Minnesota Wild vs Vegas Golden Knights, Wednesday 3-10-21, 7:00pm, Xcel Energy Center

[MNSOTA]

https://thesportsdaily.com/?p=1191954

 

Minnesota Wild (14-8-1)  29pts  3rd in Honda West

3.09 Goals For Per Game (13th in the NHL)

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

6.8% Power Play (31st in the NHL)

84% Penalty Kill (6th in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #97 Kirill Kaprizov ~ 6G 13A = 19pts

2. #18 Jordan Greenway ~ 5G 13A = 18pts

3. #17 Marcus Foligno ~ 7G 8A = 15pts

4. #14 Joel Eriksson Ek ~ 8G 5A = 13pts

5. #36 Mats Zuccarello ~ 4G 9A = 13pts

 

Top 3 PIM's:

1. #22 Kevin Fiala ~ 31 PIM's

2. #17 Marcus Foligno ~ 29 PIM's

3. #18 Jordan Greenway ~ 28 PIM's

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #34 Kaapo Kahkonen (10-4-0)  2.13GAA  .924%SP  1SO

2. #33 Cam Talbot (4-4-1)  2.88GAA  .906%SP

 

Vs.

 

Vegas Golden Knights (16-5-1)  33pts  1st in Honda West

3.18 Goals For Per Game (10th in the NHL)

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

17.4% Power Play (23rd in the NHL)

88.1% Penalty Kill (2nd in the NHL)

 

Top 5 Scorers:

1. #61 Mark Stone ~ 6G 21A = 27pts

2. #67 Max Pacioretty ~ 12G 9A = 21pts

3. #89 Alex Tuch ~ 12G 7A = 19pts

4. #71 William Karlsson ~ 6G 11A = 17pts

5. #81 Jonathan Marchessault ~ 7G 9A = 16pts

 

Top 3 PIM's:

1. #81 Jonathan Marchessault ~ 26 PIM's

2. #75 Ryan Reaves ~ 18 PIM's

3. #89 Alex Tuch ~ 14 PIM's

 

Top Goaltenders:

1. #29 Marc-Andre Fleury (12-4-0)  1.57GAA  .943%SP  4SO

2. #35 Oscar Dansk (1-0-0)  3.91GAA  .862%SP

[lynxrattle]

MNSOTA's pregamer makes me think about the PP. At first I was pretty calm about it. They'll get it going better, I thought. But it isn't happening. Something's got to be done! Change the personnel on the lines or change McLean (is he the responsible coach?) or change Evason. We've been good enough otherwise but the PP is a disgrace. We've got mobile d-men, Kaprizov, Fiala, a suddenly working Zuccarello and Greenway that is so big that even Pekka Rinne would be screened by him. It's not possible to not score with that line-up! The Wild's PP is like a bee flying, it is not physically possible that a bee can fly, yet it flies, and it is not possible for these guys not to score at least now and then, and yet they don't. It needs to change right now. I'm so fed up with it

[ClusterChuck]

Evason claims people will play by how they perform. The PP hasn't improved so it's needs to be changed and we all know 1 spot where it should start.
I'd rather have Kaprizov circling the O-zone the entire time looking for anyone open than the current Umbrella format. 
At least that would make the opposing team move and create more opportunities.
No Hartman again??

Get to finally see a game on the big TV and not my PC. 

[Hockey-78]

Kahkonen in net.

Edited March 10, 2021 by Hockey-78

[Hockey-78]

Evason really creative when it comes to giving nick names: Hartman is Hartsy and Rask is, well of course, Rasky. 

 

https://twitter.com/mnwild/status/1369713686156357640?s=20

[Bear]

Keep Suter off the power play

[ClusterChuck]

2 hours ago, Hockey-78 said:

Evason really creative when it comes to giving nick names: Hartman is Hartsy and Rask is, well of course, Rasky. 

 

https://twitter.com/mnwild/status/1369713686156357640?s=20

Don't forget Bjugie 

[MNSOTA]

Ugh, game is at 6pm CST. 

[MNSOTA]

And we’ll be able to watch it on TV because the game is on NBCSN. 

[bbgarnett]

Damn Stone is back 

[bbgarnett]

Eek!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jimtown guy]

That was quick. Ek!!!!

[TropicalFruitGirl26]

EEK isn't playing around.
26 seconds in.

How about starting the game being spotted a goal?
Yep...I'll take it.

1-0 Green Guys

[Jimtown guy]

And we are tied 

[bbgarnett]

fack

[bbgarnett]

Serious just puck watching behind the net that led to the turnover

[Jimtown guy]

Rau got destroyed 

[MNSOTA]

Crap. Kaprizov. 

[bbgarnett]

You've got to be kidding me 

[Jimtown guy]

Just now, bbgarnett said:

You've got to be kidding me 

Looked like the high cheek area and not the eye. I hope that’s the case 

[MNSOTA]

Rau is back. 

[Jimtown guy]

Fleury is in that zone it appears 

[MNSOTA]

Why did McNabb have to come off IR for tonight’s game?

[Jimtown guy]

Kaprizov sighting 

[bbgarnett]

looks like he was checking his jaw.