Minnesota Wild vs Seattle Kraken, Thursday 11-3-22, 7:00pm, Xcel Energy Center

[MNSOTA]

Minnesota Wild (5-4-1)  9pts  3rd in the Central

 

3.40 Goals For Per Game (11th in the NHL)

3.60 Goals Against Per Game (25th in the NHL)

 

27.8% Power Play (4th in the NHL)

75% Penalty Kill (24th in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #97 Kirill Kaprizov ~ 8G 5A = 13pts

2. #36 Mats Zuccarello ~ 5G 7A = 12pts

3. #12 Matt Boldy ~ 6G 4A = 10pts

4. #14 Joel Eriksson Ek ~ 4G 5A = 9pts

5. #2 Calen Addison ~ 0G 7A = 7pts

 

Top 3 PIM's:

1. #24 Matt Dumba ~ 11 PIM's

2. #26 Connor Dewar ~ 10 PIM's

3. #5 Jacob Middleton ~ 10 PIM's

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #29 Marc-Andre Fleury (5-1-1)  3.33GAA  .894%

2. #32 Filip Gustavsson (0-3-0)  3.93GAA  .878%

 

 

Vs.

 

 

Seattle Kraken (5-4-2)  12pts  3rd in the Pacific

 

3.45 Goals For Per Game (10th in the NHL)

3.45 Goals Against Per Game (22nd in the NHL)

 

26.8% Power Play (7th in the NHL)

70.3% Penalty Kill (29th in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #17 Jaden Schwartz ~ 5G 5A = 10pts

2. #10 Matt Beniers ~ 5G 4A = 9pts

3. #95 Andre Burakovsky ~ 3G 6A = 9pts

4. #19 Jared McCann ~ 5G 3A = 8pts

5. #7 Jordan Eberle ~ 1G 7A = 8pts

Top 3 PIM's:

1. #28 Carson Soucy ~ 17 PIM's

2. #24 Jamie Oleksiak ~ 16 PIM's

3. #3 Will Borgen ~ 13 PIM's

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #35 Joey Daccord (1-0-0)  4.00GAA  .900%

2. #1 Chris Gibson N/A

 

Lines:

 

Seattle Kraken

 

Burakovsky~Wennberg~Bjorkstrand

Schwartz~Beniers~Eberle

McCann~Gourde~B. Tanev

Donato~Geekie~Sprong

 

Dunn~A. Larsson

Oleksiak~J. Schultz

Soucy~Borgen

 

Daccord

C. Gibson

 

Minnesota Wild

 

Kaprizov~F. Gaudreau~Zuccarello

Shaw~Eriksson Ek~Boldy

Duhaime?~Rossi~Jost

Steel~Dewar~Fogarty

 

Middleton~Spurgeon

Brodin~Addison

Merrill~Dumba

 

Fleury

Gustavsson

[Alexandron]

Predicting our win with a score 5:4 in OT (or in SO). Our 3rd place in Central Division vs a 3rd place in Pacific Division.

[Icechipper]

Will Borgen of Moorhead on Kraken blue line

[bbgarnett]

4-2 Wild. I'll be at the game tonight so we netter win.

[wildstars95]

 

meh 4-3 overtime for someone ...

[ClusterChuck]

Going with the 5-4 Win call also.
Hopefully we keep away from the shenanigans and stick to play making.
Can't afford another injury.

[ClusterChuck]

Tonights game brought to you by the word...Disjointed. 

[EmptyShelf]

1 hour ago, ClusterChuck said:

Tonights game brought to you by the word...Disjointed. 

Discombobulated, disorganized, clown-car, turnover fest....etc, etc.   Kraken don't look as feeble as other times I have seen them.  Giving us fits in entering the offensive zone....Maybe a 2-1 type game.

[EmptyShelf]

I'm going to guess that we will need some dirty goals form 'non traditional' scorers this game.  Our pretty plays are getting disrupted, and we only have ONE GD shot with less than 5 minutes in the first.  (They only have 6)

[ClusterChuck]

1 minute ago, EmptyShelf said:

I'm going to guess that we will need some dirty goals form 'non traditional' scorers this game.  Our pretty plays are getting disrupted, and we only have ONE GD shot with less than 5 minutes in the first.  (They only have 6)

I was expecting a more back and forth free style with all the kids. We're just getting 'Out-Everythinged' by Seattle right now.

Edited November 4, 2022 by ClusterChuck

[EmptyShelf]

PU has some of the lowest goal scoring knack I have EVER seen on a team.  Just whiffs and gaffes when shooting (though he does pass OK at times).  He has only scored over 20 goals twice all the way back to Jrs and the AHL.  Why he is deemed a Top 6 by Dean makes absolutely ZERO sense, given his history

[EmptyShelf]

1 hour ago, ClusterChuck said:

I was expecting a more back and forth free style with all the kids. We're just getting 'Out-Everythinged' by Seattle right now.

Concur.  Perhaps the PP will show us something.  Spread em out and find the weak spot.  

[EmptyShelf]

I REALLY like the improvement and growth of Boldy...He is already a Top 2 or 3 for Wild.  Learning quickly and getting stronger on puck.  Now, if we could just get Rossi on track before the MASH unit comes back (or Jost, Steel, Dewar - someone)

[ClusterChuck]

Again too much forcing passing into crowded areas.
Can Dumba actually bring the puck out of the zone on his own???

[ClusterChuck]

2 minutes ago, EmptyShelf said:

I REALLY like the improvement and growth of Boldy...He is already a Top 2 or 3 for Wild.  Learning quickly and getting stronger on puck.  Now, if we could just get Rossi on track before the MASH unit comes back (or Jost, Steel, Dewar - someone)

Boldy proving he's his own player no matter who he lines with.
With the way Shaw and even Steel are playing, When we get some guys back Dewar might be the odd man out.
*Or Jost...

Edited November 4, 2022 by ClusterChuck

[bbgarnett]

Wow that was a boring first period.

[Alexandron]

Ours 4 shots vs their 6 after 1 st period. I do not remember that for a long period of time. We made just only 4 shots. It seems not a simple Kraken team. Shaw playing against Soucy. 2 friends playing against each other. 

[Alexandron]

8 minutes ago, ClusterChuck said:

Boldy proving he's his own player no matter who he lines with.
With the way Shaw and even Steel are playing, When we get some guys back Dewar might be the odd man out.
*Or Jost...

I would try in that line Shaw; Rossy and Boldy. Shaw could protect both players and bring some physicality to this line.

[ClusterChuck]

2 minutes ago, Alexandron said:

Ours 4 shots vs their 6 after 1 st period. I do not remember that for a long period of time. We made just only 4 shots. It seems not a simple Kraken team. Shaw playing against Soucy. 2 friends playing against each other. 

Seattle isn't letting up on any play. On us on every pass.

[wildstars95]

 by the end of the 2nd period....

[Alexandron]

Just now, wildstars95 said:

 by the end of the 2nd period....

Not yet. Later on. We must to win.

[ClusterChuck]

Whoops...

[ClusterChuck]

Quality move by Brodin leaving the zone. Just another day at the office for him. 

[ClusterChuck]

4 on 1 with a Dumba. 

[Alexandron]

Whoops X 2. 0:2 not acceptable.