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NHL : ATS Matchup
Saturday 1/19/2013Line$ LineOU LineScore
COLORADO
 
MINNESOTA
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COLORADO (41-35-0-6, 88 pts.) at MINNESOTA (35-36-0-11, 81 pts.)
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Saturday, 1/19/2013 9:05 PM
#1 GOALTENDERS: COLORADO - SEMYON VARLAMOV, MINNESOTA - NIKLAS BACKSTROM
Board OpeningLatest
 LineTotalLineTotal
23COLORADO+125Ov 5,-130+130Ov 5,-130
24MINNESOTA-145Un 5,+110-150Un 5,+110
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
COLORADO - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-L-TUnitsW-LUnitsO-UScoreShotsScoreShots
All Games41-41-0+2.941-41+2.930-392.531.52.729.6
Team Stats (Road Games)19-22-0+3.619-22+3.617-192.629.32.829.9
Last 5 Games1-4-0-4.11-4-4.13-11.636.23.630.8
vs. Division8-16-0-10.28-16-10.26-142.032.62.427.6
COLORADO Team Statistics
 Scoring    Shots On GoalPower Plays 
 GamesGoals1rst2nd3rdOTENShotsPctNumConvPctAst
Team Stats (All Games)82208616368161525838.1%2234118.4%342
Team Stats (Road Games)411063334336712038.8%1122522.3%170
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)58431011814.4%1119.1%14
Team Stats (vs. Division)2449131915237836.3%741013.5%86
Stats Against (All Games) 22066757361524269.1%2774717.0%386
Stats Against (Road Games) 1162838464612259.5%1532818.3%201
Stats Against (Last 5 Games) 186660215411.7%15320.0%30
Stats Against (vs. Division) 57211519246638.6%811316.0%99
COLORADO - Goalie Statistics
 Goalie StatisticsTeam's record in starts
GoalieGamesStartsShotsSavesPCTSHOATSUnitsSUUnitsO-U
JEAN-SEBASTIEN GIGUERE (All Games)323085078191.9%415-15+215-15-0+210-17
JEAN-SEBASTIEN GIGUERE (Road Games)161438035192.4%36-8+0.46-8-004-9
JEAN-SEBASTIEN GIGUERE (vs. Division)8718216892.3%10-7-80-7-0-71-5
JEAN-SEBASTIEN GIGUERE (Last 4 Games)4412010789.2%11-3-11-3-0-13-1
SEMYON VARLAMOV (All Games)53521564142891.3%126-26+0.926-26-0+120-22
SEMYON VARLAMOV (Road Games)282784176090.4%113-14+3.213-14-0+313-10
SEMYON VARLAMOV (vs. Division)181747944091.9%18-9-2.28-9-0-25-9
SEMYON VARLAMOV (Last 4 Games)4412311391.9%11-3-3.11-3-0-32-1

MINNESOTA - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-L-TUnitsW-LUnitsO-UScoreShotsScoreShots
All Games35-47-0-6.835-47-6.830-352.226.52.831.4
Team Stats (Home Games)20-21-0-0.920-21-0.919-152.426.32.629.0
Last 5 Games3-2-0+2.43-2+2.42-22.625.22.827.8
vs. Division11-13-0-1.411-13-1.48-111.928.42.631.0
MINNESOTA Team Statistics
 Scoring    Shots On GoalPower Plays 
 GamesGoals1rst2nd3rdOTENShotsPctNumConvPctAst
Team Stats (All Games)82177495758131621748.1%2583915.1%282
Team Stats (Home Games)411002438317810789.3%1222218.0%152
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)5134423312610.3%18211.1%20
Team Stats (vs. Division)2446131415466816.8%80911.2%69
Stats Against (All Games) 226677375111825718.8%2855117.9%368
Stats Against (Home Games) 1083526434811899.1%1331914.3%172
Stats Against (Last 5 Games) 146521113910.1%18211.1%22
Stats Against (vs. Division) 63241820137448.5%771418.2%107
MINNESOTA - Goalie Statistics
 Goalie StatisticsTeam's record in starts
GoalieGamesStartsShotsSavesPCTSHOATSUnitsSUUnitsO-U
NIKLAS BACKSTROM (All Games)46431299119491.9%319-24-4.619-24-0-613-19
NIKLAS BACKSTROM (Home Games)222156851390.3%210-11-2.110-11-0-211-7
NIKLAS BACKSTROM (vs. Division)151443540192.2%28-6+2.38-6-0+23-7
NIKLAS BACKSTROM (Last 4 Games)441089890.7%02-2+0.32-2-001-1
MATT HACKETT (All Games)12828226092.2%12-6-3.12-6-0-34-4
MATT HACKETT (Home Games)4411910890.8%00-4-4.10-4-0-42-2
MATT HACKETT (vs. Division)33827287.8%00-3-30-3-0-32-1
MATT HACKETT (Last 4 Games)441069488.7%10-4-40-4-0-42-2
JOSH HARDING (All Games)343198190091.7%414-17+0.914-17-0+113-12
JOSH HARDING (Home Games)171649746393.2%210-6+5.310-6-0+56-6
JOSH HARDING (vs. Division)8722420892.9%23-4-0.73-4-003-3
JOSH HARDING (Last 4 Games)4412611692.1%02-2+1.22-2-0+11-2
Average power rating of opponents played: COLORADO 3.15,  MINNESOTA 3.14
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
COLORADO - Schedule
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTotalO/U
1/19/2013at MINNESOTA 
1/22/2013LOS ANGELES 
1/24/2013COLUMBUS 
1/26/2013at SAN JOSE 
1/28/2013at EDMONTON 
1/30/2013at VANCOUVER 

