Minnesota Wild @ Los Angeles Kings, Tuesday 2-16-21, 9:00pm, Staples Center

[MNSOTA]

https://thesportsdaily.com/?p=1186288

 

Minnesota Wild (6-5-0)  12pts  7th in Honda West

2.73 Goals For Per Game (21st in the NHL)

2.73 Goals Against Per Game (12th in the NHL)

7.1% Power Play (31st in the NHL)

86.4% Penalty Kill (3rd in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #18 Jordan Greenway ~ 2G 8A = 10pts

2. #14 Joel Eriksson Ek ~ 5G 4A = 9pts

3. #97 Kirill Kaprizov ~ 3G 6A = 9pts

4. #25 Jonas Brodin ~ 2G 4A = 6pts

5. #20 Ryan Suter ~ 0G 6A = 6pts

 

Top 3 PIM's:

1. #22 Kevin Fiala ~ 23 PIM's

2. #18 Jordan Greenway ~ 16 PIM's

3. #21 Carson Soucy ~ 14 PIM's

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #33 Cam Talbot (3-2-0)  2.40GAA  .920%SP

2. #34 Kaapo Kahkonen (3-3-0)  2.86GAA  .903%SP

 

Vs.

 

Los Angeles Kings (4-6-3)  11pts  8th in Honda West

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

3.31 Goals Against Per Game (23rd in the NHL)

24.5% Power Play (12th in the NHL)

83.7% Penalty Kill (9th in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #11 Anze Kopitar ~ 4G 13A = 17pts

2. #23 Dustin Brown ~ 6G 6A = 12pts

3. #8 Drew Doughty ~ 3G 8A = 11pts

4. #9 Adrian Kempe ~ 4G 5A = 9pts

5. #19 Alex Iafallo ~ 3G 6A = 9pts

 

Top 3 PIM's:

1. #56 Kurtis MacDermid ~ 14 PIM's

2. #23 Dustin Brown ~ 10 PIM's

3. #9 Adrian Kempe ~ 8 PIM's

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #40 Cal Petersen (2-4-1)  2.49GAA  .926%SP

2. #32 Jonathan Quick (2-2-2)  4.05GAA  .867%SP

[Alexandron]

Late (9:00 p.m.), but it is going to be intriguing game tonight, because we are going to see some new faces in our roster. 

[lynxrattle]

What a pleasure to be able to watch some hockey again  It's just not much fun looking at other teams. I'm looking forward to seeing Addison. He looked wonderfully smooth in that one video clip I happened to see. I just hope they will let him be free enough, even if that would cause defensive lapses.

[Alexandron]

1 hour ago, lynxrattle said:

What a pleasure to be able to watch some hockey again  It's just not much fun looking at other teams. I'm looking forward to seeing Addison. He looked wonderfully smooth in that one video clip I happened to see. I just hope they will let him be free enough, even if that would cause defensive lapses.

Agree. Not fun looking for other teams at all. I just would like to see our team's stars shining at the hockey sky. Few days ago I watched a clip from Michael Russo twit how Kaprizov is practicing every day by himself. It seems he highly wants to play consistently a real professional hockey.

[lynxrattle]

7 minutes ago, Alexandron said:

Agree. Not fun looking for other teams at all. I just would like to see our team's stars shining at the hockey sky. Few days ago I watched a clip from Michael Russo twit how Kaprizov is practicing every day by himself. It seems he highly wants to play consistently a real professional hockey.

I just wish Kaprizov would have a pal practicing with him!

[Alexandron]

59 minutes ago, lynxrattle said:

I just wish Kaprizov would have a pal practicing with him!

It seems he does not have yet. Some day, I guess, one of them be a pal - maybe Sokolov; maybe Khovanov; maybe Gordeev; maybe Lodnia; maybe Nesterenko; maybe Firstov; maybe Guskov; maybe Khusnutdinov. Actually, Kaprizov has one, but is too far away - our other prospect Andrei Svetlakov (24 y.o.), who is playing for the best KHL team CSKA in Moscow, believe it or not for 6 seasons in a row already.  Kirill played with him there for 3 seasons.

