Minnesota Wild vs Anaheim Ducks, Friday 1-14-22, 7:00pm, Xcel Energy Center

[MNSOTA]

https://thesportsdaily.com/2022/01/14/game-preview-minnesota-wild-vs-anaheim-ducks-1-14-21-700pm-cst-at-xcel-energy-center/

 

Minnesota Wild (21-10-2)  44pts  4th in the Central

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

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

17.3% Power Play (23rd in the NHL)

79.8% Penalty Kill (17th in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #97 Kirill Kaprizov ~ 14G 26A = 40pts

2. #38 Ryan Hartman ~ 15G 13A = 28pts

3. #36 Mats Zuccarello ~ 9G 18A = 27pts

4. #22 Kevin Fiala ~ 7G 16A = 23pts

5. #17 Marcus Foligno ~ 14G 8A = 22pts

 

Top 3 PIM's:

1. #17 Marcus Foligno ~ 55 PIM's

2. #21 Brandon Duhaime ~ 44 PIM's

3. #38 Ryan Hartman ~ 31 PIM's

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #34 Kaapo Kahkonen (6-2-1)  2.51GAA  .915%SP

2. #35 Andrew Hammond N/A

 

Vs.

 

Anaheim Ducks (19-12-7)  45pts  2nd in the Pacific

2.92 Goals For Per Game (17th in the NHL)

2.74 Goals Against Per Game (11th in the NHL)

26.7% Power Play (5th in the NHL)

85.3% Penalty Kill (4th in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #19 Troy Terry ~ 22G 14A = 36pts

2. #46 Trevor Zegras ~ 9G 18A = 27pts

3. #12 Sonny Milano ~ 9G 16A = 25pts

4. #15 Ryan Getzlaf ~ 2G 21A = 23pts

5. #22 Kevin Shattenkirk ~ 6G 14A = 20pts

 

Top 3 PIM's:

1. #42 Josh Manson ~ 49 PIM's

2. #20 Nick Deslauriers ~ 47 PIM's

3. #39 Sam Carrick ~ 31 PIM's

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #36 John Gibson (12-9-6)  2.64GAA  .917%SP  1SO

2. #41 Anthony Stolarz (6-4-1)  2.29GAA  .929%SP  2SO

3. #1 Lukas Dostal (1-0-0)  2.77GAA  .917%SP

[MNSOTA]

Sorry for the delay all......like I said in the preview, I completely lost track of date and time. This lack of games is really throwing me off.

[ClusterChuck]

"Losing Jonas Brodin for 6 weeks is not good."
Is that from blocking that shot last game? What happened?
Either way, Our record shows on the negative side anytime he's out and that's not just a coincidence.
Was really hoping to see Ek's line reunited again, Especially with the back to back with Chicago and a good chance to grab a bunch of points.

[lynxrattle]

Despite the difficulties we might be able to win. 3-2 Wild.

[Icechipper]

All Star game does nothing for me but I suspect an owner and the league are obligated to hold the event. Head scratcher as to how this will play out w/all the postponed games. 

[Alexandron]

A must win game at home ice. We do not have other options , the other 3 teams are running ahead of us. 4:3 Wild win. Does not matter in regulation or OT/SO.

[Alexandron]

3 hours ago, Icechipper said:

All Star game does nothing for me but I suspect an owner and the league are obligated to hold the event. Head scratcher as to how this will play out w/all the postponed games. 

They should play with any available players. Otherwise we will never have an end of this situation. Life must to continue. The most strongest will resist, the most weakest will suffer. And that is our "fortunate" life axiom.

[TropicalFruitGirl26]

I see Kaprizov and Boldy's names are back in the lineup.
Good to see! No Rossi though from the looks of it.

[Alexandron]

40 minutes ago, TropicalFruitGirl26 said:

I see Kaprizov and Boldy's names are back in the lineup.
Good to see! No Rossi though from the looks of it.

He was send to Iowa.

[ClusterChuck]

A 'Why Not' guess of Wild win 5-3. 

[TropicalFruitGirl26]

I always worry when the homer announcers go on and on about "how great the Wild are at home".

I mean...they SHOULD be, right? Home ice, 18K supporters and all that....

Hopefully the Wild players themselves are paying more attention to the opponent across the ice and not the pats on the back about how good they play at the X.

Kaapo will get yet another opportunity to seize the net with Talbot out for a bit.
The mighty Hamburglar will be backing up the young Finn.

[wildstars95]

3-2 for da wild is my guestimation 

[bbgarnett]

4-1 wild 

[bbgarnett]

Fiala!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jimtown guy]

Fiala!!!!!!!!!

[bbgarnett]

Great play by Boldy

Edited January 15, 2022 by bbgarnett

[Jimtown guy]

Hartman!!!!!!!

[bbgarnett]

Hartman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jimtown guy]

What a goal. Wow 

[ClusterChuck]

2-0 already?? NHL66 has brain-fog too I guess

[TropicalFruitGirl26]

My fantasy teams aren't liking Stolarz taking an early beating on the scoreboard, but the Wild are up 2-0, and well, I will take it!

Let's go boys!

[Jimtown guy]

Bad turnover by Foligno 

[TropicalFruitGirl26]

Poor puck management, boys, poor puck management.

 

[bbgarnett]

ugh stupid pass by Foligno

[bbgarnett]

come on Greenway