Minnesota Wild vs Colorado Avalanche, Wednesday 2-15-23, 8:30pm, Xcel Energy Center

[MNSOTA]

 

Minnesota Wild (28-20-5)  61pts  4th in the Central

 

2.91 Goals For Per Game (24th in the NHL)

2.85 Goals Against Per Game (12th in the NHL)

 

23.5% Power Play (9th in the NHL)

81.0% Penalty Kill (10th in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #97 Kirill Kaprizov ~ 30G 33A = 63pts

2. #36 Mats Zuccarello ~ 19G 33A = 52pts

3. #14 Joel Eriksson Ek ~ 20G 24A = 44pts

4. #12 Matt Boldy ~ 16G 21A = 37pts

5. #2 Calen Addison ~ 3G 24A = 27pts

 

Top 3 PIM's:

1. #38 Ryan Hartman ~ 68 PIM's

2. #5 Jake Middleton ~ 61 PIM's

3. #15 Mason Shaw ~ 58 PIM's

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #29 Marc-Andre Fleury (16-12-3)  2.98GAA  .902%  1SO

2. #32 Filip Gustavsson (12-8-2)  2.18GAA  .926%  1SO

 

 

Vs.

 

 

Colorado Avalanche (28-19-5)  61pts  3rd in the Central

 

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

2.77 Goals Against Per Game (9th in the NHL)

 

23.5% Power Play (10th in the NHL)

77.3% Penalty Kill (20th in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #96 Mikko Rantanen ~ 34G 29A = 63pts

2. #29 Nathan MacKinnon ~ 17G 43A = 60pts

3. #62 Artturi Lehkonen ~ 16G 19A = 35pts

4. #37 J.T. Compher ~ 10G 22A = 32pts

5. #7 Devon Toews ~ 4G 24A = 28pts

 

Top 3 PIM's:

1. #96 Mikko Rantanen ~ 44 PIM's

2. #56 Kurtis MacDermid ~ 38 PIM's

3. #25 Logan O'Connor ~ 29 PIM's

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #40 Alexandar Georgiev (21-12-4)  2.68GAA  .918%  2SO

2. #39 Pavel Francouz (7-7-1)  2.53GAA  .919%  1SO

 

Lines:

 

Colorado Avalanche

 

Lehkonen~MacKinnon~Nichushkin

Rodrigues~Compher~Rantanen

Cogliano~Newhook~O'Connor

Nieto~Meyers~Malgin

 

Girard~D. Toews

Byram~E. Johnson

MacDermid~Englund

 

Georgiev

Francouz

 

Minnesota Wild

 

Kaprizov~Hartman~Zuccarello

Duhaime~Eriksson Ek~Boldy

Greenway~F. Gaudreau~Steel?

Dewar~Shaw~Reaves

 

Middleton~Spurgeon

Brodin~Dumba

Merrill~Addison

 

Fleury

Gustavsson 

 

 

[Tomdog]

Please be wrong about Reeves, and please no more Wes Walz. 

[Alexandron]

A must win game against a former Stanley Cup winner. We do not have any other options at this time. Entire team should step up especially in goals of winning and in goals in opposite net. Any goals (including ugly one; as well as deflected; redirected; shorthanded) are welcome for the fans. So far we did not reach enough this level. And as a part of the hockey professional business some current players should be benched (because not showing anything) and some promising one should be taken from Iowa  for the tryout here (because showing a continuous nice production there). 

[Alexandron]

Michael Russo

@RussoHockey

3 min.

No surprises with Foligno out and with what Evason indicated yesterday

 

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Joe Smith

@JoeSmithNHL

4 min.

#mnwild lines

Kaprizov Hartman Zuccarello

Duhaime Ek Boldy

Greenway Steel Gaudreau

Shaw Dewar Reaves

 

Middleton Spurgeon

Brodin Dumba

Merrill Addison

 

Fleury

 

 

[wildstars95]

 1 point at least tonight ....

[Tomdog]

2 hours ago, Alexandron said:

Michael Russo

@RussoHockey

3 min.

No surprises with Foligno out and with what Evason indicated yesterday

 

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Joe Smith

@JoeSmithNHL

4 min.

#mnwild lines

Kaprizov Hartman Zuccarello

Duhaime Ek Boldy

Greenway Steel Gaudreau

Shaw Dewar Reaves

 

Middleton Spurgeon

Brodin Dumba

Merrill Addison

 

Fleury

 

 

I think they need to make a call to Iowa for Walker and either Beckman or Rossi. 
Greenway must be injured and Reeves just doesn’t have it anymore. 

[IllaZilla]

I believe Addison is out and Goligoski is in tonight. Apparently Dean wasn't too pleased with Addison's game the other night...

[IllaZilla]

28 minutes ago, Tomdog said:

I think they need to make a call to Iowa for Walker and either Beckman or Rossi. 
Greenway must be injured and Reeves just doesn’t have it anymore. 

Guerin said he wasn't going to call up Rossi and have him feel he has to be the teams savior. Doesn't want to put that pressure on him.

