Round 1, Game 1: Minnesota Wild @ Dallas Stars, Monday 4-17-23, 8:30pm, American Airlines Center

[MNSOTA]

Minnesota Wild 

 

2.91 Goals For Per Game (23rd in the NHL)

2.67 Goals Against Per Game (6th in the NHL)

 

21.4% Power Play (15th in the NHL)

82% Penalty Kill (10th in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #97 Kirill Kaprizov ~ 40G 35A = 75pts

2. #36 Mats Zuccarello ~ 22G 45A = 67pts

3. #12 Matt Boldy ~ 31G 32A = 63pts

4. #90 Marcus Johansson ~ 19G 27A = 46pts

5. #89 Frederic Gaudreau ~ 19G 19A = 38pts

 

Top 3 PIM's:

1. #17 Marcus Foligno ~ 97 PIM's

2. #38 Ryan Hartman ~ 90 PIM's

3. #24 Matt Dumba ~ 81 PIM's

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #32 Filip Gustavsson (22-9-7)  2.10GAA  .931%  3SO

2. #29 Marc-Andre Fleury (24-16-4)  2.85GAA  .908%  2SO

 

 

Vs.

 

 

Dallas Stars   

 

3.43 Goals For Per Game (7th in the NHL)

2.62 Goals Against Per Game (3rd in the NHL)

 

25th% Power Play (5th in the NHL)

83.5% Penalty Kill (3rd in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #21 Jason Robertson ~ 46G 63A = 109pts

2. #14 Jamie Benn ~ 38G 45A = 78pts

3. #16 Joel Pavelski ~ 28G 49A = 77pts

4. #24 Roope Hintz ~ 37G 38A = 75pts

5. #4 Miro Heiskanen ~ 11G 62A = 73pts

 

Top 3 PIM's:

1. #27 Mason Marchment ~ 80 PIM's

2. #2 Jani Hakanpaa ~ 60 PIM's

3. #10 Ty Dellanadrea ~ 54 PIM's

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #29 Jake Oettinger (37-11-11)  2.37GAA  .919%  5SO

2. #41 Scott Wedgewood (9-8-3)  2.72GAA  .915%  1SO

 

Lines:

 

Dallas Stars

 

Robertson~Hintz~Pavelski

Ja. Benn~Johnston~Dadonov

Domi~Seguin~Marchment

Kiviranta~Faksa~Dellandrea

 

R. Suter~Heiskanen

Lindell~Hakanpaa

Harley~C. Miller

 

Oettinger

Wedgewood

 

Minnesota Wild

 

Kaprizov~Hartman~Zuccarello

M. Johansson~F. Gaudreau~Boldy

Nyquist~Steel~M. Foligno

Duhaime~Dewar~Reaves

 

Middleton~Spurgeon

Brodin~Dumba

Goligoski~Faber

 

Gustavsson

Fleury

[MNSOTA]

And as far as a more true preview, here's a link to our podcast that we recorded yesterday:

 

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crease-and-assist-podcast/id1665471983?i=1000609206461

 

BuzzSprout (RSS): https://www.buzzsprout.com/2131877/12662068-episode-10-you-can-t-always-get-what-you-want.mp3?download=true

[ClusterChuck]

We have to take 1 of these first 2 in Dallas so why not tonight?
Wild Win 4-3
If Gustav is in net. 
Who knows what BD/Evason will decide.

[Confrontational]

Can anyone bring me up to speed on this Boldy guy...?  He's got like 30 goals - so was curious if he played most of the games this year, if he was injured for a spell, etc...  

 

Playoff hockey is absolutely the best - the trick will be jumping around to all the games...  Good luck tonight...!

Edited April 17, 2023 by Confrontational

[Alexandron]

Klingberg is out(lower body injury); Merrill is in;

Gustavsson is starting.

[Icechipper]

Evanston refused to tip hand at afternoon press conference as to whether E- Ek may play.

[TonyOday]

1-5 Stars, they win in 6

[Alexandron]

52 minutes ago, Confrontational said:

Can anyone bring me up to speed on this Boldy guy...?  He's got like 30 goals - so was curious if he played most of the games this year, if he was injured for a spell, etc...  

 

Playoff hockey is absolutely the best - the trick will be jumping around to all the games...  Good luck tonight...!

Agree. Hope, Boldy and not only him to shine this playoffs. We need production from all lines. Last playoffs season was practically only Kaprizov (7 goals). And Fiala was invisible then.

[Jimtown guy]

2 hours ago, TonyOday said:

1-5 Stars, they win in 6

Got the Stars in 6 also. As for tonight the Wild need to score first to take the crowd out of it a bit. If not and the Stars get in the board first it could be a long night of chasing. Stars 5-2 

[Alexandron]

4 hours ago, ClusterChuck said:

We have to take 1 of these first 2 in Dallas so why not tonight?
Wild Win 4-3
If Gustav is in net. 
Who knows what BD/Evason will decide.

I stay more with ClusterChuck prediction. Wild 4:3 in OT.

[Tomdog]

I just hope we get refs that allow them to play a clean game.

No cheap kind of penalties but no intent to injure crap ignored.

The Wild NEED to stay out of the box.

[FD19372]

Very evenly matched series. I think the Wild...with Kaprizov leading the way do enough to get to Oettinger, and they beat the Stars in 6. Wouldn't surprise me at all, if it goes 7.

[ClusterChuck]

5 hours ago, Icechipper said:

Evanston refused to tip hand at afternoon press conference as to whether E- Ek may play.

Tis the season for ultimate secrecy. 

[bbgarnett]

I want to say Stars in 6 but I think I just need to start thinking positively so I'll go Wild in 7 

[Jimtown guy]

Nice to see a few of you are staying positive. They win tonight and I’ll join ya

[bbgarnett]

Just now, Jimtown guy said:

Nice to see a few of you are staying positive. They win tonight and I’ll join ya

Better for your mental health that way

[EmptyShelf]

1 hour ago, bbgarnett said:

I want to say Stars in 6 but I think I just need to start thinking positively so I'll go Wild in 7 

 

You and I both.  Kirill will score 6+ and so will Boldy....Gus will be a household name by the end, and I think our D will keep us in it.  I predict a VERY chippy series.

[TropicalFruitGirl26]

And they are off n running!
Go Wild GOOOO! 

[ClusterChuck]

Wow Gus is starting.

[EmptyShelf]

59 minutes ago, EmptyShelf said:

 

You and I both.  Kirill will score 6+ and so will Boldy....Gus will be a household name by the end, and I think our D will keep us in it.  I predict a VERY chippy series.

Faber has a BIG task in front of him....He will prove worthy.  I have seen him since he was a squirt - played against my younger son - doesn't get rattled easily.  Composure will be key for Wild to win in 7.

[EmptyShelf]

58 minutes ago, ClusterChuck said:

Wow Gus is starting.

The right call.  Easy to make a change if needed to the Flower.  Gus has earned it.

[Jimtown guy]

2 minutes ago, EmptyShelf said:

 

You and I both.  Kirill will score 6+ and so will Boldy....Gus will be a household name by the end, and I think our D will keep us in it.  I predict a VERY chippy series.

Way to go out on a limb with a chippy series

[Jimtown guy]

1 minute ago, EmptyShelf said:

The right call.  Easy to make a change if needed to the Flower.  Gus has earned it.

Just like Talbot earned it last year. Nice to see they learned their lesson 

[EmptyShelf]

KK had the look he wanted.  Got to bury those

[bbgarnett]

Damn Great chance but Kirill shouldn't have shot that one from that far out.