Minnesota Wild vs Washington Capitals, Saturday 1-8-22, 7:00pm, Xcel Energy Center

[MNSOTA]

https://thesportsdaily.com/2022/01/08/game-preview-minnesota-wild-vs-washington-capitals-1-8-21-700pm-cst-at-xcel-energy-center/

 

Minnesota Wild (20-10-2)  42pts  4th in the Central

3.63 Goals For Per Game (3rd in the NHL)

3.06 Goals Against Per Game (19th in the NHL)

17.4% Power Play (23rd in the NHL)

79.8% Penalty Kill (17th in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #38 Ryan Hartman ~ 15G 13A = 28pts

2. #36 Mats Zuccarello ~ 8G 18A = 26pts

3. #22 Kevin Fiala ~ 7G 15A = 22pts

4. #17 Marcus Foligno ~ 13G 8A = 21pts

5. #25 Jonas Brodin ~ 3G 13A = 16pts

 

Top 3 PIM's:

1. #17 Marcus Foligno ~ 55 PIM's

2. #21 Brandon Duhaime ~ 44 PIM's

3. #38 Ryan Hartman ~ 29 PIM's

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #34 Kaapo Kahkonen (4-2-1)  2.67GAA  .906%SP

2. #35 Andrew Hammond

 

Vs.

 

Washington Capitals (20-7-8)  48pts  3rd in the Metropolitan

3.37 Goals For Per Game (8th in the NHL)

2.66 Goals Against Per Game (8th in the NHL)

14.6% Power Play (30th in the NHL)

83.2% Penalty Kill (8th in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #8 Alexander Ovechkin ~ 24G 26A = 50pts

2. #92 Evgeni Kuznetzov ~ 11G 22A = 33pts

3. #74 John Carlson ~ 8G 24A = 32pts

4. #43 Tom Wilson ~ 9G 15A = 24pts

5. #9 Dmitry Orlov ~ 4G 13A = 17pts

 

Top 3 PIM's:

1. #43 Tom Wilson ~ 54 PIM's

2. #9 Dmitry Orlov ~ 30 PIM's

3. #21 Garnet Hathaway ~ 18 PIM's

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #30 Ilya Samsonov (13-2-3)   2.64GAA   .908SV%

2. #41 Vitek Vanecek (6-4-5)   2.51GAA   .910SV%

[ClusterChuck]

Ovi has been scoring outside of his 'Office' also. Now he's even more dangerous if that's even possible.
Kappo's not as good going side to side so we better not let too many cross passes to you know where.  
I don't usually key on losing 1 certain player but to not have Brodin in with this current D core is a serious blow.
Look at our record with Brodin playing and not. It's not just a coincidence. 

I'm Guessing Rask gets called back to replace Kap. Maybe he gets a goal ...

[lynxrattle]

A tough opponent and it feels half of the team is injured. Caps win 5 - 2. Ovi with one goal, PP, one-timer, from his office.

[Alexandron]

I am also predicting our loss 5:4 in OT. Capitals will be desperate to win this game because lost yesterday 1:5 against Blues. Ovechkin usually likes to place hat tricks in our net. Hopefully not tonight. Wish to Rossi, Boldy, Dewar, Pitlick, Fiala some nice goals and assists. Wish to Kahkonen to withstand Ovechkin powerful shots. Dubnyk was not able to withstand them when stayed in our net. I heard Kaprizov really wanted to play against Ovechkin, but sadly not tonight. Our 9 mln player was injured by a predator Frederic last game.

[TallyTigerShark]

Injury updates….

 

Ek is skating. He could be back Friday.

 

Brodin will not play against Washington.

 

Regarding Kaprizov, word is they hope he could play next Friday. Evason didn’t give a time frame but they hope he’s ready “next time we play.” To me, that’s phenomenal news that his playing next Friday is even on the table.

 

Spurgeon skating on his own. No time frame mentioned.

 

Talbot to skate this coming week.

 

Greenway didn’t clear protocol. Duhaime did and will play against Washington….provided he gets back from Boston in time.

[Mad Dog]

Washington got spanked in St. Louis yesterday, so they will be prepared.  But they are a very beatable team and their goaltending is shaky.

 

On a side note, it looks like your team may've dodged the bullet with Kaprizov. I am hearing it's just a very deep bruise with no structural damage, although there is nothing official yet. I have him on my fantasy team, so I am rooting for him to come back soon, as well.

Edited January 8, 2022 by Mad Dog

[ClusterChuck]

10 minutes ago, Mad Dog said:

Washington got spanked in St. Louis yesterday, so they will be prepared.  But they are a very beatable team and their goaltending is shaky.

 

On a side note, it looks like your team may've dodged the bullet with Kaprizov. I am hearing it's just a very deep bruise with no structural damage, although there is nothing official yet. I have him on my fantasy team, so I am rooting for him to come back soon, as well.

Thanks for the info. That's actually very good news considering what usually happens with those hits.

[wildstars95]

caps with a 3rd stringer in net tonight should even things out 

4-3 wild ...why not 

[bbgarnett]

Boldy got #1 last game now lets see if Rossi cam get his tonight.

[ClusterChuck]

Like wildstars said, Why Not?
I'll go Wild win 4-2.

[ClusterChuck]

Ugh...Goligoski out also !! Well, Already inked my prediction.
That leaves Dumba as our most experienced D...Man 

[bbgarnett]

Caps 4-3 OT

[bbgarnett]

Lets hope Tom Wilson doesn't try and pull anything 

Edited January 9, 2022 by bbgarnett

[EmptyShelf]

Here we come:  

 

[EmptyShelf]

Mermis?  How about Beckman?

[EmptyShelf]

Rask with an ignominious return from waivers....

[bbgarnett]

2 minutes ago, EmptyShelf said:

Rask with an ignominious return from waivers....

Yet somehow he'll probably score 

[ClusterChuck]

I forgot about Benn.

[wildstars95]

fiala needs to score at least 1 tonight ... stay tuned ..

[bbgarnett]

Come On Rossi stupid penalty.

[EmptyShelf]

  We need to play with a 'tude to win this one down to a skeleton team from IA

[EmptyShelf]

7 minutes ago, bbgarnett said:

Yet somehow he'll probably score 

If so, it may be his last on the Wild

[ClusterChuck]

Kappo looking good again.

[MNSOTA]

I just worry that will make Washington’s goaltender look like the next coming of Martin Brodeur. 

[MNSOTA]

19 minutes ago, EmptyShelf said:

Mermis?  How about Beckman?

Anyone else say Mermis, using a Ralph Wiggum voice?