Minnesota Wild @ Tampa Bay Lightning, Tuesday 1-24-23, 6:00pm, Amalie Arena

[MNSOTA]

Minnesota Wild (25-16-4)  54pts  3rd in the Central

 

3.11 Goals For Per Game (19th in the NHL)

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

 

23.9% Power Play (12th in the NHL)

79.1% Penalty Kill (16th in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #97 Kirill Kaprizov ~ 26G 30A = 56pts

2. #36 Mats Zuccarello ~ 18G 27A = 45pts

3. #14 Joel Eriksson Ek ~ 16G 21A = 37pts

4. #12 Matt Boldy ~ 14G 18A = 32pts

5. #2 Calen Addison ~ 3G 20A = 23pts

 

Top 3 PIM's:

1. #5 Jake Middleton ~ 54 PIM's

2. #24 Matt Dumba ~ 54 PIM's

3. #17 Marcus Foligno ~ 46 PIM's

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #29 Marc-Andre Fleury (14-9-3)  2.94GAA  .902%  1SO

2. #32 Filip Gustavsson (11-7-1)  2.26GAA  .922%  1SO

 

 

Vs.

 

 

Tampa Bay Lightning (29-15-1)  59pts  3rd in the Atlantic

 

3.60 Goals For Per Game (5th in the NHL)

2.98 Goals Against Per Game (15th in the NHL)

 

27.1% Power Play (2nd in the NHL)

80.5% Penalty Kill (13th in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #86 Nikita Kucherov ~ 18G 48A = 66pts

2. #91 Steven Stamkos ~ 23G 31A = 54pts

3. #21 Brayden Point ~ 27G 22A = 49pts

4. #38 Brandon Hagel ~ 18G 21A = 39pts

5. #17 Alex Killorn ~ 14G 19A = 33pts

 

Top 3 PIM's:

1. #14 Pat Maroon ~ 63 PIM's

2. #10 Corey Perry ~ 49 PIM's

3. #28 Ian Cole ~ 41 PIM's

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #88 Andrei Vasilevskiy (20-12-1)  2.55GAA  .916%

2. #1 Brian Elliott (9-3-0)  3.07GAA  .903%

 

Lines:

 

Tampa Bay Lightning

 

Hagel~Point~Kucherov

Cirelli~Stamkos~Killorn

Colton~Paul~Maroon

Namestnikov~Bellemare~Perry

 

Hedman~Bogosian

Cole~Cernak

Sergachev~Foote

 

Vasilevskiy

Elliott

 

Minnesota Wild

 

Kaprizov~Steel~Zuccarello

Boldy~F. Gaudreau~Hartman

Greenway~Eriksson Ek~Reaves

Duhaime~Dewar~Shaw

 

Middleton~Spurgeon

Brodin~Dumba/Goligoski (depending on scratches)

Merrill~Addison

 

Fleury

Gustavsson

[Alexandron]

We are going to play tonight against a very offensively minded team on their home ice. I would be pleased if we will get a point out of this game. My prediction is 4:5 in OT (or OT).

[Alexandron]

Joe Smith

@JoeSmithNHL

 

Matt Dumba back with Brodin. Looks it like he’ll be back in #mnwild lineup tomorrow after being scratched twice in a row. No other lineup/line changes.

 

 

[Buffalo Rick]

I think its likely Tampa gets revenge for that blowout up in Minnesota.  Defensive minded Lightning may win this one vs the Wild who have cooled off of late.  

[Alexandron]

1 hour ago, Hockey Junkie said:

I think its likely Tampa gets revenge for that blowout up in Minnesota.  Defensive minded Lightning may win this one vs the Wild who have cooled off of late.  

I agree. Probably it is going to be a revenge game for Tampa team. I will be happy at least with one point from this game. We are in our standings just 1 point ahead of Colorado; 4 points ahead of Nashville and 5 points ahead of St. Louis. And we are 10 points behind of Dallas team (1st place) and 9 points behind of Winnipeg team (2nd place). It seems a lot.

