Minnesota Wild vs Colorado Avalanche, Sunday 2-9-20, 6:30pm, Xcel Energy Center

[MNSOTA]

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Minnesota Wild (26-22-6)  58pts  6th in the Central

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

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

20.8% Power Play (11th in the NHL)

73.8% Penalty Kill (31st in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #12 Eric Staal ~ 17G 22A = 39pts

2. #20 Ryan Suter ~ 7G 31A = 38pts

3. #11 Zach Parise ~ 20G 13A = 33pts

4. #22 Kevin Fiala ~ 12G 21A = 33pts

5. #36 Mats Zuccarello ~ 14G 16A = 30pts

 

Top 3 PIM's:

1. #38 Ryan Hartman ~ 54 PIM's

2. #19 Luke Kunin ~ 50 PIM's

3. #18 Jordan Greenway ~ 41 PIM's

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #40 Devan Dubnyk (10-13-2)  3.34GAA  .892%SP  1SO

2. #32 Alex Stalock (13-8-3)  2.85GAA  .905%SP  2SO

 

Vs.

 

Colorado Avalanche (31-16-6)  68pts  2nd in the Central

3.66 Goals For Per Game (1st in the NHL)

2.85 Goals Against Per Game (10th in the NHL)

19.1% Power Play (21st in the NHL)

79.6% Penalty Kill (18th in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #29 Nathan MacKinnon ~ 31G 44A = 75pts

2. #8 Cale Makar ~ 12G 29A = 41pts

3. #95 Andre Burakovsky ~ 17G 23A = 40pts

4. #96 Mikko Rantanen ~ 17G 20A = 37pts

5. #91 Nazem Kadri ~ 19G 16A = 35pts

 

Top 3 PIM's:

1. #91 Nazem Kadri ~ 93 PIM's

2. #16 Nikita Zadorov ~ 53 PIM's

3. #27 Ryan Graves ~ 37 PIM's

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #31 Philip Grubauer (17-11-4)  2.72GAA  .912%SP  1SO

2. #39 Pavel Francouz (12-4-2)  2.45GAA  .924%SP

 

[Alexandron]

 

Nice comparison MNSOTA .

It is going to be a tough important game to fight for the points against a high scoring machine (1st in NHL on goals per game). Again, if we will be able to neutralize their tops scorers then we will be fine to dictate our game. Hope, the Wild team will play as a team on our home ice.

[CreaseAndAssist]

Soft Goals Undermine Wild in 3-2 Loss to Colorado

 

Overall, the Wild battled fairly well, but some veteran passengers and slugs are making it tough to really compete.  Koivu was played sparingly and can't do just about anything anymore.  Staal isn't much better so by the time we get to the 3rd period the team has two serviceable centers that they can use.  Fiala is great, but right now he's the only real threat the Wild have anymore.  I have a full game recap, an Iowa Wild report and prospect news too.  Check it out!  

[Confrontational]

Was definitely a gritty game - besides the loss - fun to watch...