NHL MINNESOTA Matchup 20140421

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NHL : ATS Matchup

Monday 4/21/2014

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COLORADO (54-22-0-8, 116 pts.) at MINNESOTA (43-28-0-13, 99 pts.)

Monday, 4/21/2014 7:05 PM

Western Conference Quarterfinals - Best of 7 - Game 3 - COL Leads 2-0

#1 GOALTENDERS: COLORADO - SEMYON VARLAMOV, MINNESOTA - ILYA BRYZGALOV

Board		Opening		Latest
		Line	Total	Line	Total
3	COLORADO	+115	Ov 5,-120	+105	Ov 5,-120
4	MINNESOTA	-135	Un 5,+100	-125	Un 5,+100

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ADVANCED TEAM STATS

COLORADO - Current Season Performance
	Straight Up		Against Spread			Team		Opponent
	W-L-T	Units	W-L	Units	O-U	Score	Shots	Score	Shots
All Games	54-30-0	+19.8	54-30	+19.8	41-39	3.1	29.5	2.7	32.6
Team Stats (Road Games)	26-15-0	+13.5	26-15	+13.5	20-19	2.9	27.2	2.8	33.2
Last 5 Games	3-2-0	+1	3-2	+1	4-1	3.2	30.4	3.2	34.2
Playoff Games	2-0-0	+2	2-0	+2	2-0	4.5	30.0	3.0	32.5
vs. Division	21-9-0	+11.9	21-9	+11.9	15-13	3.4	27.9	2.8	33.1

COLORADO Team Statistics
		Scoring						Shots On Goal		Power Plays
	Games	Goals	1rst	2nd	3rd	OT	EN	Shots	Pct	Num	Conv	Pct	Ast
Team Stats (All Games)	84	259	70	92	81	16	19	2481	10.4%	258	51	19.8%	450
Team Stats (Road Games)	41	119	30	39	41	9	9	1117	10.7%	119	24	20.2%	208
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)	5	16	4	5	6	1	2	152	10.5%	14	2	14.3%	25
Team Stats (Playoffs)	2	9	2	3	3	1	1	60	15.0%	7	1	14.3%	16
Team Stats (vs. Division)	30	101	30	35	29	7	8	838	12.1%	87	11	12.6%	177
Stats Against (All Games)		226	55	87	76	8	11	2742	8.2%	254	49	19.3%	411
Stats Against (Road Games)		115	28	37	46	4	5	1362	8.4%	131	25	19.1%	206
Stats Against (Last 5 Games)		16	5	3	7	1	1	171	9.4%	9	1	11.1%	30
Stats Against (Playoffs)		6	2	3	1	0	0	65	9.2%	5	1	20.0%	11
Stats Against (vs. Division)		85	23	31	28	3	3	994	8.6%	84	18	21.4%	157

COLORADO - Goalie Statistics
	Goalie Statistics						Team's record in starts
Goalie	Games	Starts	Shots	Saves	PCT	SHO	ATS	Units	SU	Units	O-U
SAMI AITTOKALLIO (All Games)	1	1	18	15	83.3%	0	0-1	-1	0-1-0	-1	1-0
SAMI AITTOKALLIO (Road Games)	1	1	18	15	83.3%	0	0-1	-1	0-1-0	-1	1-0
SAMI AITTOKALLIO (vs. Division)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
SAMI AITTOKALLIO (Last 4 Games)	1	1	18	15	83.3%	0	0-1	-1	0-1-0	-1	1-0
SAMI AITTOKALLIO (Playoff Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
RETO BERRA (All Games)	31	29	820	732	89.3%	3	8-21	-10.7	8-21-0	-10	12-15
RETO BERRA (Road Games)	15	15	432	388	89.8%	3	5-10	-2.8	5-10-0	-3	7-7
RETO BERRA (vs. Division)	9	9	263	236	89.7%	1	2-7	-5.2	2-7-0	-4	3-5
RETO BERRA (Last 4 Games)	4	4	81	70	86.4%	0	1-3	-2.1	1-3-0	-2	2-1
RETO BERRA (Playoff Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
JEAN-SEBASTIEN GIGUERE (All Games)	22	19	607	554	91.3%	0	11-8	+3	11-8-0	+3	8-11
JEAN-SEBASTIEN GIGUERE (Road Games)	16	15	470	431	91.7%	0	9-6	+4	9-6-0	+4	5-10
JEAN-SEBASTIEN GIGUERE (vs. Division)	4	4	103	87	84.5%	0	1-3	-2.2	1-3-0	-2	2-2
JEAN-SEBASTIEN GIGUERE (Last 4 Games)	4	3	118	107	90.7%	0	1-2	-1	1-2-0	-1	1-2
JEAN-SEBASTIEN GIGUERE (Playoff Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
SEMYON VARLAMOV (All Games)	65	62	2078	1926	92.7%	0	43-19	+19.8	43-19-0	+18	30-28
SEMYON VARLAMOV (Road Games)	26	23	839	778	92.7%	0	17-6	+12.6	17-6-0	+13	12-9
SEMYON VARLAMOV (vs. Division)	27	25	862	801	92.9%	0	20-5	+15.1	20-5-0	+14	12-11
SEMYON VARLAMOV (Last 4 Games)	4	4	137	127	92.7%	0	3-1	+1.4	3-1-0	+1	3-0
SEMYON VARLAMOV (Playoff Games)	2	2	65	59	90.8%	0	2-0	+2	2-0-0	+2	2-0

