{"id":752060,"date":"2017-10-14T11:20:23","date_gmt":"2017-10-14T15:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=752060"},"modified":"2017-10-14T11:20:23","modified_gmt":"2017-10-14T15:20:23","slug":"game-preview-minnesota-wild-vs-columbus-blue-jackets-101417-700pm-cst-at-xcel-energy-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/game-preview-minnesota-wild-vs-columbus-blue-jackets-101417-700pm-cst-at-xcel-energy-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Game Preview: Minnesota Wild vs. Columbus Blue Jackets 10\/14\/17 @ 7:00PM CST at Xcel Energy Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

Minnesota Wild<\/strong><\/span> (1-1-1) \u00a03pts \u00a05th in the Central<\/p>\n

3.67 Goals For Per Game (7th in the NHL)<\/p>\n

3.33 Goals Against Per Game (20th in the NHL)<\/p>\n

18.2% Power Play (16th in the NHL)<\/p>\n

73.3% Penalty Kill (27th in the NHL)<\/p>\n

Top 5 Scorers<\/span>:<\/p>\n

1. #10 Chris Stewart ~ 4G 1A = 5pts<\/p>\n

2. #16 Jason Zucker ~ 2G 2A = 4pts<\/p>\n

3. #12 Eric Staal ~ 2G 1A = 3pts<\/p>\n

4. #9 Mikko Koivu ~ 2G 0A = 2pts<\/p>\n

5. #14 Joel Eriksson Ek ~ 1G 1A = 2pts<\/p>\n

Top 3 PIM’s<\/span>:<\/p>\n

1. #17 Marcus Foligno ~ 5 PIM’s<\/p>\n

2. #26 Daniel Winnik ~ 4 PIM’s<\/p>\n

3. #9 Mikko Koivu ~ 4 PIM’s<\/p>\n

Top Goaltenders<\/span>:<\/p>\n

1. #40 Devan Dubnyk (1-1-0) \u00a03.04GAA \u00a0.913%SP<\/p>\n

2. #32 Alex Stalock (0-0-1) \u00a03.74GAA \u00a0.905%SP<\/p>\n

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Vs.<\/p>\n

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Columbus<\/span> Blue Jackets<\/span><\/strong> (3-1-0) \u00a06pts \u00a03rd in the Metropolitan<\/p>\n

2.75 Goals For Per Game (18th in the NHL)<\/p>\n

1.75 Goals Against Per Game (3rd in the NHL)<\/p>\n

10% Power Play (25th in the NHL)<\/p>\n

90% Penalty Kill (7th in the NHL)<\/p>\n

Top 5 Scorers<\/span>:<\/p>\n

1. #22 Sonny Milano ~ 4G 0A = 4pts<\/p>\n

2. #9 Artemi Parnarin ~ 1G 3A = 4pts<\/p>\n

3. #8 Zach Werenski ~ 1G 2A = 3pts<\/p>\n

4. #3 Seth Jones ~ 1G 2A = 3pts<\/p>\n

5. #10 Alexander Wennberg ~ 0G 3A = 2pts<\/p>\n

Top 3 PIM’s<\/span>:<\/p>\n

1. #36 Zac Dalpe ~ 9 PIM’s<\/p>\n

2. #11 Matt Calvert ~ 5 PIM’s<\/p>\n

3. #58 David Savard ~ 2 PIM’s<\/p>\n

Top Goaltenders<\/span>:<\/p>\n

1. #72 Sergei Bobrovsky (3-0-0) \u00a0.65GAA \u00a0.981%SP \u00a01SO<\/p>\n

2. #70 Joonas Korpisalo (0-1-0) \u00a05.00GAA \u00a0.828%SP<\/p>\n

Lines<\/span><\/em>:<\/p>\n

Columbus<\/strong><\/span> Blue Jackets<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Parnarin~Wennberg~Atkinson<\/p>\n

Milano~Ni. Foligno~Bjorkstrand<\/p>\n

DuBois~Dubinsky~Calvert<\/p>\n

Hannikainen~Sedlak~Dalpe<\/p>\n

Werenski~Jones<\/p>\n

Johnson~Savard<\/p>\n

Murray~Carlsson<\/p>\n

Bobrovsky<\/p>\n

Korpisalo<\/p>\n

Minnesota Wild<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Eriksson Ek-Staal-Stewart<\/p>\n

