 1–3 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,022 10–7–2 22 Recap 20 November 25 Pittsburgh 2–6 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,212 11–7–2 24 Recap 21 November 26 Minnesota 3–4 St. Louis SO Dubnyk 19,396 11–7–3 25 Recap 22 November 29 Minnesota 4–5 Vancouver Kuemper 17,917 11–8–3 25 Recap
December: 12–1–1 (Home: 6–1–0 ; Road: 6–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 23 December 2 Minnesota 2–3 Calgary SO Dubnyk 18,390 11–8–4 26 Recap 24 December 4 Minnesota 2–1 Edmonton OT Dubnyk 18,347 12–8–4 28 Recap 25 December 7 Minnesota 3–2 Toronto Dubnyk 18,944 13–8–4 30 Recap 26 December 9 Edmonton 2–3 Minnesota SO Dubnyk 19,019 14–8–4 32 Recap 27 December 11 St. Louis 1–3 Minnesota Dubnyk 18,363 15–8–4 34 Recap 28 December 13 Florida 1–5 Minnesota Dubnyk 18,754 16–8–4 36 Recap 29 December 15 Minnesota 5–2 Nashville Dubnyk 17,113 17–8–4 38 Recap 30 December 17 Arizona 1–4 Minnesota Kuemper 19,036 18–8–4 40 Recap 31 December 20 Colorado 0–2 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,018 19–8–4 42 Recap 32 December 22 Minnesota 4–2 Montreal Dubnyk 21,288 20–8–4 44 Recap 33 December 23 Minnesota 7–4 NY Rangers Kuemper 18,006 21–8–4 46 Recap 34 December 27 Minnesota 3–2 Nashville OT Dubnyk 17,141 22–8–4 48 Recap 35 December 29 NY Islanders 4–6 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,252 23–8–4 50 Recap 36 December 31 Columbus 4–2 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,307 23–9–4 50 Recap
January: 10–2–1 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 6–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 37 January 5 Minnesota 5–4 San Jose Dubnyk 17,562 24–9–4 52 Recap 38 January 7 Minnesota 3–4 Los Angeles OT Kuemper 18,230 24–9–5 53 Recap 39 January 8 Minnesota 2–1 Anaheim Dubnyk 15,645 25–9–5 55 Recap 40 January 12 Montreal 1–7 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,104 26–9–5 57 Recap 41 January 14 Minnesota 5–4 Dallas Kuemper 18,532 27–9–5 59 Recap 42 January 15 Minnesota 3–2 Chicago Dubnyk 22,051 28–9–5 61 Recap 43 January 17 New Jersey 4–3 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,051 28–10–5 61 Recap 44 January 19 Arizona 3–4 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,027 29–10–5 63 Recap 45 January 21 Anaheim 3–5 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,288 30–10–5 65 Recap 46 January 22 Nashville 4–2 Minnesota Kuemper 19,087 30–11–5 65 Recap 47 January 24 Minnesota 3–2 Dallas SO Dubnyk 17,877 31–11–5 67 Recap 48 January 26 St. Louis 1–5 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,064 32–11–5 69 Recap January 27–29 All-Star Break in Los Angeles 49 January 31 Minnesota 5–2 Edmonton Kuemper 18,347 33–11–5 71 Recap
February: 8–3–1 (Home: 5–2–1 ; Road: 3–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 50 February 1 Minnesota 1–5 Calgary Dubnyk 18,044 33–12–5 71 Recap 51 February 4 Minnesota 6–3 Vancouver Dubnyk 18,212 34–12–5 73 Recap 52 February 7 Minnesota 4–2 Winnipeg Dubnyk 15,294 35–12–5 75 Recap 53 February 8 Chicago 4–3 Minnesota OT Kuemper 19,326 35–12–6 76 Recap 54 February 10 Tampa Bay 1–2 Minnesota SO Dubnyk 19,178 36–12–6 78 Recap 55 February 12 Detroit 3–6 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,141 37–12–6 80 Recap 56 February 14 Anaheim 1–0 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,047 37–13–6 80 Recap 57 February 16 Dallas 1–3 Minnesota Kuemper 19,084 38–13–6 82 Recap 58 February 18 Nashville 2–5 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,292 39–13–6 84 Recap 59 February 21 Chicago 5–3 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,333 39–14–6 84 Recap 60 February 27 Los Angeles 4–5 Minnesota OT Dubnyk 19,118 40–14–6 86 Recap 61 February 28 Minnesota 6–5 Winnipeg Dubnyk 15,294 41–14–6 88 Recap
March: 4–10–2 (Home: 3–4–1 ; Road: 1–6–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 62 March 2 Minnesota 0–1 Columbus Dubnyk 15,987 41–15–6 88 Recap 63 March 5 San Jose 1–3 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,168 42–15–6 90 Recap 64 March 7 St. Louis 2–1 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,124 42–16–6 90 Recap 65 March 9 Minnesota 1–4 Tampa Bay Dubnyk 19,092 42–17–6 90 Recap 66 March 10 Minnesota 7–4 Florida Dubnyk 16,232 43–17–6 92 Recap 67 March 12 Minnesota 2–4 Chicago Kuemper 22,147 43–18–6 92 Recap 68 March 14 Minnesota 2–4 Washington Dubnyk 18,506 43–19–6 92 Recap 69 March 16 Minnesota 1–3 Carolina Dubnyk 10,894 43–20–6 92 Recap 70 March 18 NY Rangers 3–2 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,337 43–21–6 92 Recap 71 March 19 Minnesota 4–5 Winnipeg Dubnyk 15,294 43–22–6 92 Recap 72 March 21 San Jose 2–3 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,104 44–22–6 94 Recap 73 March 23 Philadelphia 3–1 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,004 44–23–6 94 Recap 74 March 25 Vancouver 4–2 Minnesota Kuemper 19,184 44–24–6 94 Recap 75 March 26 Minnesota 2–3 Detroit OT Dubnyk 20,027 44–24–7 95 Recap 76 March 28 Washington 5–4 Minnesota OT Dubnyk 19,188 44–24–8 96 Recap 77 March 30 Ottawa 1–5 Minnesota Stalock 19,044 45–24–8 98 Recap
April: 4–1–0 (Home: 2–0–0 ; Road: 2–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 78 April 1 Minnesota 0–3 Nashville Stalock 17,113 45–25–8 98 Recap 79 April 2 Colorado 2–5 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,164 46–25–8 100 Recap 80 April 4 Carolina 3–5 Minnesota Dubnyk 18,848 47–25–8 102 Recap 81 April 6 Minnesota 4–3 Colorado Dubnyk 15,565 48–25–8 104 Recap 82 April 8 Minnesota 3–1 Arizona Kuemper 17,490 49–25–8 106 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2017 Stanley Cup playoffs