MINNESOTA - Current Season Performance
	Straight Up		Against Spread			Team		Opponent
	W-L-T	Units	W-L	Units	O-U	Score	Shots	Score	Shots
All Games	43-41-0	+0.7	43-41	+0.7	29-35	2.5	26.7	2.6	27.8
Team Stats (Home Games)	26-15-0	+6.3	26-15	+6.3	14-18	2.7	26.4	2.2	25.7
Last 5 Games	2-3-0	-1.3	2-3	-1.3	5-0	3.4	26.6	4.2	32.4
Playoff Games	0-2-0	-2	0-2	-2	2-0	3.0	32.5	4.5	30.0
vs. Division	14-17-0	-2.5	14-17	-2.5	13-11	2.5	27.3	2.8	27.2

MINNESOTA Team Statistics
		Scoring						Shots On Goal		Power Plays
	Games	Goals	1rst	2nd	3rd	OT	EN	Shots	Pct	Num	Conv	Pct	Ast
Team Stats (All Games)	84	213	64	58	80	11	15	2245	9.5%	258	46	17.8%	370
Team Stats (Home Games)	41	112	38	34	35	5	8	1083	10.3%	129	23	17.8%	194
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)	5	17	7	6	3	1	1	133	12.8%	15	3	20.0%	31
Team Stats (Playoffs)	2	6	2	3	1	0	0	65	9.2%	5	1	20.0%	11
Team Stats (vs. Division)	31	76	25	24	23	4	3	846	9.0%	95	13	13.7%	134
Stats Against (All Games)		215	61	73	68	13	18	2333	9.2%	257	54	21.0%	348
Stats Against (Home Games)		92	22	33	32	5	7	1052	8.7%	113	24	21.2%	146
Stats Against (Last 5 Games)		21	5	10	5	1	1	162	13.0%	20	6	30.0%	35
Stats Against (Playoffs)		9	2	3	3	1	1	60	15.0%	7	1	14.3%	16
Stats Against (vs. Division)		88	25	31	28	4	8	842	10.5%	94	19	20.2%	141

MINNESOTA - Goalie Statistics
	Goalie Statistics						Team's record in starts
Goalie	Games	Starts	Shots	Saves	PCT	SHO	ATS	Units	SU	Units	O-U
NIKLAS BACKSTROM (All Games)	21	18	546	491	89.9%	2	6-12	-5.9	6-12-0	-4	7-5
NIKLAS BACKSTROM (Home Games)	9	8	178	158	88.8%	0	3-5	-2.9	3-5-0	-2	4-2
NIKLAS BACKSTROM (vs. Division)	8	6	191	168	88.0%	1	2-4	-1.6	2-4-0	-1	4-1
NIKLAS BACKSTROM (Last 4 Games)	4	3	96	88	91.7%	0	2-1	+1.4	2-1-0	+2	2-0
NIKLAS BACKSTROM (Playoff Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
ILYA BRYZGALOV (All Games)	34	33	936	847	90.5%	2	13-20	-5.6	13-20-0	-6	19-10
ILYA BRYZGALOV (Home Games)	13	12	313	276	88.2%	1	4-8	-4.4	4-8-0	-5	9-2
ILYA BRYZGALOV (vs. Division)	13	13	379	340	89.7%	1	2-11	-9.3	2-11-0	-9	7-4
ILYA BRYZGALOV (Last 4 Games)	4	4	90	74	82.2%	0	1-3	-2.6	1-3-0	-3	4-0
ILYA BRYZGALOV (Playoff Games)	2	2	45	37	82.2%	0	0-2	-2	0-2-0	-2	2-0
JOHN CURRY (All Games)	2	1	57	53	93.0%	0	1-0	+1.2	1-0-0	+1	1-0
JOHN CURRY (Home Games)	2	1	57	53	93.0%	0	1-0	+1.2	1-0-0	+1	1-0
JOHN CURRY (vs. Division)	2	1	57	53	93.0%	0	1-0	+1.2	1-0-0	+1	1-0
JOHN CURRY (Last 4 Games)	2	1	57	53	93.0%	0	1-0	+1.2	1-0-0	+1	1-0
JOHN CURRY (Playoff Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
JOSH HARDING (All Games)	29	28	690	644	93.3%	3	17-11	+4.7	17-11-0	+5	7-16
JOSH HARDING (Home Games)	17	16	395	369	93.4%	3	13-3	+9	13-3-0	+9	5-9
JOSH HARDING (vs. Division)	10	10	206	192	93.2%	1	6-4	+2.2	6-4-0	+2	2-6
JOSH HARDING (Last 4 Games)	4	4	112	102	91.1%	0	2-2	-0.7	2-2-0	-1	1-2
JOSH HARDING (Playoff Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
DARCY KUEMPER (All Games)	27	24	716	656	91.6%	1	12-12	-0.4	12-12-0	-1	7-11
DARCY KUEMPER (Home Games)	12	12	325	302	92.9%	0	7-5	-0.4	7-5-0	-1	2-6
DARCY KUEMPER (vs. Division)	9	8	245	223	91.0%	1	4-4	+0.5	4-4-0	0	3-3
DARCY KUEMPER (Last 4 Games)	4	3	80	69	86.2%	0	0-3	-4.2	0-3-0	-5	2-0
DARCY KUEMPER (Playoff Games)	1	0	14	14	100.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0

