Round 1, Game 2: Minnesota Wild @ Dallas Stars, Wednesday 4-19-23, 8:30pm, American Airlines Center

[MNSOTA]

3.00 Goals For Per Game (6th in the NHL)

2.00 Goals Against Per Game (7th in the NHL)

 

25.0% Power Play (10th in the NHL)

60.0% Penalty Kill (11th in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #13 Sam Steel ~ 1G 1A = 2pts

2. #97 Kirill Kaprizov ~ 1G 0A = 1pt

3. #38 Ryan Hartman ~ 1G 0A = 1pt

4. #28 Gustav Nyquist ~ 0G 1A = 1pt

5. #46 Jared Spurgeon ~ 0G 1A = 1pt

 

Top 3 PIM's:

1. #17 Marcus Foligno ~ 4 PIM's

2. #46 Jared Spurgeon ~ 4 PIM's

3. #38 Ryan Hartman ~ 2 PIM's

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #32 Filip Gustavsson (1-0)  1.30GAA  .962%

2. #29 Marc-Andre Fleury N/A

 

 

Vs.

 

 

Dallas Stars 

 

2.00 Goals For Per Game (10th in the NHL)

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

 

40.0% Power Play (6th in the NHL)

75.0% Penalty Kill (7th in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #21 Jason Robertson ~ 1G 0A = 1pt

2. #24 Roope Hintz ~ 1G 0A = 1pt

3. #4 Miro Heiskanen ~ 0G 1A = 1pt

4. #14 Jamie Benn ~ 0G 1A = 1pt

5. #16 Joe Pavelski ~ 0G 1A = 1pt

 

Top 3 PIM's:

1. #18 Max Domi ~ 12 PIM's

2. #53 Wyatt Johnston ~ 2 PIM's

3. #21 Jason Robertson ~ 2 PIM's

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #29 Jake Oettinger (0-1)  1.95GAA  .938%

2. #41 Scott Wedgewood N/A

 

Lines:

 

Dallas Stars

 

Robertson~Hintz~Pavelski?

Ja. Benn~Johnston~Dadonov

Marchment~Domi~Seguin

Faksa~Glendening~Dellandrea

 

R. Suter~Heiskanen

Lindell~Hakanpaa

Harley~C. Miller

 

Oettinger

Wedgewood

 

Minnesota Wild

 

Kaprizov~Hartman~Zuccarello

M. Johansson~F. Gaudreau~Boldy

M. Foligno~Steel~Nyquist

Duhaime~Dewar~Reaves

 

Middleton~Spurgeon

Brodin~Dumba

Merrill?~Faber

 

Gustavsson

Fleury

[Icechipper]

Sammy Walker recalled. Who is hurt? 

[Alexandron]

Dallas is going to be very motivated to win this game. Hard to say who is hurt for us. From my understanding Walker recalled for insurance.

[Alexandron]

Interesting who will be in the net for us? 

[TropicalFruitGirl26]

1 hour ago, Alexandron said:

Interesting who will be in the net for us? 

 

Am watching NHL Network...they are saying Wild are staying with Filip Gustavsson.
A no-brainer really...no reason to switch goalies.

[TropicalFruitGirl26]

Bruce Boudreau had some great commentary on the Wild-Stars series.

He was saying while he is sure the Wild hope Pavelski is ok, Minnesota is NOT going to feel sorry for Dallas, and should be even MORE physical in Game 2.
He also went on to say he can see a guy like Marcus Foligno encouraging the team to lay out even more bodies tonight....legally of course!

Boudreau would know. He coached many of these guys directly....he knows what they are capable of.

[Math]

On the Stars side, the goal will be to stick to the plan and not fall again in the trap of the physical battle and respond to it. If they do, they will lose. I understand Boudreau's point, they are on the road, the Wild will try to get another win by using that aspect of the game but can you really do it for at least 60 minutes while game #1 ended in second OT? I doubt it. In game #1, the Stars took advantage of the game from the third period and the Wild were out of gas from that point. After that it was the usual playoffs OT, the puck is round, so are the posts, and there are bounces and stuff... Could have gone either way.

 

I'm expecting the Stars to come out very strong in order to take the lead as quickly as possible, forcing the Wild to change its strategy consisting of clogging the neutral at the blue line with 2 or 3 players while applying a strong forecheck coupled with a quick backcheck around Gustavsson if the Stars manage to go through the fence from the wings.

 

For sure, it's gonna be interesting and that's all what I hope: a good play-off hockey game.

[ClusterChuck]

15 minutes ago, TropicalFruitGirl26 said:

Bruce Boudreau had some great commentary on the Wild-Stars series.

