Minnesota Wild vs Winnipeg Jets, Saturday 1-4-20, 1:00pm, Xcel Energy Center

[MNSOTA]

Sorry for the delay. I don't have the preview itself written yet. Today is the first day of my new schedule, and the fact that I have Saturdays off, I took advantage of that fact. Will post link later.

 

Minnesota Wild (19-17-5)  43pts  5th in the Central

3.05 Goals For Per Game (17th in the NHL)

3.32 Goals Against Per Game (25th in the NHL)

17.8% Power Play (21st in the NHL)

77.7% Penalty Kill (24th in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #12 Eric Staal ~ 15G 17A = 32pts

2. #20 Ryan Suter ~ 6G 21A = 27pts

3. #11 Zach Parise ~ 14G 10A = 24pts

4. #22 Kevin Fiala ~ 8G 16A = 24pts

5. #36 Mats Zuccarello ~ 10G 13A = 23pts

 

Top 3 PIM's:

1. #38 Ryan Hartman ~ 50 PIM's

2. #24 Matt Dumba ~ 33 PIM's

3. #19 Luke Kunin ~ 28 PIM's

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #40 Devan Dubnyk (7-10-2)  3.23GAA  .898%SP  1SO

2. #32 Alex Stalock (9-6-2)  3.02GAA  .901%SP  1SO

 

Vs.

 

Winnipeg Jets (22-16-3)  47pts  4th in the Central

3.07 Goals For Per Game (16th in the NHL)

3.05 Goals Against Per Game (15th in the NHL)

19.7% Power Play (16th in the NHL)

71.5% Penalty Kill (31st in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #55 Mark Scheifele ~ 19G 27A = 46pts

2. #81 Kyle Connor ~ 21G 19A = 40pts

3. #29 Patrik Laine ~ 15G 25A = 40pts

4. #26 Blake Wheeler ~ 13G 21A = 34pts

5. #27 Nikolaj Ehlers ~ 16G 16A = 32pts

 

Top 3 PIM's:

1. #55 Mark Scheifele ~ 32 PIM's

2. #81 Kyle Connor ~ 30 PIM's

3. #2 Anthony Bitetto ~ 21 PIM's

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #37 Connor Hellebuyck (18-12-3)  2.70GAA  .919%SP  3SO

2. #30 Laurent Brossoit (4-4-0)  3.50GAA  .889%SP

[MNSOTA]

And here's your preview: https://wp.me/p9DWHB-4f8m

[Hockey-78]

6-0 the last time they met - can't go worse this time.

 

Actually it can.

[EmptyShelf]

2 hours ago, MNSOTA said:

Sorry for the delay. I don't have the preview itself written yet. Today is the first day of my new schedule, and the fact that I have Saturdays off, I took advantage of that fact. Will post link later.

 

Minnesota Wild (19-17-5)  43pts  5th in the Central

3.05 Goals For Per Game (17th in the NHL)

3.32 Goals Against Per Game (25th in the NHL)

17.8% Power Play (21st in the NHL)

77.7% Penalty Kill (24th in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #12 Eric Staal ~ 15G 17A = 32pts

2. #20 Ryan Suter ~ 6G 21A = 27pts

3. #11 Zach Parise ~ 14G 10A = 24pts

4. #22 Kevin Fiala ~ 8G 16A = 24pts

5. #36 Mats Zuccarello ~ 10G 13A = 23pts

 

Top 3 PIM's:

1. #38 Ryan Hartman ~ 50 PIM's

2. #24 Matt Dumba ~ 33 PIM's

3. #19 Luke Kunin ~ 28 PIM's

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #40 Devan Dubnyk (7-10-2)  3.23GAA  .898%SP  1SO

2. #32 Alex Stalock (9-6-2)  3.02GAA  .901%SP  1SO

 

Vs.

 

Winnipeg Jets (22-16-3)  47pts  4th in the Central

3.07 Goals For Per Game (16th in the NHL)

3.05 Goals Against Per Game (15th in the NHL)

19.7% Power Play (16th in the NHL)

71.5% Penalty Kill (31st in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #55 Mark Scheifele ~ 19G 27A = 46pts

2. #81 Kyle Connor ~ 21G 19A = 40pts

3. #29 Patrik Laine ~ 15G 25A = 40pts

4. #26 Blake Wheeler ~ 13G 21A = 34pts

5. #27 Nikolaj Ehlers ~ 16G 16A = 32pts

 

Top 3 PIM's:

1. #55 Mark Scheifele ~ 32 PIM's

2. #81 Kyle Connor ~ 30 PIM's

3. #2 Anthony Bitetto ~ 21 PIM's

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #37 Connor Hellebuyck (18-12-3)  2.70GAA  .919%SP  3SO

