CreaseAndAssist Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 Wild vs. Coyotes Game Preview Minnesota Wild (16-14-2) 37pts 6th in the Central 3.03 Goals For Per Game (14th in the NHL) 3.26 Goals Against Per Game (28th in the NHL) 18.1% Power Play (18th in the NHL) 78% Penalty Kill (23rd in the NHL) Top 5 Scorers: 1. #12 Eric Staal ~ 12G 15A = 27pts 2. #20 Ryan Suter ~ 3G 20A = 23pts 3. #11 Zach Parise ~ 14G 6A = 20pts 4. #22 Kevin Fiala ~ 8G 12A = 20pts 5. #36 Mats Zuccarello ~ 8G 11A = 19pts Top 3 PIM’s: 1. #38 Ryan Hartman ~ 44 PIM’s 2. #24 Matt Dumba ~ 31 PIM’s 3. #18 Jordan Greenway ~ 25 PIM’s Top Goaltenders: 1. #32 Alex Stalock (9-5-2) 2.81GAA .907%SP 1SO 2. #40 Devan Dubnyk (4-8-2) 3.35GAA .893%SP Vs. Arizona Coyotes (20-12-4) 44pts 1st in the Pacific 2.64 Goals For Per Game (24th in the NHL) 2.33 Goals Against Per Game (2nd in the NHL) 20.1% Power Play (13th in the NHL) 81.5% Penalty Kill (14th in the NHL) Top 5 Scorers: 1. #91 Taylor Hall ~ 6G 20A = 26pts 2. #9 Clayton Keller ~ 7G 17A = 24pts 3. #8 Nick Schmaltz ~ 6G 18A = 24pts 4. #18 Christian Dvorak ~ 8G 13A = 21pts 5. #34 Carl Soderberg ~ 10G 10A = 20pts Top 3 PIM’s: 1. #6 Jakob Chychrun ~ 28 PIM’s 2. #33 Alex Goligoski ~ 16 PIM’s 3. #67 Lawson Crouse ~ 15 PIM’s Top Goaltenders: 1. #35 Darcy Kuemper (15-7-2) 1.97GAA .935%SP 2SO 2. #32 Antti Raanta (5-5-2) 2.72GAA .919%SP 1SO MNSOTA wrote up the game preview, I will be on the post-gamer. No doubt Darcy Kuemper will be more than a little motivated to settle the score after what happened last time. In fact, I think this game might be more than a little chippy because of it, even with Mikko Koivu not being in the lineup. Enjoy and discuss... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confrontational Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 Will be interesting to see how critical Taylor Hall is with his new team... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynxrattle Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 Extra interest in this one. A double whammy of Kuemper's reaction and then the question of how is Hall going to work for the Yotes. I'm looking forward for an entertaining game! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antti_Laxative Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Confrontational said: Will be interesting to see how critical Taylor Hall is with his new team... I watched his lid-lifter with them and his hustle and hard work got them the game winner vs the Sharks - that one was all on him. Personally pissed that Bergevin dropped the ball on him. Had the space and apparently were in the hunt...but came up empty. Again. Edited December 19, 2019 by Antti_Laxative 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynxrattle Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 That does make one wonder why. It should not be difficult to get players for Montreal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miles Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 is there any place to see about the updated injuries. it feels like half the team is hurt right now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandron Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 53 minutes ago, Miles said: is there any place to see about the updated injuries. it feels like half the team is hurt right now Here is a weblink, sadly that is not updated on daily basis: https://www.nhl.com/wild/team/injury-report Zucker is injured too after a blocking a shot . BB said that it will take not days, but week/weeks to return him back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockey-78 Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 2 hours ago, Miles said: is there any place to see about the updated injuries. it feels like half the team is hurt right now Here you go, my pleasure: https://www.rotoworld.com/hockey/nhl/teams/min/minnesota-wild/injuries 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miles Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 13 minutes ago, Hockey-78 said: Here you go, my pleasure: https://www.rotoworld.com/hockey/nhl/teams/min/minnesota-wild/injuries its weird everyone is marked as day to day. isnt spurgeon out a couple of weeks, and pateryn is out for most of the season after the surgery. I thought there was a setback or something. i dont remember. my memory is mush anymore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockey-78 Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 6 minutes ago, Miles said: its weird everyone is marked as day to day. isnt spurgeon out a couple of weeks, and pateryn is out for most of the season after the surgery. I thought there was a setback or something. i dont remember. my memory is mush anymore I've used rotoworld as a source of information for a while and they update pretty quickly from various sources... But day-to-day, isn't that a default these days. This probably needs some comparative methodology which means check out some other team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandron Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 3 hours ago, Hockey-78 said: Here you go, my pleasure: https://www.rotoworld.com/hockey/nhl/teams/min/minnesota-wild/injuries Thanks Hockey-78. According to this list, Mason Shaw is still injured. Good news that he started recently to practice. He is a hard working player. Interesting, that they are best friends through their families with Carson Soucy who is making a nice progress in the big club. Menell reassigned to Iowa. I liked him a lot, who is also a hard working player. In 5 games with the big club he did not have points, but played