[Buffalo Rick]

1 minute ago, Alexandron said:

I agree. Probably it is going to be a revenge game for Tampa team. I will be happy at least with one point from this game. We are in our standings just 1 point ahead of Colorado; 4 points ahead of Nashville and 5 points ahead of St. Louis. And we are 10 points behind of Dallas team (1st place) and 9 points behind of Winnipeg team (2nd place). It seems a lot.

Boston seems like they are on a mission.  Lindy has his Devils playing out of their minds too.  I also think Rangers and Leafs are dangerous as Tamp are as usual but lack offense.  The West has been strange.  Co not dominant as expected, Vegas good when they have Eichel, Dallas right up there with scoring and solid goalie.  I still hope Blues make a late run. But not starting tonight when my Sabres visit.  I’m shocked the Kings are in the mix.  I don’t think they can last 

[Alexandron]

Here is a recent message from Russo:

Michael Russo

@RussoHockey

3 games in hand on the wildcard teams, but #mnwild probably need to get their **** together

[ClusterChuck]

2 hours ago, Alexandron said:

Joe Smith

@JoeSmithNHL

 

Matt Dumba back with Brodin. Looks it like he’ll be back in #mnwild lineup tomorrow after being scratched twice in a row. No other lineup/line changes.

 

 

So what you're saying is, A deal fell through.

 

[Icechipper]

Dumba back in, per Russo, with Paul Allen on KFAN 

[Buffalo Rick]

2 hours ago, Alexandron said:

Here is a recent message from Russo:

Michael Russo

@RussoHockey

3 games in hand on the wildcard teams, but #mnwild probably need to get their **** together

I think the Wild are a good team that could come out of the West. It would help to maybe add a piece at trade deadline.  They don’t have McKinnon or Eichel or Teresenko 

[ClusterChuck]

Going out on a limb here figuring Fleury starting.
If we pull out a win we'll need probably 5 to do so.
Wild Win 5-4.

[IllaZilla]

Wonder if the Wild have considered using duct tape on Hartman’s mouth…

[ClusterChuck]

5 minutes ago, IllaZilla said:

Wonder if the Wild have considered using duct tape on Hartman’s mouth…

I wouldn't care so much if he'd pick up his production.

[wildstars95]

 if the wild can keep the score within a field goal that's a win

[Jimtown guy]

Bolts 5 Wild 2. I’m off to practice. Prove me wrong boys 

[bbgarnett]

Lighting 4 wild 3 

 

if we can stay out of the box then wild 4 lightning 3 

[ClusterChuck]

Always good action when playing the Bolts.

[bbgarnett]

great fight

[ClusterChuck]

Midds wins that one by far. 

[TropicalFruitGirl26]

Just now, ClusterChuck said:

Midds wins that one by far. 

 

I'd say Nick Paul held his own..... yep, I'd give it to Middleton, but Paul isn't a fighter, but he is a big strong boy.
Middleton being more the pugilist and it showed.

Game overall has been a bit nasty. 
Wonder how long we see a Maroon vs Reaves?

[ClusterChuck]

Wild seem to always play the 4 on 4's like a PK. 

[TropicalFruitGirl26]

Kaprizov having lots of discussion with Lightning players.
Wonder what they are saying?

How good Kap would look wearing Bolt blue, playing with Kucherov perhaps?

[TropicalFruitGirl26]

End of 1, no score, but game was ANYTHING but boring.

Some guys on both sides will be needing some Icy Hot I am sure... 

[IllaZilla]

From what I saw it was almost fire wagon hockey…

[ClusterChuck]

2 minutes ago, TropicalFruitGirl26 said:

Kaprizov having lots of discussion with Lightning players.
Wonder what they are saying?

How good Kap would look wearing Bolt blue, playing with Kucherov perhaps?