Minnesota Wild vs St. Louis Blues, Saunday 2-23-20, 6;30pm, Xcel Energy Center

[MNSOTA]

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Minnesota Wild (29-24-7)  65pts  6th in the Central

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

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

21.5% Power Play (11th in the NHL)

75.4% Penalty Kill (28th in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #12 Eric Staal ~ 17G 25A = 42pts

2. #20 Ryan Suter ~ 7G 34A = 41pts

3. #22 Kevin Fiala ~ 16G 24A = 40pts

4. #11 Zach Parise ~ 21G 16A = 37pts

5. #36 Mats Zuccarello ~ 14G 19A = 33pts

 

Top 3 PIM's:

1. #38 Ryan Hartman ~ 60 PIM's

2. #19 Luke Kunin ~ 55 PIM's

3. #18 Jordan Greenway ~ 43 PIM's

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #40 Devan Dubnyk (11-14-2)  3.31GAA  .893%SP  1SO

2. #32 Alex Stalock (15-9-4)  2.69GAA  .908%SP  3SO

 

Vs.

 

St. Louis Blues (35-17-10)  80pts  1st in the Central

3.15 Goals For Per Game (15th in the NHL)

2.74 Goals Against Per Game (8th in the NHL)

23.8% Power Play (4th in the NHL)

80.2% Penalty Kill (16th in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #57 David Perron ~ 24G 33A = 57pts

2. #90 Ryan O'Reilly ~ 11G 43A = 54pts

3. #10 Brayden Schenn ~ 20G 28A = 48pts

4. #17 Jaden Schwartz ~ 20G 28A = 48pts

5. #18 Robert Thomas ~ 9G 27A = 36pts

 

Top 3 PIM's:

1. #57 David Perron ~ 52 PIM's

2. #10 Brayden Schenn ~ 44 PIM's

3. #72 Justin Faulk ~ 30 PIM's

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #50 Jordan Binnington (26-11-7)  2.60GAA  .911%SP  3SO

2. #34 Jake Allen (9-6-3)  2.29GAA  .923%SP  1SO

[lynxrattle]

No Soucy for a month... Well. It's a chance for Belbedio. And Mayhew playing as well. Interesting to see. Hope they use their chances to get into the limelight.

[CreaseAndAssist]

I don't think either Mayhew or Belpedio will play today since this would be their 3rd game in 3 days.  But fair possibility we might see them on Tuesday against Columbus.  

[lynxrattle]

Oh damn. Well better luck next game.

[MNSOTA]

Ugh....Pietrangelo will be playing.

[IllaZilla]

So...if they lose this game do we see a fire sale on Monday?

[CreaseAndAssist]

I updated the roster on Theresa's game day post, as well as the lines and stats.  

[Hockey-78]

12 minutes ago, IllaZilla said:

So...if they lose this game do we see a fire sale on Monday?

Hopefully this is Dubnyk's last start in the Wild jersey. Is there a playoff team in need for an experienced back-up goalie? The Canes maybe?

[MNSOTA]

6 hours ago, Hockey-78 said:

Hopefully this is Dubnyk's last start in the Wild jersey. Is there a playoff team in need for an experienced back-up goalie? The Canes maybe?

Well Carolina just  had to re-call both of their minor league goaltenders...

[MNSOTA]

Why the effin' hell is Klyde back on the top line?!?!?!

 

The fact that he refused to waive his no-trade, I'd be sticking him in the press box.

Edited February 24, 2020 by MNSOTA

[bbgarnett]

1 hour ago, MNSOTA said:

Well Carolina just  had to re-call both of their minor league goaltenders...

 

yeah I was thinking that too but I think they'd probably sign a guy like Scott Darling who was just bought out by FLA. But it also sounds like they might be in serious discussion with Chicago so maybe Lehner and or Gustafsson

Edited February 24, 2020 by bbgarnett

[bbgarnett]

WTF was that Pateryn 

[MNSOTA]

18 minutes ago, bbgarnett said:

 

yeah I was thinking that too but I think they'd probably sign a guy like Scott Darling who was just bought out by FLA. But it also sounds like they might be in serious discussion with Chicago so maybe Lehner and or Gustafsson

 

Yeah, it was wishful thinking on my part, thinking of ways to offload Dubnyk on someone else.

[MNSOTA]

Well that was fun.

[bbgarnett]

Come on Dubnyk got to control those

Edited February 24, 2020 by bbgarnett

[wildstars95]

pull that piece of crap

[wildstars95]

binnington in net

[bbgarnett]

@wildstars95 are shots are more like Lawn darts LOL

[wildstars95]

ya i noticed that 

[MNSOTA]

Oh boy.....Justin Morneau and Joe Mauer announced our opponent for the Winter Classic. And it's the Blues.

[IllaZilla]

5 minutes ago, MNSOTA said:

Oh boy.....Justin Morneau and Joe Mauer announced our opponent for the Winter Classic. And it's the Blues.

Probably the worst kept secret in the NHL...

[MNSOTA]

FOLIGNO!!!!

[bbgarnett]

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

 

[Antti_Laxative]

27 minutes ago, MNSOTA said:

Oh boy.....Justin Morneau and Joe Mauer announced our opponent for the Winter Classic. And it's the Blues.

Yawn. Being that the Wilds have no rivals or star players they chose the defending cup champs. I'll be selling tickets out front then heading to the bars for NCAA football

[EmptyShelf]

I have a solution to our Wild problems.  What are yours?

 

Can we just take a team building trip this summer up to Yellowknife and somehow ‘lose’ 11 and 20 in the woods?  That would solve our problem with the cancerous players and contracts, as they haven’t technically been cut or traded, just lost to the native wildlife.  Then, we could institute a minimum flexibility and speed standard for all forwards to earn a contract - that should take care of any potential interest in re-signing the Klydesdale. Just dump Dubnyk at deadline for a bench blade sharpener or some numbers for ‘chuck a puck’ at some mini mite tournament.  Problems solved, more cap room.  Sign Kaprisov, make a smart draft pick, bring up Khovanov or other young forwards and move forward.