Western Conference First Round vs. (C3) St. Louis Blues: St. Louis wins 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 12 St. Louis 2–1 Minnesota OT Dubnyk 19,168 0–1 Recap 2 April 14 St. Louis 2–1 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,404 0–2 Recap 3 April 16 Minnesota 1–3 St. Louis Dubnyk 19,334 0–3 Recap 4 April 19 Minnesota 2–0 St. Louis Dubnyk 19,791 1–3 Recap 5 April 22 St. Louis 4–3 Minnesota OT Dubnyk 19,228 1–4 Recap Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Final Stats

Skaters

Regular Season[4] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Mikael Granlund 81 26 43 69 23 12 Eric Staal 82 28 37 65 17 34 Mikko Koivu 80 18 40 58 27 34 Nino Niederreiter 82 25 32 57 17 53 Charlie Coyle 82 18 38 56 13 36 Jason Zucker 79 22 25 47 34 30 Jason Pominville 78 13 34 47 2 4 Zach Parise 69 19 23 42 −3 30 Ryan Suter 82 9 31 40 34 36 Jared Spurgeon 76 10 28 38 33 20 Mathew Dumba 76 11 23 34 15 59 Erik Haula 72 15 11 26 5 28 Jonas Brodin 68 3 22 25 5 20 Chris Stewart 79 13 8 21 3 94 Jordan Schroeder 37 6 7 13 5 0 Martin Hanzal^† 20 4 9 13 −2 10 Marco Scandella 71 4 9 13 −2 25 Tyler Graovac 52 7 2 9 7 10 Christian Folin 51 2 6 8 10 26 Joel Eriksson Ek 15 3 4 7 1 4 Nate Prosser 39 2 5 7 0 12 Ryan White^† 19 2 1 3 −8 14 Zac Dalpe^‡ 9 1 2 3 0 9 Gustav Olofsson 13 0 3 3 −1 2 Teemu Pulkkinen^‡ 9 1 0 1 −1 2 Mike Reilly 17 1 0 1 1 2 Christoph Bertschy 5 0 1 1 0 4 Kurtis Gabriel 13 0 1 1 0 29 Patrick Cannone 3 0 0 0 0 0 Zack Mitchell 11 0 0 0 −1 0 Alex Tuch 6 0 0 0 −3 0