 

And I doubt Greenway is hurt. He's just a bum. 

 

Only reason Reaves is in there is because Foligno is hurt. Somebody has to be the tough guy...

[Alexandron]

12 minutes ago, IllaZilla said:

Guerin said he wasn't going to call up Rossi and have him feel he has to be the teams savior. Doesn't want to put that pressure on him.

 

And I doubt Greenway is hurt. He's just a bum. 

 

Only reason Reaves is in there is because Foligno is hurt. Somebody has to be the tough guy...

Interesting, at my work many employees (as a long time Wild fans)at 6 hospitals are saying same thing about him.

[Alexandron]

31 minutes ago, IllaZilla said:

I believe Addison is out and Goligoski is in tonight. Apparently Dean wasn't too pleased with Addison's game the other night...

You are right. He will be out for tonight game. Personally for me it is a very strange decision. The most productive defenseman for the team is scratched (3 goals; 23 assists in 52 played games). If Evason does not like his play for defensive part then place him together with Brodin or Spurgeon to control better that part of his play. And maybe Addison will learn more out of these 2 experienced players as well too. Dumba does more stupid mistakes and is not producing well (4 goals; 9 assists in 51 played games) in comparison to Addison. He is more merit to be benched. And Goligoski has not a lot of points too: 1 goal; 2 assists in 21 played games. 

 

Joe Smith

@JoeSmithNHL

3h.

Evason: “This league is too hard to just be a specialist, right? You have to play in all areas and you have to play the game 5-on-5 as well.”

 

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Joe Smith

@JoeSmithNHL

3h.

Dean Evason said Calen Addison is healthy scratch for same issues he had in December. Not good enough in his own end. “He knows that there's some things he has to correct in his game and we've asked him to and we haven't seen the level of improvement that we want.” #mnwild

 

Joe Smith

@JoeSmithNHL

2h.

Asked Calen Addison what message staff gave him in scratching him. “Playing scared, I guess.” He doesn’t seem to agree with their assessment. Agrees he can round out his game + battle. But. “It’s frustrating,” he said. #mnwild

[ClusterChuck]

I was hoping That shot Foligno took to the knee was just a stinger....Guess not.
At least the Av's played last night so usually that means an advantage for us. 
Usually.
One of these nights we have to score more than 1-2 goals and for us to win we'll probably need 4.
Wild win 4-3 
 

[ClusterChuck]

3 hours ago, wildstars95 said:

 1 point at least tonight ....

Let's get ready to.....

[Tomdog]

2 hours ago, IllaZilla said:

And I doubt Greenway is hurt. He's just a bum. 

I don't think so, he must be injured or they can't put him on long term injured list and free up his cap space.

They really NEED him to be injured.

[Alexandron]

1 hour ago, Tomdog said:

I don't think so, he must be injured or they can't put him on long term injured list and free up his cap space.

They really NEED him to be injured.

Or just more simple way. Evason needs Greenway to be scratched like he did  for months with Parise; Shaw; Goligoski... Or to present Greenway that he was injured during the practice when he was even not showing up there. 2nd and 3rd liner like he was during this season produced only 2 goals and 4 assists in 36 games. Wow for making this money($3,000,000 per year)? How much cost his one goal? I am hear more and more at work that Evason will be fired at the end of the season if we will not make a playoffs with that team's play and production. Players who show some production (Steel; Addison) he is scratching and players who do not show that mentality continue to play. People do not care how (5 on 5; 5 on 4; 5 on 3; 6 on 5; shorthanded; 3 on 3 during OT or during SO)but we need to place some how those goals to make persistent wins. 

[wildstars95]

  ..hey boldy you can use my glasses so you can hit the net sometime soon....

[bbgarnett]

man we still have another 15 minutes until puck drop

[wildstars95]

them poor kids in the hall will be 60 years old one day still waiting for Minnesota  stanley cup 

[bbgarnett]

4 minutes ago, wildstars95 said:

them poor kids in the hall will be 60 years old one day still waiting for Minnesota  stanley cup 

same for a Super Bowl waiting a lifetime for both

Edited February 16, 2023 by bbgarnett

[EmptyShelf]

I cannot understand why Evason puts our PP2 on much sooner than other teams.  They suck a55.  Is it just to get his mancrush Gaudreau on for some points?  It is a failed strategy......over, and over, and over.  Our PP2 is just hideous, and he pulls PP1 way too  early.

[IllaZilla]

11 minutes ago, bbgarnett said:

same for a Super Bowl waiting a lifetime for both

Hey, at least we have TWO World Series wins!

[wildstars95]

geez still have snow there hey 

[wildstars95]

 c'mon reaves waiting for that michigan goal ....

[bbgarnett]

Wow Boldy taking no Chit

Edited February 16, 2023 by bbgarnett

[EmptyShelf]

7 forward on the Wild that have gone 11 games without a goal.....and you don't change your line-up (bring up some talent)?  How is that even considered good roster management?  Pathetic....

 

Boldy in a fight?!?!?

[wildstars95]

reavo and mcdermid .....stay tuned