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Wild vs. Stars Game Preview

 

Minnesota Wild (33-29-8)  74pts  5th in the Central

2.71 Goals For Per Game (25th in the NHL)

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

 

19.7% Power Play (16th in the NHL)

80.2% Penalty Kill (19th in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #11 Zach Parise ~ 24G 31A = 55pts

2. #12 Eric Staal ~ 19G 28A = 47pts

3. #20 Ryan Suter ~ 7G 37A = 44pts

4. #46 Jared Spurgeon ~ 12G 27A = 39pts

5. #16 Jason Zucker ~ 20G 17A = 37pts

 

Top 3 PIM’s:

1. #36 Nick Seeler ~ 53 PIM’s

2. #17 Marcus Foligno ~ 49 PIM’s

3. #29 Greg Pateryn ~ 37 PIM’s

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #40 Devan Dubnyk (27-23-6)  2.60GAA  .911%SP  2SO

2. #32 Alex Stalock (6-6-2)  3.05GAA  .895%SP

 

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Dallas Stars (36-28-5)  75pts  4th in the Central

2.52 Goals For Per Game (29th in the NHL)

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

 

19.8% Power Play (15th in the NHL)

82.7% Penalty Kill (5th in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #91 Tyler Seguin ~ 27G 36A = 63pts

2. #47 Alexander Radulov ~ 21G 34A = 55pts

3. #14 Jamie Benn ~ 25G 21A = 46pts

4. #3 John Klingberg ~ 9G 27A = 36pts

5. #23 Esa Lindell ~ 9G 20A = 29pts

 

Top 3 PIM’s:

1. #45 Roman Polak ~ 65 PIM’s

2. #25 Brett Ritchie ~ 55 PIM’s

3. #14 Jamie Benn ~ 52 PIM’s

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #30 Ben Bishop (23-14-2)  2.08GAA  .932%SO  6SO

2. #35 Anton Khudobin (13-14-3)  2.57GAA  .924%SP  2SO

 

I wrote up the game preview, MNSOTA will be on the post-gamer.  This is a 'must win' game for the Wild.  4-point swing potential and with Arizona playing really well right now the Wild can't afford to stumble any more if it really does want to make the playoffs.  The Stars don't have a ton of offense, but its concentrated in a few players.  The good thing for them is they defend as well as anyone in the league and Bishop is having a Vezina-like season.  Enjoy and discuss...

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Thankfully i had just finished a healthy gulp of coffee right before reading this..." Pontus Aberg wanders around the ice like a tourist in the Mall of America and Victor Rask looks about as lost as a 75-year old person on a smartphone."

😄

I agree about just getting this season over with. It'll be the 1st time I'm ok with not being in the PO's if it happens.

Had a bit of a resurgence about their game with all the speedy play after the deadline but it seems that has cooled down now.

 

Odd as it sounds, 3rd place is not out of reach and would at least make a 1st round interesting.

That's all I ask, Make the last 13 games interesting.

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Wow, so the Wild may want to change their promotion before games...  to paraphrase... "the magic of our home ice comes from your water..."

 

Welp, it hasn't been working to this point.

 

I bet @rottenrefs feels justified now!    

 

Time to prove it.

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Just now, MNSOTA said:

And of course we're facing a goaltender who will most likely break the Stars franchise record for shutout minutes, currently held by Belfour.

Eddie the Eagle. Former Fighting Sioux 

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Lookie there.....we have ONE shot on goal and we're more than halfway through the first period. And again, we're the ones that look tired. How is this possible, when we haven't played since MONDAY?

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