MINNESOTA - Schedule
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTotalO/U
1/19/2013COLORADO 
1/20/2013DALLAS 
1/22/2013NASHVILLE 
1/25/2013at DETROIT 
1/27/2013at ST LOUIS 
1/29/2013COLUMBUS 
1/30/2013CHICAGO 
KEY GAME INFORMATION
COLORADO:

LAST SEASON: 41-35-6, 88 points. Missed postseason.

COACH: Joe Sacco, 4th season with Avalanche, 114-109-23.

ADDED: RW P.A. Parenteau, C John Mitchell, D Greg Zanon

LOST: C Peter Mueller, C Jay McClement, C Joakim Lindstrom.

PLAYER TO WATCH: Gabriel Landeskog. The Avalanche believe so highly in the 20-year-old that they made him the youngest captain in NHL history. Landeskog is coming off a stellar season in which he won the Calder Trophy as the league's top rookie.

OUTLOOK: The Avs will have plenty of scoring punch - even more if they can sign restricted free-agent center Ryan O'Reilly - but to return to the playoffs for the first time in three seasons will largely depend on the play of goaltender Semyon Varlamov. He had a 2.59 goals-against average in his first season in Colorado after being acquired from Washington for a first-round pick. The Avs expect big things out of the young netminder.

MINNESOTA:

LAST SEASON: 35-36-11, 81 points.

COACH: Mike Yeo, 2nd season, 35-36-11.

ADDED: LW Zach Parise, D Ryan Suter, C Mikael Granlund, LW Torrey Mitchell, C Zenon Konopka, C Jake Dowell.

LOST: LW Guillaume Latendresse, RW Nick Johnson, LW Warren Peters, RW Jed Ortmeyer, D Mike Lundin, C Erik Christensen, D Kurtis Foster.

PLAYER TO WATCH: Parise and Suter are the headliners, their identical 13-year, $98 million contracts serving as July 4 fireworks over the NHL free agent market, but the Finnish sensation Granlund is being given a spot on the second line before his 21st birthday. The ninth overall pick in the 2010 draft is so popular in his home country that paparazzi follow him around town. The 5-foot-10, 180-pound, slick-with-the-stick scorer spent the lockout playing for the Wild's AHL affiliate. He had 20 goals and 31 assists in 45 games last season for his club in Helsinki.

OUTLOOK: The Wild had the league's best record at 20-7-3 at the 30-game mark but nosedived down the stretch under the weight of myriad injuries. After signing Parise, bringing Granlund over and getting Pierre-Marc Bouchard back from another lengthy concussion absence, the Wild have unquestionably the deepest and most talented group of forwards in the franchise's 13-year history. Staying healthy in a fast-paced condensed season will be critical, of course, but the key to making the playoffs for the first time in five years is on the blue line, where veterans Suter and Tom Gilbert will need help from young players like Jared Spurgeon, Clayton Stoner and Marco Scandella.