[Icechipper]

Parise-Ek-Fiala

Greenway-Johannson-Kiprisov

Foligno-Bjugstad-Hartman

Sturm-Bonino-Johnson

 

Suter Addison

Bartowski Dumba

Mermis Belpedio

 

Kahkonen

Hammond

[Alexandron]

7 hours ago, MNSOTA said:

https://thesportsdaily.com/?p=1186288

 

Minnesota Wild (6-5-0)  12pts  7th in Honda West

2.73 Goals For Per Game (21st in the NHL)

2.73 Goals Against Per Game (12th in the NHL)

7.1% Power Play (31st in the NHL)

86.4% Penalty Kill (3rd in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #18 Jordan Greenway ~ 2G 8A = 10pts

2. #14 Joel Eriksson Ek ~ 5G 4A = 9pts

3. #97 Kirill Kaprizov ~ 3G 6A = 9pts

4. #25 Jonas Brodin ~ 2G 4A = 6pts

5. #20 Ryan Suter ~ 0G 6A = 6pts

 

Top 3 PIM's:

1. #22 Kevin Fiala ~ 23 PIM's

2. #18 Jordan Greenway ~ 16 PIM's

3. #21 Carson Soucy ~ 14 PIM's

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #33 Cam Talbot (3-2-0)  2.40GAA  .920%SP

2. #34 Kaapo Kahkonen (3-3-0)  2.86GAA  .903%SP

 

Vs.

 

Los Angeles Kings (4-6-3)  11pts  8th in Honda West

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

3.31 Goals Against Per Game (23rd in the NHL)

24.5% Power Play (12th in the NHL)

83.7% Penalty Kill (9th in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #11 Anze Kopitar ~ 4G 13A = 17pts

2. #23 Dustin Brown ~ 6G 6A = 12pts

3. #8 Drew Doughty ~ 3G 8A = 11pts

4. #9 Adrian Kempe ~ 4G 5A = 9pts

5. #19 Alex Iafallo ~ 3G 6A = 9pts

 

Top 3 PIM's:

1. #56 Kurtis MacDermid ~ 14 PIM's

2. #23 Dustin Brown ~ 10 PIM's

3. #9 Adrian Kempe ~ 8 PIM's

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #40 Cal Petersen (2-4-1)  2.49GAA  .926%SP

2. #32 Jonathan Quick (2-2-2)  4.05GAA  .867%SP

MNSOTA, I like your suggestion - "just go with the flow". Hope, the team's flow will bring us to a win or at least some positive moments out of this game. Wish to see some nice goals from Fiala, Kaprizov, Parise,... and some nice assists or even goals from our debutant tonight defenseman Addison. Thanks for reminding  me of mumps outbreak for some team's players few years ago. We had that period too besides missing games for some players because of flu infection. Interesting fact, I was watching on TV few games of Dallas Stars team and Arizona team, and it seems they have fans watching games at ice arena, of course, with masks and distancing.  

[Jimtown guy]

[J0e Th0rnton]

I just got Kaprizov in two of my keep 5 leagues and already had Eriksson Ek. Hoping both perform well.

 

[ClusterChuck]

Well. Feels like it 
Hopefully the energy to be back playing will offset any rust.
Just happy to see our team play again and enjoy some Hockey.
Whoa...sorry, Didn't think it would go that big. 

 

Edited February 17, 2021 by ClusterChuck

[bbgarnett]

ugh why pair Addison with Suter.

[TropicalFruitGirl26]

Puck dropped, game ON!

Interested to see what Calen Addison can bring to the table.
Lighting up the WHL the last few seasons, and amazingly consistent.

Now, however, he is playing against the big boys.....and looks like he will be getting top pair time.

[TropicalFruitGirl26]

Good early zone time by the Wild.

I honestly believe Kirill Kaprisov is the ONLY Minnesota Wild player that can stickhandle in heavy traffic and still create opportunities.

[bbgarnett]

Kak was way to slow getting across there

[Icechipper]

When did Foligno start wearing the "A" on his sweater?

[Icechipper]

And the Return of the Lizard King

[TropicalFruitGirl26]

5 minutes ago, Icechipper said:

When did Foligno start wearing the "A" on his sweater?

 

Foligno never needed a stinkin letter on his sweater for guys in the locker room to know he is a leader.  
 

[Alexandron]

Nice save by Kahkonen.  So far LA is a little bit better than we are. Their 8 shots vs our 2 shots in 15 minutes of play.

[Alexandron]

24 minutes ago, bbgarnett said:

ugh why pair Addison with Suter.

Did you hear  what Suter said to him? -"I would not play with you until you will have a hair cut". And Addison said " I am a rookie. You see I even have now a small rookie mustache."

[Alexandron]

Nice block by Dumba.

[Alexandron]

A huge save by Kahkonen.

[Icechipper]

Suter might play 30 minutes tonight...

[TropicalFruitGirl26]

Sigh...Fiala.

He can see-eth and scoreth.... Or he can see-eth and wiff-eth....

He wiffed...

[bbgarnett]

2 minutes ago, Icechipper said:

Suter might play 30 minutes tonight...

yeah no thanks