Average power rating of opponents played: COLORADO 3.12, MINNESOTA 3.17

SCHEDULE AND RESULTS

COLORADO - Schedule
Date	Opponent	Score	SU	Line	ATS	Total	O/U
3/25/2014	at NASHVILLE	5-4	W	0, -130	W	5.5 un	O
3/27/2014	VANCOUVER	3-2	W	0, -175	W	5.5 un	U
3/29/2014	SAN JOSE	3-2	W	0, +100	W	5.5 un	U
4/1/2014	at COLUMBUS	3-2	W	0, +100	W	5.5 un	U
4/3/2014	NY RANGERS	3-2	W	0, -105	W	5.5 un	U
4/5/2014	at ST LOUIS	4-0	W	0, +165	W	5 ov	U
4/6/2014	PITTSBURGH	2-3	L	0, -165	L	5 ov	P
4/8/2014	at EDMONTON	4-1	W	0, -135	W	5.5 un	U
4/10/2014	at VANCOUVER	4-2	W	0, -125	W	5.5 un	O
4/11/2014	at SAN JOSE	1-5	L	0, +165	L	5.5 un	O
4/13/2014	at ANAHEIM	2-3	L	0, +105	L	5.5 un	U
4/17/2014	MINNESOTA	5-4	W	0, -140	W	5 un	O
4/19/2014	MINNESOTA	4-2	W	0, -140	W	5 ev	O
4/21/2014	at MINNESOTA
4/24/2014	at MINNESOTA

MINNESOTA - Schedule
Date	Opponent	Score	SU	Line	ATS	Total	O/U
3/26/2014	VANCOUVER	2-5	L	0, -170	L	5 un	O
3/27/2014	at ST LOUIS	1-5	L	0, +175	L	5 un	O
3/29/2014	at PHOENIX	3-1	W	0, +105	W	5 ov	U
3/31/2014	at LOS ANGELES	3-2	W	0, +160	W	5 un	P
4/3/2014	at CHICAGO	2-3	L	0, +130	L	5 ov	P
4/5/2014	PITTSBURGH	4-0	W	0, -115	W	5 ov	U
4/7/2014	at WINNIPEG	1-0	W	0, -145	W	5 ov	U
4/8/2014	BOSTON	4-3	W	0, +125	W	5 un	O
4/10/2014	ST LOUIS	4-2	W	0, +120	W	5 un	O
4/13/2014	NASHVILLE	3-7	L	0, -180	L	5 ev	O
4/17/2014	at COLORADO	4-5	L	0, +120	L	5 un	O
4/19/2014	at COLORADO	2-4	L	0, +120	L	5 ev	O
4/21/2014	COLORADO
4/24/2014	COLORADO

KEY GAME INFORMATION

COLORADO: DENVER (AP) - Patrick Roy's fiery personality is already rubbing off on the Colorado Avalanche.
Just the other day in a scrimmage, captain Gabriel Landeskog mixed it up along the boards with Steve Downie. That feistiness is precisely what the new coach wants to see from a team that's missed the playoffs three straight seasons.
Roy is preaching a simple message: Take care of the little things on the ice, such as clearing loose pucks in front of the net.
Roy has some help, too, with former teammate Joe Sakic stepping into a broader role in the front office this season and handling the day-to-day hockey operations.

