Round 1, Game 4: Minnesota Wild vs Dallas Stars, Sunday 4-23-23, 5:30pm, Xcel Energy Center

[MNSOTA]

Minnesota Wild

 

3.67 Goals For Per Game (5th in the NHL)

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

 

23.1% Power Play (8th in the NHL)

61.5% Penalty Kill (15th in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #38 Ryan Hartman ~ 2G 2A = 4pts

2. #36 Mats Zuccarello ~ 2G 2A = 4pts

3. #28 Gustav Nyquist ~ 0G 4A = 4pts

4. #90 Marcus Johansson ~ 2G 0A = 2pts

5. #13 Sam Steel ~ 1G 1A = 2pts

 

Top 3 PIM's:

1. #17 Marcus Foligno ~ 16 PIM's

2. #75 Ryan Reaves ~ 14 PIM's

3. #97 Kirill Kaprizov ~ 12 PIM's

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #32 Filip Gustavsson (2-0)  1.18GAA  .961%

2. #29 Marc-Andre Fleury (0-1)  7.00GAA  .774%

 

 

Vs.

 

 

Dallas Stars 

 

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

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

 

38.5% Power Play (2nd in the NHL)

76.9% Penalty Kill (9th in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #24 Roope Hintz ~ 4G 1A = 5pts

2. #4 Miro Heiskanen ~ 0G 5A = 5pts

3. #21 Jason Robertson ~ 1G 2A = 3pts

4. #14 Jamie Benn ~ 1G 2A = 3pts

5. #63 Evgeni Dadonov ~ 2G 0A = 2pts

 

Top 3 PIM's:

1. #18 Max Domi ~ 24 PIM's

2. #14 Jamie Benn ~ 12 PIM's

3. #20 Ryan Suter ~ 10 PIM's

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #29 Jake Oettinger (1-2)  2.87GAA  .898%

2. #41 Scott Wedgewood  N/A

 

Lines:

 

Dallas Stars

 

Robertson~Hintz~Seguin

Ja. Benn~Johnston~Dadonov

Marchment~Domi~Dellandrea

Kiviranta~Faksa~Glendening

 

R. Suter~Heiskanen

Lindell~Hakanpaa

Harley~C. Miller

 

Oettinger

Wedgewood

 

Minnesota Wild 

 

Kaprizov~Hartman~Zuccarello

M. Johansson~Steel?~Boldy

M. Folgno~F. Gaudreau~Nyquist

Duhaime~Dewar~Reaves

 

Middleton~Spurgeon

Brodin~Dumba

Klingberg~Faber

 

Gustavsson

Fleury

[Tomdog]

I hope the Wild are ready for another game 2 attack. 
In game 2 Dallas attacked the Wild D deep in their zone, especially during line changes. 
Not sure if Dallas got lazy in game 3 or if the Wild changed something to counter, but Dallas did not seem to press the D the same in game 3. 
And lord I hope we don’t see Fleury in net. 

[ClusterChuck]

In 2015 we had a 2-1 series lead vs the Blues. Lost gm 4.
Not sure if we've ever been up 3-1, Let's see how that feels 
We have to have the same intensity as Gm 3.
I expect a really tight one tonight.

[Alexandron]

It should be a must win game in regulation mentality. 

[Alexandron]

Completely agree with Zuccarello interview. Doesn't matter for him who scores, more important for him team's win.

[wildstars95]

4 hours ago, ClusterChuck said:

In 2015 we had a 2-1 series lead vs the Blues. Lost gm 4.
Not sure if we've ever been up 3-1, Let's see how that feels 
We have to have the same intensity as Gm 3.
I expect a really tight one tonight.

[wildstars95]

"Great moments are born from great opportunity, and that's what you have here tonight, boys. That's what you've earned here tonight. One game; if we played them ten times, they might win nine. But not this game, not tonight.

3-2 wild tonight .....stay tuned 

[ClusterChuck]

39 minutes ago, wildstars95 said:

"Great moments are born from great opportunity, and that's what you have here tonight, boys. That's what you've earned here tonight. One game; if we played them ten times, they might win nine. But not this game, not tonight.

3-2 wild tonight .....stay tuned 

I went through an entire bag of Sun Chips last game. 

[ClusterChuck]

My Home feed is stuck alternating images of Audra and Walz.  Audio is fine...C'mon.

[ClusterChuck]

"Gus-Bus" is a cute tag but I felt he needed an upgrade.

[Jimtown guy]

Good time for the Wild to go up 3 games to one. It’s never happened in Wild history 

[bbgarnett]

Wow great chance 

[Jimtown guy]

Looks like Kap has an extra step so far 

[Jimtown guy]

Enough turnovers already 

[bbgarnett]

Thank you posts

[ClusterChuck]

4th line came to play. 

[Jimtown guy]

1 minute ago, ClusterChuck said:

4th line came to play. 

Hell of a shift 

[EmptyShelf]

1 hour ago, Jimtown guy said:

Looks like Kap has an extra step so far 

Yes, he does.  I think he is tired of the cheap $hit.  Maybe he feels that if he cranks up his wheels a touch, they won't be able to nick him up.  Great play on the one rush, and I wish Hartman would have made the pass on the other (I trust Kirill more shooting than anyone else).

[EmptyShelf]

1 hour ago, ClusterChuck said:

4th line came to play. 

They need to really play rough and aggressive and wear down the Stars - the clearly obvious job of Line 4, though not always executed.

[Jimtown guy]

Hmmm no Star wanted anything to do with Reaves as he stands in front of Oettinger

[wildstars95]

 Tough sledding out there ....

[Jimtown guy]

Getting killed in the faceoff circle again 

[Jimtown guy]

1 minute ago, Jimtown guy said:

Getting killed in the faceoff circle again 

Should elaborate that they are in the defensive zone 

[wildstars95]

passing up shots again ...pardon the pun 

[Jimtown guy]