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Zach Parise 5 2 1 3 −4 8 Ryan Suter 5 1 2 3 −3 10 Charlie Coyle 5 2 0 2 −1 2 Mikko Koivu 5 1 1 2 −1 0 Mikael Granlund 5 0 2 2 0 2 Martin Hanzal 5 1 0 1 −2 0 Jason Zucker 5 1 0 1 −1 2 Jonas Brodin 5 0 1 1 −3 0 Erik Haula 4 0 1 1 −2 0 Nino Niederreiter 5 0 1 1 −2 2 Jason Pominville 5 0 1 1 1 0 Nate Prosser 3 0 1 1 0 2 Jared Spurgeon 5 0 1 1 −1 0 Eric Staal 5 0 1 1 −1 0 Mathew Dumba 5 0 0 0 −1 2 Joel Eriksson Ek 3 0 0 0 0 0 Christian Folin 2 0 0 0 −2 2 Chris Stewart 5 0 0 0 0 0 Marco Scandella 5 0 0 0 −1 0 Ryan White 3 0 0 0 0 4

Goaltenders

Regular Season[5]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Devan Dubnyk	65	63	3758:00	40	19	5	141	2.25	1842	.923	5	0	0	10
Darcy Kuemper	18	17	1053:02	8	5	3	55	3.13	562	.902	0	0	1	4
Alex Stalock	2	2	118:55	1	1	0	3	1.51	54	.944	0	0	0	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Devan Dubnyk	5	5	322:15	1	4	10	1.86	133	.925	1	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Wild. Stats reflect time with the Wild only.
^‡Traded mid-season

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular Season Player Award Awarded D. Dubnyk NHL Third Star of the Month[6] January 3, 2017 B. Boudreau NHL All-Star game selection[7] January 10, 2017 D. Dubnyk R. Suter

Milestones

Regular Season Player Milestone Reached D. Dubnyk 300th Career NHL Game October 15, 2016 J. Eriksson Ek 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point October 22, 2016 Z. Parise 300th Career NHL Goal October 23, 2016 J. Eriksson Ek 1st Career NHL Assist October 25, 2016 T. Graovac 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point October 29, 2016 E. Haula 200th Career NHL Game November 12, 2016 M. Koivu 400th Career NHL Assist November 21, 2016 J. Spurgeon 100th Career NHL Assist December 2, 2016 K. Gabriel 1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point December 7, 2016 E. Staal 800th Career NHL Point December 11, 2016 C. Coyle 300th Career NHL Game December 15, 2016 J. Zucker 200th Career NHL Game December 20, 2016 J. Spurgeon 400th Career NHL Game December 22, 2016 J. Brodin 300th Career NHL Game January 5, 2017 M. Koivu 800th Career NHL Game January 5, 2017 C. Folin 100th Career NHL Game January 19, 2017 M. Dumba 200th Career NHL Game January 26, 2017 Z. Parise 800th Career NHL Game January 26, 2017 M. Granlund 1st Career NHL Hat Trick February 4, 2017 G. Olofsson 1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point February 12, 2017 J. Zucker 100th Career NHL Point February 18, 2017 M. Koivu 600th Career NHL Point February 18, 2017 M. Granlund 300th Career NHL Game February 27, 2017 C. Stewart 300th Career NHL Point February 28, 2017 R. White 300th Career NHL Game March 9, 2017 M. Hanzal 200th Career NHL Assist March 10, 2017 C. Coyle 100th Career NHL Assist March 10, 2017 R. Suter 900th Career NHL Game March 16, 2017 E. Staal 1,000th Career NHL Game March 19, 2017 J. Pominville 900th Career NHL Game March 30, 2017 M. Granlund 200th Career NHL Point April 2, 2017

Transactions

The Wild have been involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 season.

