Minnesota Wild vs Ottawa Senators, Sunday 12-18-22, 1:00pm, Xcel Energy Center

[MNSOTA]

Minnesota Wild (17-11-2)  36pts  3rd in the Central

 

3.10 Goals For Per Game (18th in the NHL)

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

 

25.5% Power Play (10th in the NHL)

79.6% Penalty Kill (13th in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #97 Kirill Kaprizov ~ 18G 21A = 39pts

2. #36 Mats Zuccarello ~ 13G 21A = 34pts

3. #14 Joel Eriksson Ek ~ 10G 15A = 25pts

4. #12 Matt Boldy ~ 11G 11A = 22pts

5. #2 Calen Addison ~ 2G 13A = 15pts

 

Top 3 PIM's:

1. #17 Marcus Foligno ~ 44 PIM's

2. #5 Jake Middleton ~ 38 PIM's

3. #15 Mason Shaw ~ 34 PIM's

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #29 Marc-Andre Fleury (11-7-1)  2.94GAA  .899%  1SO

2. #32 Filip Gustavsson (6-4-1)  2.33GAA  .921%  1SO

 

 

Vs.

 

 

Ottawa Senators (14-14-2)  30pts  7th in the Atlantic

 

3.17 Goals For Per Game (16th in the NHL)

3.13 Goals Against Per Game (17th in the NHL)

 

28.8% Power Play (4th in the NHL)

79.7% Penalty Kill (12th in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #7 Brady Tkachuk ~ 13G 22A = 35pts

2. #12 Alex DeBrincat ~ 9G 21A = 30pts

3. #28 Claude Giroux ~ 13G 15A = 28pts

4. #19 Drake Batherson ~ 10G 18A = 28pts

5. #72 Thomas Chabot ~ 7G 10A = 17pts

 

Top 3 PIM's:

1. #7 Brady Tkachuk ~ 43 PIM's

2. #51 Austin Watson ~ 36 PIM's

3. #47 Mark Kastelic ~ 30 PIM's

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #33 Cam Talbot (8-7-0)  2.55GAA  .916%  1SO

2. #31 Anton Forsberg (5-7-2)  3.24GAA  .908%

 

Lines:

 

Ottawa Senators

 

B. Tkachuk~Brassard~Giroux

DeBrincat~Pinto~Batherson

Kelly~Chartier~Gambrell

Motte~Kastelic~Watson

 

Chabot~Zaitsev

Sanderson~Hamonic

Brannstrom~Holden

 

Talbot

A. Forsberg

 

Minnesota Wild

 

Kaprizov~Steel~Zuccarello

Sa. Walker~F. Gaudreau~Boldy

Greenway~Eriksson Ek~M. Foligno

Reaves~Dewar~Shaw

 

Middleton~Spurgeon

Brodin~Dumba

Merrill~Addison

 

Fleury

Gustavsson

[wildstars95]

this looks like a trap game .... the wild could be looking forward to the ducks game...

4-2 wild 

[ClusterChuck]

I thought Hartman returns and they sent Sammy down?  But that was some FB post so.....

Since 4-2 is taken, I'll go 5-4 Wild Win. 
Do we get to light up Cam-Bot or will he be fired up to shut us down.

Edited December 18, 2022 by ClusterChuck

[Alexandron]

1 hour ago, ClusterChuck said:

I thought Hartman returns and they sent Sammy down?  But that was some FB post so.....

Since 4-2 is taken, I'll go 5-4 Wild Win. 
Do we get to light up Cam-Bot or will he be fired up to shut us down.

You probably were reading my mind. I also will go with 5:4 Wild win, maybe in OT. And I agree with wildstars95 that it could be a trapping game. We should take this game very seriously.

[Alexandron]

Forsberg is in net for Ottawa. Talbot is a backup today.

[ClusterChuck]

1 minute ago, Alexandron said:

Forsberg is in net for Ottawa. Talbot is a backup today.

Didn't expect that.

[TropicalFruitGirl26]

Gus facing his former team, hopefully the Senators that are left over when he was there don't remember TOO much about where to shoot on him, as they have seen him lots in practice before!

