Minnesota Wild @ Colorado Avalanche, Wednesday 2-24-21, 8:00pm, Ball Center

[MNSOTA]

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Minnesota Wild (9-6-0)  18pts  6th in Honda West

2.93 Goals For Per Game (18th in the NHL)

2.53 Goals Against Per Game (6th in the NHL)

9.1% Power Play (29th in the NHL)

87.3% Penalty Kill (3rd in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #97 Kirill Kaprizov ~ 4G 9A = 13pts

2. #18 Jordan Greenway ~ 2G 9A = 11pts

3. #14 Joel Eriksson Ek ~ 6G 4A = 10pts

4. #22 Kevin Fiala ~ 6G 1A = 7pts

5. #49 Victor Rask ~ 5G 2A = 7pts

 

Top 3 PIM's:

1. #22 Kevin Fiala ~ 27 PIM's

2. #18 Jordan Greenway ~ 22 PIM's

3. #17 Marcus Foligno ~ 16 PIM's

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #34 Kaapo Kahkonen (6-4-0)  2.41GAA  .915%SP

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

 

Vs.

 

Colorado Avalanche (9-5-1)  19pts  3rd in Honda West

2.93 Goals For Per Game (19th in the NHL)

2.13 Goals Against Per Game (2nd in the NHL)

23% Power Play (13th in the NHL)

88.2% Penalty Kill (1st in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #29 Nathan MacKinnon ~ 4G 14A = 18pts

2. #96 Mikko Rantanen ~ 7G 6A = 13pts

3. #8 Cale Makar ~ 1G 11A = 12pts

4. #20 Brandon Saad ~ 6G 4A = 10pts

5. #72 Joonas Donskoi ~ 5G 5A = 10pts

 

Top 3 PIM's:

1. #27 Ryan Graves ~ 18 PIM's

2. #37 J.T. Compher ~ 15 PIM's

3. #91 Nazem Kadri ~ 10 PIM's

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #31 Philipp Grubauer (9-4-0)  1.78GAA  .932%SP  2SO

2. #30 Adam Werner N/A

 

[lynxrattle]

This is going to be one interesting game! We'll know a lot more about our team after this one.

[ClusterChuck]

Quite the pace so far. 

[EmptyShelf]

Tic Tac Toe.....

[bbgarnett]

Zucchni!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[EmptyShelf]

The Kap/Zucc/Rask line is smoking hot

[EmptyShelf]

And, they weren't even out on the PP.  Not sure how Evason came up with that PP2 line without these guys.  I know they had a shift before the penalty, but WTF?  I get Hartman and Lou Ferigno, but how much longer are they going to ride the old nag Parise??

[ClusterChuck]

2 minutes ago, EmptyShelf said:

And, they weren't even out on the PP.  Not sure how Evason came up with that PP2 line without these guys.  I know they had a shift before the penalty, but WTF?  I get Hartman and Lou Ferigno, but how much longer are they going to ride the old nag Parise??

...about 4 more years. 

[Icechipper]

Streaming Colorado feed. Pumping tires on the Zuccarello Rask Kiprisov trio.

[EmptyShelf]

Hartman is a tremendous passer.  It has been very visible for the last 5 games.

[bbgarnett]

great save

[EmptyShelf]

Rask should have just scored again.  That was a wide open look from KK.  I will jam on the breaks when they cool off.  But for now, they look like they have chance every other shift.

[EmptyShelf]

10 minutes ago, ClusterChuck said:

...about 4 more years. 

The brilliance of the Wild Upper Mgmt.  Sign two guys to a what amounts to a 'lifetime contract' with the Wild, with no ability to move them unless at their leisure and direction.   SMH

[ClusterChuck]

Solid first 
No one could've predicted a Kaprizov-Rask-Zuc line. 

[ClusterChuck]

4 minutes ago, EmptyShelf said:

The brilliance of the Wild Upper Mgmt.  Sign two guys to a what amounts to a 'lifetime contract' with the Wild, with no ability to move them unless at their leisure and direction.   SMH

I'd be good with anytime switching them to some coaching role, Even having to keep the salaries, Just to get them off the ice.

[EmptyShelf]

4 minutes ago, ClusterChuck said:

Solid first 
No one could've predicted a Kaprizov-Rask-Zuc line. 

"Bring out your DEAD," is how I felt about Rask and Zuc until the lines were changed.  

[EmptyShelf]

2 minutes ago, ClusterChuck said:

I'd be good with anytime switching them to some coaching role, Even having to keep the salaries, Just to get them off the ice.

It won't be long until Suter is 4th TOI of the D.  Brodin, Spurgeon, and Dumba are now within a minute or less of Suits in playing time.  I have noticed that all 3 are now moving ahead of him on PP1, as well.  It's about time.  Parise has also watched his TOI start to plummet.  Don't we need an experienced Towel Man or Energy Preservation Assistant in the locker room?  Just don't let them anywhere near the ice or PP

[Icechipper]

Colorado feed Marc Moser on the call with analyst Peter McNabb, who played collegiately at University of Denver.

[bbgarnett]

great start to the period 

[EmptyShelf]

With that PP line-up it is hard to believe they are 0-17.  I am  not feeling good about this penalty

[EmptyShelf]

when Talbot comes back 100%, what would you do in goal?  Kak looks really solid and locked in  

[ClusterChuck]

Enough visiting the penaly box. 

[bbgarnett]

damn great shot though

[Alexandron]

Burakowsky is always playing speedy and sharp. We must to control him better.

[bbgarnett]

damn Makar