PREVIEW
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER HOCKEY PREVIEW (COLORADO-MINNESOTA) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*Avalanche-Wild Preview* ========================

By MATT BEARDMORE STATS Writer

Colorado (0-0-0) at Minnesota (0-0-0), 9:00 p.m. EDT

Now that the 113-day NHL lockout is over, the Minnesota Wild can finally showcase their two biggest offseason acquisitions.

Whether Zach Parise and Ryan Suter can help the Wild match the preseason Stanley Cup hype - or just lead the club to the playoffs for the first time in five seasons - remains to be seen.

The two All-Stars will make their Wild debuts in Saturday night's season opener at home, where they'll meet a Colorado Avalanche team that's looking to end its own postseason drought in 2012-13.

Minnesota led the league with a 20-7-3 record Dec. 10, 2011, but went on to finish 12th in the Western Conference at 35-36-11.

The Wild haven't been to the playoffs since 2007-08 and have only won two postseason series in their 12-year history, but there is plenty of excitement surrounding the club as it gets set to kick off this abbreviated 48-game season.

Minnesota's disheartening final record was due in part to a severe lack of offense. Minus their 11 shootout tallies, the Wild's 166 goals were the fewest in the NHL in a decade.

Hopes of that changing are high following the surprising free-agent splash that landed Parise and Suter, who both inked 13-year, $98 million deals July 4.

Parise, a Twin Cities native, had 31 goals and 38 assists as New Jersey's captain last season and is expected to skate on a line with Dany Heatley and captain Mikko Koivu. Heatley led the Wild with 24 goals and 53 points in 2011-12.

Suter, who spent his first seven seasons with Nashville, will anchor an unproven group of defenseman that includes Jared Spurgeon, Clayton Stoner, 18-year-old first-round pick Mathew Dumba and Suter's former college teammate Tom Gilbert, who is expected to play Saturday despite a groin injury.

Suter's speed and puck-moving ability should further enhance the offense, as he had a career-high 46 points last season and tied for fourth in the league with 22 power-play assists. Minnesota's 15.1 percent success rate with the man advantage was near the bottom of the league.

"This team never needed saviors or anything. They already had great players," said Parise, whose father J.P. played for the Minnesota North Stars. "Ryan and I, we think we can make a team better, and that's all we want to do. We want to be pieces to a team we feel is going to be very good, so that's all we're looking at."

The Avs (41-35-6) will be trying to make it back to the postseason for the first time since 2009-10. They dropped out of the playoff picture with six losses in their final seven games and finished seven points out of the eighth spot.

"There's no reason we can't be a playoff team," defenseman Shane O'Brien said. "Anything less will be a huge failure."

The Avs have failed to sign last season's leading scorer Ryan O'Reilly, who inked a two-year deal with KHL team Metallurg Magnitogorsk in December. It's uncertain when, or if, the 21-year-old center will return to coach Joe Sacco's lineup.

"We can't worry about who's not here and just who is," said fourth-year center Matt Duchene, who signed a two-year contract after playing in just 58 games last season due to knee and ankle injuries. "We're all links in the chain and have to be strong so we can win."

Duchene will likely skate on a line with P.A. Parenteau, who had career highs of 49 assists and 67 points for the New York Islanders last season, and the Avs' new captain, Gabriel Landeskog.

The 20-year-old Swede, the Calder Trophy winner as top rookie, became the youngest captain in league history in September when he took over the "C" from Milan Hejduk, who returns for a 14th season.

"I don't know if I've ever had a captain that young. I guess no one has," said Avs defenseman Erik Johnson, who re-signed for four years in the offseason. "But it doesn't change anything. Your captain is usually your best player. He doesn't have to be Mr. Vocal in the locker room - we have a lot of other guys for that.

"So (Landeskog) just has to do what he's been doing - being a good hockey player and one of our hardest workers and best players. When he does that, leadership takes care of itself."

Veteran goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere returns for the Avs after signing a one-year extension in August, and he gives Sacco a capable backup behind likely Saturday starter Semyon Varlamov.

Varlamov appeared in 32 games last season and posted a 2.27 GAA - the lowest for a Colorado goaltender since David Aebischer had a 2.09 in 2003-04.

Niklas Backstrom and Josh Harding, who signed a three-year, $5.7 million deal during the summer, are back in net for Minnesota, but it's uncertain if Harding's playing time will be impacted this season after he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis last year.

Minnesota and Colorado split six games last season, with the Avs winning the last two matchups in St. Paul.


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