Minnesota Wild vs Carolina Hurricanes, Saturday 11-19-22, 7:00pm, Xcel Energy Center

[MNSOTA]

Minnesota Wild (7-8-2)  16pts  6th in the Central

 

2.71 Goals For Per Game (26th in the NHL)

3.06 Goals Against Per Game (13th in the NHL)

 

20.7% Power Play (19th in the NHL)

79.7% Penalty Kill (13th in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #97 Kirill Kaprizov ~ 10G 9A = 19pts

2. #36 Mats Zuccarello ~ 6G 11A = 17pts

3. #14 Joel Eriksson Ek ~ 6G 6A = 12pts

4. #12 Matt Boldy ~ 6G 5A = 11pts

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

 

Top 3 PIM's:

1. #26 Connor Dewar ~ 29 PIM's

2. #5 Jacob Middleton ~ 29 PIM's

3. #24 Matt Dumba ~ 23 PIM's

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #32 Filip Gustavsson (1-4-1)  3.20GAA  .901%

2. #31 Zane McIntyre N/A

 

 

Vs.

 

 

Carolina Hurricanes (10-5-2)  22pts  2nd in the Metropolitan

 

2.94 Goals For Per Game (22nd in the NHL)

2.71 Goals Against Per Game (7th in the NHL)

 

15.2% Power Play (30th in the NHL)

77.4% Penalty Kill (20th in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #88 Martin Necas ~ 8G 13A = 21pts

2. #37 Andrei Svechnikov ~ 12G 6A = 18pts

3. #20 Sebastian Aho ~ 8G 10A = 18pts

4. #8 Brent Burns ~ 3G 9A = 12pts

5. #48 Jordan Martinook ~ 4G 5A = 9pts

 

Top 3 PIM's:

1. #82 Jesperi Kontkaniemi ~ 16 PIM's

2. #48 Jordan Martinook ~ 14 PIM's

3. #8 Brent Burns ~ 14 PIM's

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #32 Antti Raanta (3-2-2)  2.53GAA  .902%

2. #52 Pyotr Kochetkov (2-0-0)  1.00GAA  .952%  1SO

 

Lines:

 

Carolina Hurricanes

 

Noesen~Sa. Aho~Necas

A. Svechnikov~Kontkaniemi~Jarvis

Martinook~Jo. Staal~Fast

Drury~Stastny~Stepan

 

Slavin~Burns

Skjei~Pesce

Lajoie~Chatfield

 

Raanta

Kochetkov

 

Minnesota Wild

 

Kaprizov~F. Gaudreau~Zuccarello

Shaw~Dewar~Boldy

Duhaime~Eriksson Ek~M. Foligno

Steel~Rossi~Jost

 

Middleton~Spurgeon

Brodin~Dumba

Merrill~Addison

 

Gustavsson

McIntyre

[ClusterChuck]

I see the Wild are trying to let someone take Jost on waivers. 

We have to win 1 or 2 of these 7 at home so I'll go with a 4-3 Wild win.
Thankfully this season isn't in the Pick 'em challenge. 

[ClusterChuck]

*see above

 

Edited November 19, 2022 by ClusterChuck

[CreaseAndAssist]

I can't imagine too many teams really wanting to see what Jost can do at this point.  You don't get that many chances to prove yourself and he didn't do much after we acquired him last year or this year to say he's probably worth a roster spot.  I think he's Europe-bound at this point.  

 

Sounded like Greenway will sit out at least one more game and I'm going to guess Nic Petan enters in the lineup.  He has played well in Iowa; they certainly missed him last night.  

 

On a different note, I think its time to send down Rossi back to Iowa.  He's accomplishing nothing here and his confidence is pretty much crap at this point.  He needs more minutes and needs to show more initiative at a level he can thrive at.  

 

I don't like our chances in this one.  

[ClusterChuck]

39 minutes ago, CreaseAndAssist said:

I can't imagine too many teams really wanting to see what Jost can do at this point.  You don't get that many chances to prove yourself and he didn't do much after we acquired him last year or this year to say he's probably worth a roster spot.  I think he's Europe-bound at this point.  

 

Sounded like Greenway will sit out at least one more game and I'm going to guess Nic Petan enters in the lineup.  He has played well in Iowa; they certainly missed him last night.  

 

On a different note, I think its time to send down Rossi back to Iowa.  He's accomplishing nothing here and his confidence is pretty much crap at this point.  He needs more minutes and needs to show more initiative at a level he can thrive at.  

 

I don't like our chances in this one.  

Agreed. He's been given a fair chance, Way more than last season and yet the results the same.
That's why I thought throw him on L1 with Kap-Zucc and maybe it could spark him by the company alone.

[CreaseAndAssist]

If we were seeing him creating on the power play or showing us flashes of brilliance it might be one thing with Rossi, but we're not.  He looks like a player where the game is moving much faster than his body and mind are able to move at this point.  

 

Jost has had his chances too but wasn't able to be impactful.  He seemed a bit lost; and didn't do anything to stand out.  Even in terms of effort, he didn't do anything nearly as impactful as Mason Shaw has and at that point he became 100% expendable.  

[Tomdog]

Jost claimed by Buffalo Sabres

[Icechipper]

Nic Petan called up.....

[wildstars95]

4-1 canes tonight my guestimation 

[wildstars95]

This goalie  Kochetkov the wild facing tonight would look good in a wild uniform 

[bbgarnett]

3-2 canes

Edited November 20, 2022 by bbgarnett

[CreaseAndAssist]

(shrugs)  Jost is off of the books but I am not sure how much it actually matters.  Goligoski back in tonight too.  

[bbgarnett]

Well if we win tonight maybe we'll wear our road uni's at home more often.

Edited November 20, 2022 by bbgarnett

[ClusterChuck]

Turnovers and disjointed so far..

[bbgarnett]

2 minutes ago, ClusterChuck said:

Turnovers and disjointed so far..

Maybe if there jobs were on the line they'd start playing better.

[ClusterChuck]

A classic Dumba moment already. 
I didn't know Burns had left SJ 

[ClusterChuck]

3 minutes ago, bbgarnett said:

Maybe if there jobs were on the line they'd start playing better.

Especially after seeing Jost go bye-bye.

[ClusterChuck]

[Alexandron]

1 hour ago, wildstars95 said:

This goalie  Kochetkov the wild facing tonight would look good in a wild uniform 

Wish to have him too.

[ClusterChuck]

Shaw-Shanked?? 

[bbgarnett]

they probably don't track fanned pucks but I bet we'd be #1 in that stat almost every year.

[bbgarnett]

Just now, ClusterChuck said:

Shaw-Shanked?? 

Hopefully he can get some redemption later on in the game.

[ClusterChuck]

12 mins in...1st SOG !! 

[wildstars95]

1 minute ago, ClusterChuck said:

12 mins in...1st SOG !! 

[wildstars95]