MINNESOTA: ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - That buzz created by signing two big stars turned out to be a false start for the Minnesota Wild.
First there was the lockout. Then they sputtered through a shortened season, barely made the playoffs and were bounced out quickly by the Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks.
Well, here's their chance to try again. Coach Mike Yeo kept his job, and the Wild added players around centerpieces Zach Parise and Ryan Suter.
Minnesota opens the season at home Oct. 3 against the Los Angeles Kings.

PREVIEW

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER NHL PLAYOFF PREVIEW (COLORADO-MINNESOTA) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

(Updates. With AP Photos.)

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

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer

Colorado At Minnesota, Game Three, 7:00 p.m. EDT

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Nathan MacKinnon and his equally skilled Colorado linemates Gabe Landeskog and Paul Stastny were too fast for Minnesota in the first two games.

In losing twice to the Avalanche, the Wild found themselves flat-footed at the wrong times and letting their young, potent opponent dictate the pace and flow.

So how to change the direction of the series? Going home is a good place to start.

After MacKinnon, Landeskog and Stastny combined for four goals and six assists Saturday in Game 2, the Wild will now have the benefit of the last change in Game 3.

That means coach Mike Yeo can match Matt Cooke, Erik Haula and Nino Niederreiter with the MacKinnon express, a mix of grit and speed that could help the Wild stem the tide a bit.

"I'm a third-line player for a reason and I feel like that's the best way I'm able to contribute," Cooke said Sunday. He added: "Obviously I want that matchup."

Here are five more things to know about the series as it shifts Monday for Game 3:

WHO'S IN WILD NET?: The Wild survived injury and illness involving their top three goalies this season, surging into the playoffs behind fourth option Ilya Bryzgalov. But Bryzgalov was pulled from Game 2 in the second period. Darcy Kuemper entered and stopped all 14 shots he faced.

Asked after practice Sunday who will get the assignment, Yeo was glib.

"Yes, we will," the coach said, smiling.

Bryzgalov has plenty of past postseason experience with Philadelphia, Phoenix and Anaheim, but that includes plenty of goals given up, too.

"If that were what we were choose to do it would be because, first off, he made some big saves in the game. I don't think we should forget about that. We weren't playing our game in front of him. And this is a guy who's played a lot of good hockey for us," Yeo said.

Kuemper's performances in January and February are another reason the Wild were able to make it this far. He slumped a bit in late March and then suffered a concussion. Kuemper said he knocked the rust off in practice last week and felt in full rhythm Saturday in his first action in three weeks.

"If I do get the start I'm really excited. It's a big game for the team, and I'm going to do my part and I'm sure everyone else is going to do their part," he said.

VARLY MEANS VICTORY: Semyon Varlamov led the NHL this season with a whopping 41 victories, but the Avalanche won Game 1 without a strong showing by their goalie. Varlamov was much better in Game 2.

"We were a little nervous in the first game. Some of us never played in the playoffs. It was pretty tough to start. When you're nervous you sometimes try to do different things," Varlamov said.

Coach Patrick Roy didn't need the relief, though.

"A lot of people thought a lot about the first game but, hey, he played well enough to win," Roy said. "I had no doubt in my mind he was going to play a really solid game. He was sharp. He made the key save. I have so much confidence in him and faith in him."

BACK HOME: The Wild finished 26-10-5 at Xcel Energy Center this season, the seventh-best record in the league. For fans who haven't celebrated a series victory by this team since 2003, anticipation for this first home game will be high. The shift in vocal support from one side to the other always has the potential to impact a playoff series.

"You can feel it, just the atmosphere, when you walk into that rink," Yeo said.

OLD PALS: MacKinnon, like many NHL stars, spent two years at Minnesota prep school Shattuck St. Mary's, which is in Faribault about 50 miles south of St. Paul. MacKinnon said several of his friends from those days will be coming to the game.

THE MATH: Teams that win the first two games in a best-of-seven Stanley Cup playoffs series have an all-time series record of 287-45, a winning percentage of .864. That doesn't bode well for the Wild, but the Avalanche would of course be unwise to rely on the law of averages to advance them to the next round.

"We just want to remain focused," Roy said. "Can't make a conclusion after only two wins. Now all we've earned is a chance to win Game 3 tomorrow."

Last Updated: 4/18/2024 11:06:14 PM EST.