CreaseAndAssist Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 Wild vs. Avalanche Game Preview Minnesota Wild (8-11-2) 18pts 7th in the Central 2.71 Goals For Per Game (24th in the NHL) 3.33 Goals Against Per Game (23rd in the NHL) 17.4% Power Play (19th in the NHL) 84.4% Penalty Kill (7th in the NHL) Top 5 Scorers: 1. #12 Eric Staal ~ 6G 9A = 15pts 2. #16 Jason Zucker ~ 6G 8A = 14pts 3. #11 Zach Parise ~ 8G 3A = 11pts 4. #77 Brad Hunt ~ 5G 5A = 10pts 5. #46 Jared Spurgeon ~ 2G 8A = 10pts Top 3 PIM’s: 1. #38 Ryan Hartman ~ 33 PIM’s 2. #12 Eric Staal ~ 20 PIM’s 3. #19 Luke Kunin ~ 19 PIM’s Top Goaltenders: 1. #40 Devan Dubnyk (4-8-2) 3.35GAA .893%SP 2. #32 Alex Stalock (4-3-0) 2.63GAA .911%SP 1SO Vs. Colorado Avalanche (13-6-2) 28pts 2nd in the Central 3.62 Goals For Per Game (3rd in the NHL) 2.90 Goals Against Per Game (8th in the NHL) 18.6% Power Play (17th in the NHL) 78.4% Penalty Kill (20th in the NHL) Top 5 Scorers: 1. #29 Nathan MacKinnon ~ 13G 18A = 31pts 2. #8 Cale Makar ~ 5G 18A = 23pts 3. #95 Andre Burakovsky ~ 10G 8A = 18pts 4. #72 Joonas Donskoi ~ 9G 6A = 15pts 5. #91 Nazem Kadri ~ 7G 8A = 15pts Top 3 PIM’s: 1. #16 Nikita Zadorov ~ 39 PIM’s 2. #91 Nazem Kadri ~ 32 PIM’s 3. #28 Ian Cole ~ 20 PIM’s Top Goaltenders: 1. #31 Philipp Grubauer (7-3-2) 2.73GAA .917%SP 2. #39 Pavel Francouz (4-2-0) 2.82GAA .915%SP MNSOTA wrote up the game preview. I'm on the post-gamer. Stalock will most likely be the starter tonight as Dubnyk is out attending a personal matter. The Avalanche are dealing with a bunch of injuries, but they still have a lot of firepower on the roster. It will be interesting to see if the Wild can follow up one of their better games of the season with this one against a rival at home. Enjoy and discuss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynxrattle Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 A very interesting test coming along. Even with some injuries the Avs can totally crush the Wild we saw at the start of this season. Do we see the team not capable of competing, or the team that has played better recently? I expect a loss here. Let's hope they prove me wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 Apparently Dumba's a game time decision...maybe he ate some "bad chicken"... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockey-78 Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 (edited) Dumba out means more minutes to Hunt which is something the Wild fans should appreciate. By far the best quality-price-ratio of any Wild player at the moment. Edited November 21, 2019 by Hockey-78 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreaseAndAssist Posted November 21, 2019 Author Share Posted November 21, 2019 1 hour ago, Hockey-78 said: Dumba out means more minutes to Hunt which is something the Wild fans should appreciate. By far the best quality-price-ratio of any Wild player at the moment. I would agree with this. Hunt has been great, and better that I expected in his own end so far (knock on wood). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockey-78 Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 1 minute ago, CreaseAndAssist said: I would agree with this. Hunt has been great, and better that I expected in his own end so far (knock on wood). Yeah, you holding breath 'till he exposes his inability to defend against the big forwards? It doesn't have to be like that. He might be a genuine late bloomer, and there have been other d-men of his size not having trouble playing big minutes (Boyle, Rafalski, Timonen) and his skating is way above average. I'd load him with big minutes, 20+, to see what he's made of. Could he fill a spot in the top2 pairings and replace one of the current d-men? Wouldn't you just love to include Suter in any of those trades suggestions people keep throwing in here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreaseAndAssist Posted November 21, 2019 Author Share Posted November 21, 2019 I've never had an issue with Brad Hunt. Heck, I wanted the Wild to sign him after he was a tryout out at prospect camp years ago. I also wanted them to sign Matt Read out of that same prospect camp, but they did...just many years later. The Wild have done a number of things I wanted...just later than I had hoped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNSOTA Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Well, we're without TV tonight. Game not on FS-WI tonight or on Saturday......and we're not allowed to watch the Altitude broadcast on Center Ice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Just now, MNSOTA said: Well, we're without TV tonight. Game not on FS-WI tonight or on Saturday......and we're not allowed to watch the Altitude broadcast on Center Ice. That’s just dumb. You’re paying to watch NHL games. Should be able to watch any game you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Dumbas on the ice... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Kind of back and forth game. Wild doing a good job of smothering the Avs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 9 minutes ago, IllaZilla said: Dumbas on the ice... Was about to post about this. Glad to see that. Team, such as it is, certainly stands a better chance at a W with him in the lineup than not in the lineup. Go Wild! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Zucker with the breakaway...swing and a miss... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 1 minute ago, TropicalFruitGirl26 said: Was about to post about this. Glad to see that. Team, such as it is, certainly stands a better chance at a W with him in the lineup than not in the lineup. Go Wild! Kind of wonder what caused him to get pulled in the third... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Just now, IllaZilla said: Zucker with the breakaway...swing and a miss... He also had the blocked shot that led to that chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Another breakaway and nada... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 PP time...let's go boys... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 We’ll let see if the powerless play can do something... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 They’re wasting too much time passing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Careless centering feed by Hartman just after the PP. Fortunately, he and his linemates worked their tails off to not let that turnover go in the Avs favor... they managed to recoup the puck and keep it in the Colorado zone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Avs looking like geniuses trading Tyson Barrie to Toronto for Kadri and giving Cale Makar the minutes Barrie would have occupied. That rookie is looking pretty damned awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Oh my.....Parise... He got Grubauered…. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 (edited) Man....Avs coughing up ALL KINDS of chances, Wild can't bury any of them! Edited November 22, 2019 by TropicalFruitGirl26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNSOTA Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Any of you know of a VPN provider that has servers based in Minnesota? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 This just smacks of the Wild throwing the kitchen sink at the Avs and then the Avs coming down and scoring on the next shot... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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