Minnesota Wild vs Dallas Stars, Friday 2-17-23, 7:00pm, Xcel Energy Center

[MNSOTA]

Minnesota Wild (28-21-5)  61pts  4th in the Central

 

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

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

 

23.8% Power Play (8th in the NHL)

81.1% Penalty Kill (9th in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #97 Kirill Kaprizov ~ 31G 33A = 64pts

2. #36 Mats Zuccarello ~ 19G 35A = 54pts

3. #14 Joel Eriksson Ek ~ 21G 24A = 45pts

4. #12 Matt Boldy ~ 16G 22A = 38pts

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 ~ 60 PIM's

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #29 Marc-Andre Fleury (16-13-3)  2.98GAA  .901%  1SO

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

 

 

Vs.

 

 

Dallas Stars (30-14-11)  71pts  1st in the Central

 

3.29 Goals For Per Game (12th in the NHL)

2.55 Goals Against Per Game (2nd in the NHL)

 

23.6% Power Play (9th in the NHL)

83.9% Penalty Kill (2nd in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #21 Jason Robertson ~ 34G 37A = 71pts

2. #24 Roope Hintz ~ 23G 27A = 50pts

3. #16 Joe Pavelski ~ 14G 36A = 50pts

4. #14 Jamie Benn ~ 21G 25A = 46pts

5. #4 Miro Heiskanen ~ 7G 33A = 40pts

 

Top 3 PIM's:

1. #27 Mason Marchment ~ 70 PIM's

2. #11 Luke Glendening ~ 44 PIM's

3. #2 Jani Hakanpaa ~ 42 PIM's

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #29 Jake Oettinger (23-7-8)  2.23GAA  .925%  4SO

2. #41 Scott Wedgewood (7-7-3)  2.91GAA  .913%  1SO

 

Lines:

 

Dallas Stars

 

J. Robertson~Hintz~Pavelski

Marchment~Faksa~Seguin

Ja. Benn~Johnston~Dellandrea

Studenic~Glendening~Gurianov

 

Heiskanen~C. Miller

R. Suter~Lundqvist

Lindell~Hakanpaa

 

Oettinger

Wedgewood

 

Minnesota Wild

 

Kaprizov~Hartman~Zuccarello

Duhaime~Eriksson Ek~Boldy

Greenway~Steel~F. Gaudreau

Shaw~Dewar~Reaves

 

Middleton~Spurgeon

Brodin~Dumba

Goligoski / Addison~Merrill

 

Fleury

Gustavsson

[IllaZilla]

[Icechipper]

So.....Steel or Reaves or Shaw sits? Can't sit Greenway if you're trying to trade him.....

[Alexandron]

56 minutes ago, Icechipper said:

So.....Steel or Reaves or Shaw sits? Can't sit Greenway if you're trying to trade him.....

I would be happy to sit both Greenway  and Reaves. And to bring back Walker in addition to Beckman.

[Tomdog]

3 minutes ago, Alexandron said:

I would be happy to sit both Greenway  and Reaves. And to bring back Walker in addition to Beckman.

Perfect, that's what I was thinking.

It's nice to see that I'm not the only one who feels this way.

[Alexandron]

For the 1st time I have seen Russo is so frustrated with Evason decision to bench Addison tonight. Entire season he was very good at least on PP. 3 goals and 24 assists for the team which is not producing a lot is a big improvement. We have seen in our history other nice player Brent Burnes who was not the best in defense but consistently gave valuable points for the team. I would close my eyes on Dumba persistent mistakes if he would produce same amount of points as Burnes and Addison did.

In my opinion Evason should be fired now for his controversial decisions.

[Alexandron]

Not much to say about tonight game. A must win game.

[IllaZilla]

[ClusterChuck]

Maybe Addison is on the trade block and not a benching for getting his game together.
Still no Foligno. I wonder how bad that knee is? 
Probably Reaves in for policing since Foligno's out. Don't need Boldy dropping the gloves to fire things up. 

[ClusterChuck]

2 hours ago, Alexandron said:

For the 1st time I have seen Russo is so frustrated with Evason decision to bench Addison tonight. Entire season he was very good at least on PP. 3 goals and 24 assists for the team which is not producing a lot is a big improvement. We have seen in our history other nice player Brent Burnes who was not the best in defense but consistently gave valuable points for the team. I would close my eyes on Dumba persistent mistakes if he would produce same amount of points as Burnes and Addison did.

In my opinion Evason should be fired now for his controversial decisions.

Again... 1 Season he got away with that, And that was how many seasons ago?? 
BG should be fired for his controvesial decision to keep him.  

[IllaZilla]

22 minutes ago, ClusterChuck said:

Maybe Addison is on the trade block and not a benching for getting his game together.
Still no Foligno. I wonder how bad that knee is? 
Probably Reaves in for policing since Foligno's out. Don't need Boldy dropping the gloves to fire things up. 

 

Actually Russo and Joe Smith were kind of making noises about Goligoski being trade bait...

 

And that's also why Greenway hasn't been benched...trying to showcase him, but he's not really cooperating...

[ClusterChuck]

1 minute ago, IllaZilla said:

 

Actually Russo and Joe Smith were kind of making noises about Goligoski being trade bait...

 

And that's also why Greenway hasn't been benched...trying to showcase him, but he's not really cooperating...

I'd be happpy for Gogs if he was traded to somebody needing an experienced D. 
Lol...I was going to say that Greenway doesn't need to audition as it may hurt his chances.

[Jimtown guy]

1 hour ago, IllaZilla said:

That doesn’t exactly put fear into anyone 

[Tomdog]

Well let’s hope Reeves actually does his “policeing” thing. 
I have yet to see it, so it should be interesting. 

[wildstars95]

 HMMMM another 5-2 loss tonight ......stay tuned 

[Tomdog]

Finally Boldy centering Kap and Zucc.

Too bad we srill have Reeves. 

[ClusterChuck]

1 hour ago, Tomdog said:

Well let’s hope Reeves actually does his “policeing” thing. 
I have yet to see it, so it should be interesting. 

I just want to see him and Benn go at it. had only words last time but one can hope. 

[ClusterChuck]

I'll keep picking a 4-3 win until I get it. 
That means we have to break out and score 4 tho. 

[bbgarnett]

5 hours ago, ClusterChuck said:

Maybe Addison is on the trade block and not a benching for getting his game together.
Still no Foligno. I wonder how bad that knee is? 
Probably Reaves in for policing since Foligno's out. Don't need Boldy dropping the gloves to fire things up. 

No I don't think Addy is on the trade block but Goose is in probably in to showcase him with a large number of scouts attending the game tonight.

[Tomdog]

Drinking game?

Drink every time Reeves does a police action.

[ClusterChuck]

Just now, Tomdog said:

Drinking game?

Drink every time Reeves does a police action.

Ok, Lol... How about his presence on the ice keeping things in check. 

[ClusterChuck]

[Tomdog]

I would be happy if he would have more than 5 good solid hits.

The last time I watched all he did was some partial hits.

[Tomdog]

So I guess watching the pregame show is a waste of time.

Audra listed Boldy with Kap and Zucc.

Not so much.

[ClusterChuck]

Hmmm, I wonder who's going to the box.