Minnesota Wild @ Seattle Kraken, Friday 11-9-22, 9:00pm, Climate Pledge Arena

[MNSOTA]

Minnesota Wild (6-6-1)  13pts  5th in the Central

 

2.92 Goals For Per Game (21st in the NHL)

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

 

26.7% Power Play (6th in the NHL)

78.6% Penalty Kill (17th in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #97 Kirill Kaprizov ~ 10G 5A = 15pts

2. #36 Mats Zuccarello ~ 5G 8A = 13pts

3. #12 Matt Boldy ~ 6G 5A = 11pts

4. #14 Joel Eriksson Ek ~ 4G 6A = 10pts

5. #2 Calen Addison ~ 0G 8A = 8pts

 

Top 3 PIM's:

1. #26 Connor Dewar ~ 27 PIM's

2. #5 Jacob Middleton ~ 24 PIM's

3. #58 Mason Shaw ~ 19 PIM's

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #29 Marc-Andre Fleury (5-3-1)  3.17GAA  .896%

2. #32 Filip Gustavsson (1-3-0)  3.10GAA  .904%

 

 

Vs.

 

 

Seattle Kraken (8-4-2)  18pts  3rd in the Pacific

 

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

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

 

25.5% Power Play (8th in the NHL)

75% Penalty Kill (23rd in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #95 Andre Burakovsky ~ 4G 9A = 13pts

2. #17 Jaden Schwartz ~ 5G 5A = 10pts

3. #7 Jordan Eberle ~ 3G 7A = 10pts

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

5. #13 Brandon Tanev ~ 3G 6A = 9pts

 

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. #30 Martin Jones (7-3-1)  2.45GAA  .907%  1SO

2. #35 Joey Daccord (1-0-0)  4.00GAA  .900%

 

Lines:

 

Seattle Kraken

 

Burakovsky~Wennberg~Bjorkstrand

Schwartz~Beniers~Eberle

B. Tanev~Gourde~Kuhlman

Donato~Geekie~Sprong

 

Dunn~A. Larsson

Oleksiak~J. Schultz

Soucy~Borgen

 

Mar.Jones

Daccord

 

Minnesota Wild

 

Kaprizov~F. Gaudreau~Zuccarello

Beckman~Eriksson Ek~Boldy

Dewar~Rossi~Shaw

Jost~Steel~Cramarossa

 

Middleton~Spurgeon

Brodin~Dumba

Merrill~Addison

 

Fleury

Gustavsson

 

 

 

 

[Alexandron]

A revenge game. Hope for the Wild win 4:3, probably in OT.

[Alexandron]

Surprising Kraken team for this season so far. Are we able to beat them on their home ice? We should stay out of the penalty box; more focused on a puck control and better block their shots. Too good team to play against.

[ClusterChuck]

4 hours ago, Alexandron said:

A revenge game. Hope for the Wild win 4:3, probably in OT.

Hopefully similar to last year when we lost the first game with them and then won the other 2.
Much better Kraken team tho this time.
I'll go with the 4-2 Wild Win again.
Ek gets one tonight...He's due. 

[Alexandron]

Here is lines info, according to Russo retweet:

Kaprizov-Gaudreau-Zuccarello;

Boldy-Ek-Foligno;

Shaw-Rossi-Dewar;

Beckman-Steel-Cramarossa.

Fleury in net.

[ClusterChuck]

I like the Boldy-Ek-FOLIGNO line.
Great to have him back !!

[wildstars95]

1 stinking point would be cool 

[wildstars95]

ughh got to listen to the hen do the game ...

[TropicalFruitGirl26]

Wouldn't be a Minnesota Wild game without an opening penalty not even two minutes in, right?

[MNSOTA]

Ugh, I hate when Hextall’s daughter calls the game. She got her job simply because of her last name. I’d rather listen to Tony Pants and Walz. 

[bbgarnett]

still beyond me that ESPN+ doesn't have a shot counter

[ClusterChuck]

Really sharp feed for me tonight
Another national broadcast tho. 

[wildstars95]

thinking beckman should work on his take off speed with the puck 

[TropicalFruitGirl26]

Big rebounds being given up by Jones.
Wild should do what teams do to them when MAF does that: have a guy sniffing around the net.

[bbgarnett]

Seriously quit with that damn blue line passing  

[TropicalFruitGirl26]

I know Zucc has to stand up for himself, but he should also realize, he doesn't want to play Yanni Gourde's game.

Gourde is a master at baiting players....he'll even take a shot if it means getting the call.

Good on the ref to just let them each get a shot in, and then have them separate.

[ClusterChuck]

Ms Hextall seems to get more excited when the Kraks have a chance.

[ClusterChuck]

2 minutes ago, TropicalFruitGirl26 said:

I know Zucc has to stand up for himself, but he should also realize, he doesn't want to play Yanni Gourde's game.

Gourde is a master at baiting players....he'll even take a shot if it means getting the call.

Good on the ref to just let them each get a shot in, and then have them separate.

So what exactly are you saying there? 

[Jimtown guy]

2 minutes ago, ClusterChuck said:

Ms Hextall seems to get more excited when the Kraks have a chance.

She’s hard on the ears 

[TropicalFruitGirl26]

Just now, ClusterChuck said:

So what exactly are you saying there? 

 

What I am saying is, if Zucc has a chance to "give it back" here and there, he can....but not be blatant about it, because that's exactly what Gourde wants to do:
Turn a match of skill into a big cluster^%$# where goal scorers like Zucc are thinking about what they want to do to him, rather than getting the Wild a goal.

Already, I've seen Zucc go out of his way to take shots at Gourde.
That's a slippery slope Zucc is playing on doing that.

[Jimtown guy]

7 minutes ago, TropicalFruitGirl26 said:

Big rebounds being given up by Jones.
Wild should do what teams do to them when MAF does that: have a guy sniffing around the net.

Have you smelled what a goalies smell like?

[TropicalFruitGirl26]

Just now, Jimtown guy said:

Have you smelled what a goalies smell like?

 

Well, no, but they are hockey players.

They stand up to EVERYTHING.
Hits, punches, being run into the boards, and non deodorized goaltenders.  

[bbgarnett]

23 minutes ago, MNSOTA said:

Ugh, I hate when Hextall’s daughter calls the game. She got her job simply because of her last name. I’d rather listen to Tony Pants and Walz. 

Randy? her Father is not Ron Hextall. But yes last name still applies as to why she probably got the job.

Edited November 12, 2022 by bbgarnett

[ClusterChuck]

3 minutes ago, TropicalFruitGirl26 said:

 

What I am saying is, if Zucc has a chance to "give it back" here and there, he can....but not be blatant about it, because that's exactly what Gourde wants to do:
Turn a match of skill into a big cluster^%$# where goal scorers like Zucc are thinking about what they want to do to him, rather than getting the Wild a goal.

Already, I've seen Zucc go out of his way to take shots at Gourde.
That's a slippery slope Zucc is playing on doing that.

 Oh just go back to your middle line
 

[TropicalFruitGirl26]

Dean Evason reminds me of a TV show police captain.
And with HIS expressions, he looks like a police captain who has the mayor on his arse about not being able to catch that latest serial killer.