Minnesota Wild @ Calgary Flames, Saturday 3-4-23, 9:00pm, Scotiabank Saddledome

[MNSOTA]

***Ignore the line combos for now. As I'm typing this, DailyFaceoff.com has yet to update the lines with our transactions from yesterday.***

 

 

Minnesota Wild (35-21-6)  76pts  2nd in the Central

 

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

2.66 Goals Against Per Game (5th in the NHL)

 

22.9% Power Play (10th in the NHL)

82.1% Penalty Kill (9th in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #97 Kirill Kaprizov ~ 39G 34A = 73pts

2. #36 Mats Zuccarello ~ 20G 38A = 58pts

3. #14 Joel Eriksson Ek ~ 21G 26A = 47pts

4. #12 Matt Boldy ~ 16G 24A = 40pts

5. #90 Marcus Johansson ~ 13G 15A = 28pts*

 

* - stats with the Washington Capitals

 

Top 3 PIM's:

1. #38 Ryan Hartman ~ 70 PIM's

2. #24 Matt Dumba ~ 64 PIM's

3. #5 Jake Middleton ~ 63 PIM's 

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #32 Filip Gustavsson (16-8-3)  2.06GAA  .930%  1SO

2. #29 Marc-Andre Fleury (19-13-3)  2.81GAA  .905%  2SO

 

 

Vs.

 

 

Calgary Flames (27-22-13)  67pts  5th in the Pacific

 

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

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

 

19.7% Power Play (23rd in the NHL)

80.8% Penalty Kill (14th in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #73 Tyler Toffoli ~ 25G 28A = 53pts

2. #28 Elias Lindholm ~ 17G 34A = 51pts

3. #91 Nazem Kadri ~ 21G 24A = 45pts

4. #11 Mikael Backlund ~ 14G 27A = 41pts

5. #10 Jonathan Huberdeau ~ 12G 28A = 40pts

 

Top 3 PIM's:

1. #16 Nikita Zadorov ~ 58 PIM's

2. #91 Nazem Kadri ~ 52 PIM's

3. #20 Blake Coleman ~ 44 PIM's

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #25 Jacob Markstrom (15-16-8)  2.93GAA  .899%

2. #80 Daniel Vladar (12-6-5)  2.95GAA  .895%

 

Lines:

 

Calgary Flames 

 

Dube~Lindholm~Toffoli

Pelletier~Kadri~Huberdeau

Mangiapane~Backlund~Coleman

Lucic~Lewis~Duehr

 

R. Andersson~Weegar

C. Tanev~Hanifin

Zadorov~Gilbert

 

Markstrom

Vladar

 

Minnesota Wild

 

Kaprizov~Hartman~Zuccarello

M. Johansson~Eriksson Ek~Boldy

Greenway~F. Gaudreau~Duhaime

Shaw~Dewar~Reaves

 

Middleton~Spurgeon

Goligoski~Dumba

Merrill~Addison

 

Gustavsson

Fleury

[Alexandron]

A must win game in regulation  (in both games)to get rid of this pretender to the playoffs spot.

[ClusterChuck]

47 minutes ago, Alexandron said:

A must win game in regulation  (in both games)to get rid of this pretender to the playoffs spot.

I  might be stealing a potential JTG pic headline but we could really "Douse the Flames" chances of a PO spot in these 2 games.
Wild win tonight 4-2.

[wildstars95]

wild vs flames 8 wins in the last 20 games   hmmmmnm win this team can't in cowtown

[J0e Th0rnton]

11 hours ago, MNSOTA said:

***Ignore the line combos for now. As I'm typing this, DailyFaceoff.com has yet to update the lines with our transactions from yesterday.***

 

 

Minnesota Wild (35-21-6)  76pts  2nd in the Central

 

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

2.66 Goals Against Per Game (5th in the NHL)

 

22.9% Power Play (10th in the NHL)

82.1% Penalty Kill (9th in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #97 Kirill Kaprizov ~ 39G 34A = 73pts

2. #36 Mats Zuccarello ~ 20G 38A = 58pts

3. #14 Joel Eriksson Ek ~ 21G 26A = 47pts

4. #12 Matt Boldy ~ 16G 24A = 40pts

5. #90 Marcus Johansson ~ 13G 15A = 28pts*

 

* - stats with the Washington Capitals

 

Top 3 PIM's:

1. #38 Ryan Hartman ~ 70 PIM's

2. #24 Matt Dumba ~ 64 PIM's

3. #5 Jake Middleton ~ 63 PIM's 

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #32 Filip Gustavsson (16-8-3)  2.06GAA  .930%  1SO

2. #29 Marc-Andre Fleury (19-13-3)  2.81GAA  .905%  2SO

 

 

Vs.