defensively pretty well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildstars95 Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 wondering if we can score 2 goals tonight 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandron Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 Dubnyk's mistake cost us a goal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandron Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 0:1 after the 1st period. They outshot us too 16 vs ours 7 shots. But at least speeds are not bad for both teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildstars95 Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 last shot wins 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildstars95 Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 kemps going through shellshock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClusterChuck Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 Got back in time to see the last 15 minutes...Crazy. Way to go 4th line. Was going to say, There's our headcase Kuemper but sucks that he's injured now. Interesting to see Suter-Spurgeon back together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreaseAndAssist Posted December 20, 2019 Author Share Posted December 20, 2019 Wild Outlast Coyotes in Crazy 8-5 Victory Just your typical 13-goal game between the Wild and the Coyotes, right?!?! Insane. Neither goalie played well, but Kuemper just fell apart literally and figuratively. Just about any shot on him was a good one as this game could've been 10-5 or worse with all of the puck he let go by him. Ryan Hartman had a great game as did Marcus Foligno who was part wrecking ball and he had some great scoring chances too. Jared Spurgeon looked decent in his return. I liked how well Greenway continues to play, especially when he races back on the backcheck and uses his reach. Soucy and Brodin were again superb! Fun game for us, the coaches will hate it...I have a full game recap, prospect news, an Iowa Wild report and HS hockey rankings too! Enjoy! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandron Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 It was a crazy rally of Phoenix coyotes after the Wild bear, because as soon as they equalize the score, we were able to put a couple goals ahead until we placed an empty netter with a final score of 8:5. I think 4 out of 5 goals were on the Dubnyk's performance , but he also made some important saves. Kuemper should be replaced after 4 goals in his net to keep his overall stats at the better level and to avoid his injury happened in the last 2 minutes before the end of the game. Our lines were effective for this game the entire 60 minutes which run with good speed as for veterans as well as for the youngsters. I would also like to mention that all our goals from different angles were pretty nice and discouraging for the opposing team, their goaltender, as well as for the Coyotes fans. I especially liked the Donato's and Hartman's goals. After the last game, I began to think that our team is gaining more and more confidence if playing hard and smart within 60 minutes per game; all lines are capable in producing goals. Even I started to smell the contending Stanley Cup aroma , of course, if we will find the best goaltender for this such a difficult to get goal in a professional hockey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandron Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 According to Russo last time NHL team scored 8+ goals with no multi-goal scorers was exactly 2 years ago (on 12/19/17), when Toronto beat Carolina with a score 8:1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockey-78 Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 2 hours ago, Alexandron said: According to Russo last time NHL team scored 8+ goals with no multi-goal scorers was exactly 2 years ago (on 12/19/17), when Toronto beat Carolina with a score 8:1. When was the last time the Wild scored 8 goals? Kuemper is such a head case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandron Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 5 minutes ago, Hockey-78 said: When was the last time the Wild scored 8 goals? Kuemper is such a head case. Sincerely, I do not remember Hockey-78. Just fresh news again from Michael Russo - Darcy Kuemper suffered a lower body injury yesterday. He is listed as week to week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandron Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Hockey-78 said: When was the last time the Wild scored 8 goals? I also tried to look/google through the internet and was not able to find a game when the Wild placed 8 goals in one game during the Wild history. Is interesting also, that all 8 goals last night put 8 different goalscorers: Foligno; Staal; Zuccarello; Donato; Hunt; Hartman; Suter; Kunin. Edited December 20, 2019 by Alexandron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNSOTA Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 23 hours ago, wildstars95 said: wondering if we can score 2 goals tonight I think you got your wish....multiplied by 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Dog Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 THAT was one crazy game. Happy for Dubnyk. He clearly needed this win for himself and for the team... Watching this game though made me realize one thing: Christian Dvorak is an absolute future stud in this league, but he needs to stay healthy. And he and Hall can do wonders working together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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