Ennis-Koivu-Zucker<\/p>\n

Winnik-Cullen-Kunin<\/p>\n

Ferraro-Mitchell-Bertschy<\/p>\n

Suter-Spurgeon<\/p>\n

Brodin-Dumba<\/p>\n

Quincey-Olofsson<\/p>\n

Dubnyk<\/p>\n

Stalock<\/p>\n

What can I say about Thursday night against Chicago, other than it felt really damn good. \u00a0Heck, just seeing Blackhawks’ Head Coach Joel Quenneville<\/strong> that angry was fun all by itself. \u00a0I know I had no indication that we would see the resilient, calm and collected Minnesota Wild. \u00a0I mean we all saw them in Detroit and Raleigh, and there wasn’t much (good) to talk about. \u00a0They played with little structure and little real fire and the results spoke for themselves, two losses to clubs that missed the playoffs last year. \u00a0Fast forward to Thursday and it was obvious that the practices the team had during its 5-day layoff were well spent as the team was far more responsible defensively and they managed to earn a win over a red-hot Blackhawks team.<\/p>\n

Even though it was a better effort, the victory also came at a huge cost to the club as it lost 3 key forwards to injury in the process. \u00a0Charlie Coyle<\/strong> would block a shot with the back of his skate and its speculated he may have a broken tibia that could keep him out of the line up for perhaps as long as 4-6 weeks, meanwhile Nino Niederreiter<\/strong> had Tanner Kero fall backwards onto his leg giving him an ankle sprain. \u00a0Both were unlucky accidents, but that’s two players out of your top 6. \u00a0Lastly, Marcus Foligno<\/strong> would drop the gloves with little known rookie and Yale graduate John Hayden and the Wild tough guy would get ‘tagged’ with a vicious haymaker. \u00a0Foligno never returned to the game and it is believed he may have a fractured cheek bone. \u00a0I haven’t seen a devastating punch like that since Derek Boogaard<\/strong> shattered Todd Fedoruk<\/strong>‘s face<\/a>. \u00a0Ouch! \u00a0Check it out for yourself, it wasn’t pretty.<\/p>\n[youtube=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RMQLN-JgANg&w=560&h=315]\n

Foligno was leading the team in hits and starting to exhibit some decent chemistry and when you toss in the groin injury to Mikael Granlund<\/strong> and continued back-woes of Zach Parise<\/strong> and the Minnesota Wild have a Grand Canyon-sized void in their lineup. \u00a0Up tight against the salary cap, the team has been forced to make due with at least one less forward that they should have. \u00a0The Wild sent defenseman Mike Reilly<\/strong> down to Iowa in order to free up enough cap space to bring up Luke Kunin<\/strong>. \u00a0Kunin, the team’s 1st round pick in 2016 will make his NHL debut this evening and likely be used in a Top 6 role which best suits his skillset and is major opportunity for him to show he belongs. \u00a0Many felt Kunin had a great pre-season, but cap constraints may have been the deciding factor to send him down to Iowa over Joel Eriksson Ek<\/strong> who seemed to struggle a bit. \u00a0Now the club will need both of the youngsters to step up to help make up for the losses we’ve already mentioned.<\/p>\n

Still the team will be short a few forwards so it called up a bunch of players from Iowa. \u00a0Christoph Bertschy<\/strong> and Zack Mitchell<\/strong> have been up with the club before and have been loyal soldiers in Iowa the last few seasons, while Landon Ferraro<\/strong> gets his first chance to play with the big club. \u00a0None of these players will likely bring a lot of offense, but they usually get props for working hard and being defensively responsible. \u00a0That will put more pressure on veterans Mikko Koivu<\/strong>, Eric Staal<\/strong>, Chris Stewart<\/strong> and Jason Zucker<\/strong> to carry the offense. \u00a0It may not be ideal, but it is the situation the team finds itself in until other players return to health.<\/p>\n