He was saying while he is sure the Wild hope Pavelski is ok, Minnesota is NOT going to feel sorry for Dallas, and should be even MORE physical in Game 2.
He also went on to say he can see a guy like Marcus Foligno encouraging the team to lay out even more bodies tonight....legally of course!

Boudreau would know. He coached many of these guys directly....he knows what they are capable of.

If Dallas was smart... I figure they would avoid the shenanigans of payback and aim for scoring. We keep hitting them clean and disrupting them will be obviously in our favor.
Usually when a home team loses GM1, They tend to rebound in a big way. Hopefully we can stop that from happening and make them come back to a rainy midwest and cold temps. 

I'm going to miss probably the 1st 1/2 of the game so hopefully when  I get back we'll have a lead and then finish in regulation.
Wild win 4-2 with an ENG

[TropicalFruitGirl26]

1 minute ago, Math said:

On the Stars side, the goal will be to stick to the plan and not fall again in the trap of the physical battle and respond to it. If they do, they will lose. I understand Boudreau's point, they are on the road, the Wild will try to get another win by using that aspect of the game but can you really do it for at least 60 minutes while game #1 ended in second OT? I doubt it. In game #1, the Stars took advantage of the game from the third period and the Wild were out of gas from that point. After that it was the usual playoffs OT, the puck is round, so are the posts, and there are bounces and stuff... Could have gone either way.

 

I'm expecting the Stars to come out very strong in order to take the lead as quickly as possible, forcing the Wild to change its strategy consisting of clogging the neutral at the blue line with 2 or 3 players while applying a strong forecheck coupled with a quick backcheck around Gustavsson if the Stars manage to go through the fence from the wings.

 

For sure, it's gonna be interesting and that's all what I hope: a good play-off hockey game.

 

No one has really brought up the 'Fatigue Factor' yet....good point you bring up.

Both teams obviously played the same amount of periods....but will the burly Wild be more gassed where Dallas can take advantage and use more speed, technique, and stamina to pull this one out?
If the Wild really are gonna be more physical, that will require lots of energy, as you pointed out...can they do that again for at least another 60?

Conditioning between the teams may turn out to be a deciding factor...

[Jimtown guy]

Read on another site that Fleury is in and Hartman is out 

[TropicalFruitGirl26]

3 minutes ago, Jimtown guy said:

Read on another site that Fleury is in and Hartman is out 

 

 

 

Hmmm...dailyfaceoff seems to agree...Fleury IS in.
I don't know about this move....

Maybe Minnesota planned on Rolosoning and Fernandezing the two goalies all along, but when Gus has been in the zone like he has, why replace him??

 

Edited April 20, 2023 by TropicalFruitGirl26

[Icechipper]

Sundquist in for somebody

[Jimtown guy]

7 minutes ago, TropicalFruitGirl26 said:

 

 

 

Hmmm...dailyfaceoff seems to agree...Fleury IS in.
I don't know about this move....

Maybe Minnesota planned on Rolosoning and Fernandezing the two goalies all along, but when Gus has been in the zone like he has, why replace him??

 

Just don’t get it 

[Jimtown guy]

Just now, Icechipper said:

Sundquist in for somebody

Hartman 

[wildstars95]

the wild have not started a series 2-0 that would be cool if they did .. 3-2 wild tonight

[Jimtown guy]

Damnit 

[wildstars95]

the wild have not started a series 2-0 that would be cool if they did .. 3-2 wild tonight

[wildstars95]

[TropicalFruitGirl26]

Fleury being scored on short handed is EXACTLY the kind of thing that will bring out the ire in the fans that wanted to see Gus stay in! 

[TropicalFruitGirl26]

Wild losing a bit of composure early on...starting that all too familiar parade to the box that more often than not, gets them in very deep, hot water.

[EmptyShelf]

I am perplexed at the decisions.....just like last year.  Clearly, BG supports them, so not even sure who makes the decisions.

[EmptyShelf]

Need to shut this PP down.  No idea how you call a double minor there..WTF!?!

[Jimtown guy]

Big trouble now 

[TropicalFruitGirl26]

1 minute ago, EmptyShelf said:

I am perplexed at the decisions.....just like last year.  Clearly, BG supports them, so not even sure who makes the decisions.

 

According to the ESPN guys, it was an Evason decision.
Based on the fact that the head coach thought playing the double OT game could have left Gus fatigued to where he won't be as sharp for his next start out.
They also go on to say that Evason felt if MAF does lay an egg (something he is doing right now, as he just got scored on again), they could always bring back Gus fresh, at home, and without the stain of a Dallas comeback.

Not saying I agree with that, but that's the word.

[EmptyShelf]

Now down 2-0.  How long do you think it takes until someone takes a run at Roxanne Suitless?