 

 

Calgary Flames (27-22-13)  67pts  5th in the Pacific

 

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

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

 

19.7% Power Play (23rd in the NHL)

80.8% Penalty Kill (14th in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #73 Tyler Toffoli ~ 25G 28A = 53pts

2. #28 Elias Lindholm ~ 17G 34A = 51pts

3. #91 Nazem Kadri ~ 21G 24A = 45pts

4. #11 Mikael Backlund ~ 14G 27A = 41pts

5. #10 Jonathan Huberdeau ~ 12G 28A = 40pts

 

Top 3 PIM's:

1. #16 Nikita Zadorov ~ 58 PIM's

2. #91 Nazem Kadri ~ 52 PIM's

3. #20 Blake Coleman ~ 44 PIM's

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #25 Jacob Markstrom (15-16-8)  2.93GAA  .899%

2. #80 Daniel Vladar (12-6-5)  2.95GAA  .895%

 

Lines:

 

Calgary Flames 

 

Dube~Lindholm~Toffoli

Pelletier~Kadri~Huberdeau

Mangiapane~Backlund~Coleman

Lucic~Lewis~Duehr

 

R. Andersson~Weegar

C. Tanev~Hanifin

Zadorov~Gilbert

 

Markstrom

Vladar

 

Minnesota Wild

 

Kaprizov~Hartman~Zuccarello

M. Johansson~Eriksson Ek~Boldy

Greenway~F. Gaudreau~Duhaime

Shaw~Dewar~Reaves

 

Middleton~Spurgeon

Goligoski~Dumba

Merrill~Addison

 

Gustavsson

Fleury

 

 

Klingberg will be in tonight. Probably on pp1 lol

[ClusterChuck]

2 hours ago, wildstars95 said:

wild vs flames 8 wins in the last 20 games   hmmmmnm win this team can't in cowtown

Repeat post...You said that about the Preds game and a miracle happened. 

[bbgarnett]

 

[wildstars95]

 that krakatoan blast punch heard around the world ,still has duhaime out 

[ClusterChuck]

BOOM !! ^^

[TropicalFruitGirl26]

Are all the new Wild acquisitions (minus Nyquist of course) gonna be on hand tonight?

Want to see if Klingberg has anything left. He looked kinda dead n lost in Anaheim, but then again, that whole team is putrid.

[bbgarnett]

4 minutes ago, TropicalFruitGirl26 said:

Are all the new Wild acquisitions (minus Nyquist of course) gonna be on hand tonight?

Want to see if Klingberg has anything left. He looked kinda dead n lost in Anaheim, but then again, that whole team is putrid.

 

[TropicalFruitGirl26]

4 minutes ago, bbgarnett said:

 

 

Thanks.
I hope Steel can play.
First, I think he can still contribute, and second, I don't care much for the 11-7 lineup schemes.

Leaves the players disjointed in big games situations because lots of double shifting is going on and defense pairs are switching partners all the time leading to less fluidity.

[ClusterChuck]

EK needs a goal badly.

[TropicalFruitGirl26]

2 minutes ago, ClusterChuck said:

EK needs a goal badly.

 

Zucc could use one badly too.
He's been a light contributor with assists, but only has one goal in his last dozen games or so.

Teams can more easily focus on Kap if Zucc can't prove he can be just as dangerous to leave unattended.

[TropicalFruitGirl26]

EEK doing EEK things.
Getting under the skin of the opposition.

And ya GOTTA love EEK's outraged fishman faces... lol

[wildstars95]

a reaves vs lucic tussle would be entertaining  within the next 2 games

[bbgarnett]

anyone see the Pens Panthers game this afternoon or at least the third period? 

[bbgarnett]

MOJO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Edited March 5, 2023 by bbgarnett

[ClusterChuck]

Johan !!

[TropicalFruitGirl26]

3 minutes ago, wildstars95 said:

a reaves vs lucic tussle would be entertaining  within the next 2 games

 

I honestly don't like Reaves' chances. Lucic is still a freakin gorilla to deal with.

[TropicalFruitGirl26]

Johansson, Boldy, Klingerg...all the right names you wanna see on the scoresheet!

Nice start!

[ClusterChuck]

6 minutes ago, wildstars95 said:

a reaves vs lucic tussle would be entertaining  within the next 2 games

Lucic will probably cheapshot Dumba first.

[bbgarnett]

2 minutes ago, ClusterChuck said:

Lucic will probably cheapshot Dumba first.

[wildstars95]

8 minutes ago, bbgarnett said:

anyone see the Pens Panthers game this afternoon or at least the third period? 

why what was so special ?

[ClusterChuck]

A tad weak call there.