On the blueline, there is still room for improvement. \u00a0Beyond the pairing of Ryan Suter<\/strong> and Jared Spurgeon<\/strong> the Wild at times looked a bit shaky against Chicago. \u00a0Mathew Dumba<\/strong> and Jonas Brodin<\/strong> at times struggle to work the puck out of their own zone and no doubt Columbus will try to force the issue this evening. \u00a0On the 3rd pairing, Kyle Quincey<\/strong> also had some ‘what the hell are you doing’ moments when he was chasing forwards out to the point in his own end while he’ll be paired with Gustav Olofsson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Olofsson has been in the lineup the last two games because the team didn’t have a spare forward to use so we dressed a 7th defenseman instead and has been played sparingly averaging just a little over 5 minutes of ice time per game. \u00a0I am not in the Wild locker room, but when a team that is short players is only giving him 5 minutes of ice time that doesn’t tell me the team has a ton of confidence in him or that he’s playing great. \u00a05 minutes per game are enforcer-like minutes but now he’s going to have to play closer to the 15:41 Quincey has averaged so far this season. \u00a0So why didn’t we send Olofsson down? \u00a0He would’ve required waivers and the team didn’t want to lose him for nothing, where as Reilly could be sent down without consequence so even though he was playing much better than Olofsson he gets to take the trip down I-35 to Des Moines. \u00a0Who said life was fair?!?!<\/p>\n

Now to talk about our opponents, our expansion sister Columbus Blue Jackets. \u00a0Columbus is a deep and talented squad that seems to be benefiting so far from the moves they made this summer. \u00a0Artemi Panarin<\/strong> has been terrific early on and the Blue Jackets have lots of fairly young talent (Alexander Wennberg<\/strong>, Sonny Milano<\/strong>, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Pierre-Luc Dubois<\/strong>) to give them enviable depth with a team that is still over $5 million underneath the salary cap. \u00a0The club has bought in to John Tortorella<\/strong>‘s demanding, yet tenacious approach and Columbus is a miserable team to play against. \u00a0Gritty, fast and yet skilled enough to capitalize on mistakes. \u00a0Led by captain Nick Foligno <\/strong>and alternate captain Brandon Dubinsky<\/strong>\u00a0who sort of embody that philosophy all by themselves.<\/p>\n

As good as Columbus is up front, they are pretty solid on the back end with 3 solid defensive pairs led by young stars Zach Werenski<\/strong> and Seth Jones<\/strong>. \u00a0Both combine mobility, hockey smarts and a two-way game; not too shabby for 20-year old and 23-year old top pairing. \u00a0Jack Johnson<\/strong> and David Savard<\/strong> are the veterans of the blueline and they have another promising youngster in Gabriel Carlsson<\/strong>. \u00a0Ryan Murray<\/strong>, the once highly touted star is kind of the forgotten cog of the group. \u00a0If you can manage to get through this defense you only have Sergei Bobrovsky<\/strong> to get through; who is only sporting a .981 save percentage through 3 games this season. \u00a0Can you say yikes?!?!<\/p>\n

So what are the keys to victory for tonight’s game?<\/p>\n

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  1. Keep it simple<\/strong><\/span> – There will be a lot of new bodies in tonight’s lineup, the Wild need to keep it simple and work pucks on goal instead of attempting the more nuanced set plays that they attempt with their normal lineup. \u00a0I have little doubt there will be a fair amount of line juggling by Bruce Boudreau<\/strong>, so keeping it simple means they’ll maximize their effectiveness.<\/li>\n
  2. Attack the crease<\/strong><\/span> – Bobrovsky is having a stellar start to the season, but if there is any real weakness to Columbus is the fact they not a real big team. \u00a0So moving in close and trying to get quality shots will be important if they want to put a few behind ‘Bob’ this evening. \u00a0Taking away his vision with screens and working for deflections \/ redirections should also be a major part of the Wild’s offensive approach this evening.<\/li>\n
  3. Shutdown the Breadman<\/strong><\/span> – Panarin certainly isn’t Columbus’ only offensive weapon, but he’s probably their most dangerous one. \u00a0This sounds like a great assignment for Jason Zucker or Matt Cullen<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Note to Readers<\/strong><\/span>: \u00a0We will not have our normal post-game report tonight, as we will be traveling. \u00a0We apologize for any inconvenience this causes and you can expect to see a post-game after next Friday’s game against Winnipeg.<\/p>\n

    What are your thoughts on tonight’s game? \u00a0Tell us on Twitter @CreaseAndAssist or in the comment selection below!<\/p>\n

    I know with all of the new faces in the line up it has fans across the State of Hockey nervous, so to try to add a little levity to a tense time for our favorite team I have a super timely musical parody from Kari Wahlen<\/strong>, enjoy!<\/p>\n[youtube=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rtz5rcUAFqo&w=560&h=315]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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