Trades Date Details Ref February 1, 2017 To Ottawa Senators Marc Hagel To Minnesota Wild Future considerations [8] February 26, 2017 To Arizona Coyotes 1st-round pick in 2017 2nd-round pick in 2018 Conditional 4th-round pick in 2019 Grayson Downing To Minnesota Wild Martin Hanzal Ryan White 4th-round pick in 2017 [9] February 27, 2017 To Arizona Coyotes Teemu Pulkkinen To Minnesota Wild Future considerations [10] Free agents acquired Date Player Former team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2016 Eric Staal New York Rangers 3 years, $10.5 million [11] Alex Stalock San Jose Sharks 1 year, $650,000 [12] Chris Stewart Anaheim Ducks 2 years, $2.3 million [13] Pat Cannone Chicago Wolves 1 year, $600,000 [14] Victor Bartley Montreal Canadiens 1 year, $650,000 [15] February 26, 2017 Ryan Carter Iowa Wild 1 year, $575,000 [16] February 28, 2017 Mike Weber Iowa Wild 1 year, $1 million [17] March 29, 2017 Justin Kloos University of Minnesota 2 years, entry-level contract [18] Free agents lost Date Player New team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2016 Thomas Vanek Detroit Red Wings 1 year, $2.6 million [19] October 16, 2016 Justin Fontaine New York Rangers 1 year, $600,000 [20] Claimed via waivers Player Former team Date claimed off waivers Ref Teemu Pulkkinen Detroit Red Wings October 11, 2016 [21] Lost via waivers Player New team Date claimed off waivers Ref Zac Dalpe Columbus Blue Jackets February 27, 2017 [22] Player signings Date Player Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref June 29, 2016 Jason Zucker 2 years, $4 million [23] June 30, 2016 Zac Dalpe 1 year, $600,000 [24] Tyler Graovac 2 year, $1.25 million July 5, 2016 Darcy Kuemper 1 year, $1.55 million [25] July 11, 2016 Zach Palmquist 1 year, $660,000 [26] July 25, 2016 Jordan Schroeder 1 year, $650,000 [27] July 28, 2016 Matt Dumba 2 years, $5.1 million [28] August 26, 2016 Gustav Bouramman 3 years, $2.4 million entry-level contract [29] February 2, 2017 Alex Stalock 2 years, $1.3 million contract extension [30] March 23, 2017 Luke Kunin 3 years, $4.275 million entry-level contract [31] April 10, 2017 Carson Soucy 3 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract [32] Draft picks Below are the Minnesota Wild's selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo. Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League) 1 15 Luke Kunin C United States Wisconsin Badgers (Big Ten) 4 106 Brandon Duhaime RW United States Tri-City Storm (USHL) 7 196 Dmitry Sokolov RW Russia Sudbury Wolves (OHL) 7 204^[a] Brayden Chizen D Canada Kelowna Rockets (WHL) Draft notes The Minnesota Wild's second-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016 that sent Andrew Shaw to Montreal in exchange for a second-round pick in 2016 (39th overall) and this pick.[33] Montreal previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on July 1, 2014 that sent Josh Gorges to Buffalo in exchange for this pick.[34][35] Buffalo previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 5, 2014 that sent Matt Moulson and Cody McCormick to Minnesota in exchange for Torrey Mitchell, Winnipeg's second-round pick in 2014 and this pick.[36] The Minnesota Wild's third-round pick went to the Nashville Predators as the result of a trade on June 20, 2016 that sent Jimmy Vesey to Buffalo in exchange for this pick.[37] Buffalo previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on February 29, 2016 that sent Jamie McGinn to Anaheim in exchange for this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[38] The condition – Buffalo will receive a third-round pick in 2016 if Anaheim does not qualify for the 2016 Western Conference Final[39] – was converted on April 27, 2016 when Anaheim was eliminated from the 2016 Stanley Cup playoffs. Anaheim previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 26, 2015 that sent Kyle Palmieri to New Jersey in exchange for Florida's second-round pick in 2015 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[40] The condition – Anaheim will receive the higher of either Florida or Minnesota's third-round pick in 2016.[41] – was converted on April 24, 2016 when Minnesota was eliminated from the 2016 Stanley Cup playoffs ensuring that the Wild's pick would be higher than Florida's. New Jersey previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on February 26, 2015 that sent Jaromir Jagr to Florida in exchange for a second-round pick in 2015 and this pick.[42] Florida previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on February 24, 2015 that sent Sean Bergenheim and a seventh-round pick in 2016 to Minnesota in exchange for this pick.[43] The Minnesota Wild's fifth-round pick went to the Boston Bruins as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent a fifth-round pick in 2015 to Minnesota in exchange for this pick.[44] The Minnesota Wild's sixth-round pick went to the Calgary Flames as the result of a trade on February 29, 2016 that sent David Jones to Minnesota in exchange for Niklas Backstrom and this pick.[45] ^[a] The Florida Panthers' seventh-round pick went to the Minnesota Wild as the result of a trade on February 24, 2015 that sent a third-round pick in 2016 to Florida in exchange for Sean Bergenheim and this pick.[43] References National Hockey League (2013). 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