2. #30 Laurent Brossoit (4-4-0)  3.50GAA  .889%SP

These stats for both teams alone expose a huge problem.  3 Jets over 40 points and 2 over 30 (with a mix of ages of players). The Wild with 1 over 30, none over 40, and these are all 33+ year old players aside from Fiala.  This is a bad look now; and for the next several years.  If I am GM Bill G., this is alarming, and would be my primary focus for year-end performance (inclusive of a full rebuild). We simply must enhance expectations for top lines scoring and get younger ASAP.  This is NOT news to anyone on the board, but stats don’t lie, and they are indicative of what is to come.  We are looking at a cliff dive into the abyss if Bill G does not address this ASAP.  Playoffs this year (should we somehow make them) will only preface years of circling the drain and in the lottery.  Not sure I would even be inclined to go all out for them before the trade deadline, I would just scout the he77 out of ways to get younger and more skilled and almost everyone would be available to do so.  

[wildstars95]

pull doob's now.......woops to soon 

[EmptyShelf]

Perhaps we should trade a young defensemen to Winnipeg for a young skilled forward?  Would certainly help us.  

[bbgarnett]

3 minutes ago, wildstars95 said:

pull doob's now.......woops to soon 

 

Nah never to soon for that

[Hockey-78]

Nice one Dumba, icing.

[bbgarnett]

Foligno Baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Edited January 4, 2020 by bbgarnett

[Hockey-78]

Wow.

 

[EmptyShelf]

Always like any lime Lou Ferrigno is on.  He is just a real hockey player. 

[EmptyShelf]

Old fossils out for the PP?  How about everyone under 26?

[bbgarnett]

yeah PP should be Kunin, EEK, Greenway, Foligno Dumba/Hunt

[Tomdog]

In the Toronto game the leafs pp had 4 guys below the face off circles. 

Wild usually have 3 above.

Don't they know scoring is easier close to the net?

[bbgarnett]

seriously don't ever pass it back to Ryan Suter

[EmptyShelf]

Just now, bbgarnett said:

yeah PP should be Kunin, EEK, Greenway, Foligno Dumba/Hunt

Any line combo that is not geriatric and full of AARP members in need of O2 after one rush.  How about we at least LOOK at some other line options that have some youth versus the same tired old crap we have seen for what seems like decades. 

[Hockey-78]

Some things improve as time goes by, Wild's PP... just exists.

[EmptyShelf]

2 minutes ago, Tomdog said:

In the Toronto game the leafs pp had 4 guys below the face off circles. 

Wild usually have 3 above.

Don't they know scoring is easier close to the net?

I am not sure they KNOW anything about what gives us the highest probability to score.  We would rather play catch along the boards and lob change-ups from the point with no one in front, because we ARE smarter than all the other teams. Just look at our results over the years in Stanley Cups

[MNSOTA]

Afternoon all.

 

Well one would think that the Wild's fortunes will shift....our dishwasher sacrificed itself and had to be replaced. Although, we've only ordered the new one and it hasn't been installed yet.

[EmptyShelf]

I am not sure I could not beat the Klyde down the ice, and I turned 50 last year and need a hip replacement. 

[MNSOTA]

Just now, EmptyShelf said:

I am not sure I could not beat the Klyde down the ice, and I turned 50 last year and need a hip replacement. 

 

I think my new Roomba could beat Klyde down the ice.

[EmptyShelf]

When are Greenway, Donato, EEK and Kunin going to turn the corner if they don’t get the playing time The Club gets (and Fiala now gets)?  I don’t know what fans really get their rocks off on watching some of these relics lumber up/down the ice.  I would rather see the youth.  

[EmptyShelf]

3 minutes ago, MNSOTA said:

 

I think my new Roomba could beat Klyde down the ice.

KLYDE would probably challenge your Roomba for melting the ice too

[EmptyShelf]

What rubes would feel good about themselves showing up in 11,9,and 20 jerseys?  These should be throwback and vintage jerseys at this point.  I would like to see a Kaprisov, Caulfield, or other jersey combo prevalent in the stands.  Just proves our fans are shills living in the past, supporting an unacceptable status quo.  

[bbgarnett]

1 minute ago, EmptyShelf said:

What rubes would feel good about themselves showing up in 11,9,and 20 jerseys?  These should be throwback and vintage jerseys at this point.  I would like to see a Kaprisov, Caulfield, or other jersey combo prevalent in the stands.  Just proves our fans are shills living in the past, supporting an unacceptable status quo.  

I'll wear my Gaborik Jersey also I'd love a Boldy Jersey.

Edited January 4, 2020 by bbgarnett