That said, Wild have to play this game overall like they are playing a top tier team.
Sens are a bottom-of-the-league team, their defense needs LOTS of work with regards to goal prevention and coverage, but, they are always very game, do all they can to keep themselves in games, and if Minnesota isn't on point, Ottawa can run up the score!

Let's go Green Boys!

[ClusterChuck]

Volokit is having buffering issues and NHL66 is back to needing VPN I guess. 

[TropicalFruitGirl26]

4 minutes ago, ClusterChuck said:

Volokit is having buffering issues and NHL66 is back to needing VPN I guess. 

 

Try these from reddit.
Will warn you...they have a ton of pop ups at first, but once you get by them, the feeds are usually solid.

Minnesota Wild vs Ottawa Senators reddit nhl stream live stream | NHL 2022 (redditnhlstreams.cc)

 

[TropicalFruitGirl26]

Wild doing some damned good work along the boards.
Winning puck battles, positioning themselves in prime areas....too bad they haven't been rewarded yet

[Jimtown guy]

Dominating play yet only one shot on net 

[Jimtown guy]

Huge save by Gus 

[Jimtown guy]

Kaprizov!!!!!

[TropicalFruitGirl26]

Kaprizov.....that slug FINALLY scores.....jeeez.
Was wondering if he has the ability to come up with goals after all that money he is being paid!  

1-0 Good guys!

[Alexandron]

KAPRIZOV!!!!!

[EmptyShelf]

Just now, Jimtown guy said:

Kaprizov!!!!!

That one timer is almost always $$ from Kap.  Pretty crazy after a bad TO

[Alexandron]

13 minutes ago, ClusterChuck said:

Didn't expect that.

I prefer him than Talbot. :-).

[EmptyShelf]

Just now, TropicalFruitGirl26 said:

Kaprizov.....that slug FINALLY scores.....jeeez.
Was wondering if he has the ability to come up with goals after all that money he is being paid!  

1-0 Good guys!

I know you were being facetious.  However, just remember; there are MORE than 20 players being paid more than him, and typically only 3-5 ahead of him in Gs and Pts.  The guy is a BARGAIN - even if he goes in a drought (which typically is 1-2 games if at all)   Wild have NEVER had a player like that

[Jimtown guy]

Just now, EmptyShelf said:

I know you were being facetious.  However, just remember; there are MORE than 20 players being paid more than him, and typically only 3-5 ahead of him in Gs and Pts.  The guy is a BARGAIN - even if he goes in a drought (which typically is 1-2 games if at all)   Wild have NEVER had a player like that

Well said ES. I just hope he sticks around for a long time 

[ClusterChuck]

How was that a slash ?  

[TropicalFruitGirl26]

There's Foligno again....frustrating the hell out of the opposition and creating zone time and chances with his hard work!

[EmptyShelf]

Just now, Jimtown guy said:

Well said ES. I just hope he sticks around for a long time 

Its ALL about the $$$.  He is a small-town kid.  They will need to back up the Brinks truck and give him a blank check.  I WOULD do it.  He is worth every $$.  It isn't just regular season wins, it was the domination in the playoffs last year, and the unbelievable excitement he brings to each game (which makes season ticket sales sky-rocket; or will dive if they lose him).  His next contract is a complete 'NO-BRAINER.'  He needs to retire here.

[TropicalFruitGirl26]

Good period overall for Minnesota...doing everything how they are supposed to.
Hoping they don't get lobotomized somehow in the 2nd and play like an AHL team.

60 minute game boys. SIXTY!

[bbgarnett]

Hello, just got back from the grocery store(boy was that a zoo) and Kwik Trip. 

[Jimtown guy]

We finally have a day up here in the frozen tundra with no wind or snow. Had ourselves a 4 day blizzard that dumped 2 feet of snow. My snowblower got a workout as did I. I do my moms, in laws, my senior citizen neighbor and of course mine   Now we start the deep freeze of temps not above zero for the next week 

Edited December 18, 2022 by Jimtown guy