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| 15 | CHICAGO | +115 | Ov 5.5,+100 | +130 | Ov 5.5,+105 | | 16 | MINNESOTA | -135 | Un 5.5,-120 | -150 | Un 5.5,-125 |
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| All Games | 36-23-0 | +7.2 | 36-23 | +7.2 | 25-23 | 2.9 | 30.0 | 2.6 | 30.9 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 18-11-0 | +7.7 | 18-11 | +7.7 | 11-11 | 2.8 | 28.5 | 2.7 | 30.4 | | Last 5 Games | 4-1-0 | +3 | 4-1 | +3 | 4-1 | 4.0 | 33.8 | 2.0 | 29.4 | | vs. Division | 13-9-0 | +0.2 | 13-9 | +0.2 | 10-8 | 3.1 | 30.0 | 2.8 | 31.6 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 59 | 172 | 52 | 52 | 58 | 10 | 14 | 1768 | 9.7% | 174 | 33 | 19.0% | 289 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 29 | 80 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 827 | 9.7% | 81 | 16 | 19.8% | 141 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 169 | 11.8% | 12 | 3 | 25.0% | 34 | | Team Stats (vs. Division) | 22 | 68 | 20 | 20 | 25 | 3 | 7 | 660 | 10.3% | 70 | 11 | 15.7% | 112 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 151 | 40 | 57 | 49 | 5 | 8 | 1826 | 8.3% | 157 | 36 | 22.9% | 251 | | Stats Against (Road Games) | | 78 | 25 | 31 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 882 | 8.8% | 79 | 15 | 19.0% | 137 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 147 | 6.8% | 13 | 2 | 15.4% | 17 | | Stats Against (vs. Division) | | 61 | 15 | 20 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 695 | 8.8% | 60 | 14 | 23.3% | 101 |
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| COREY CRAWFORD (All Games) | 38 | 38 | 1163 | 1067 | 91.7% | 3 | 22-16 | +1.3 | 22-16-0 | +2 | 15-14 | | COREY CRAWFORD (Road Games) | 19 | 19 | 580 | 527 | 90.9% | 1 | 11-8 | +2.8 | 11-8-0 | +3 | 6-7 | | COREY CRAWFORD (vs. Division) | 16 | 16 | 504 | 464 | 92.1% | 1 | 9-7 | -1.1 | 9-7-0 | -1 | 6-6 | | COREY CRAWFORD (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 123 | 113 | 91.9% | 0 | 3-1 | +1.8 | 3-1-0 | +2 | 3-1 | | SCOTT DARLING (All Games) | 24 | 21 | 657 | 610 | 92.8% | 1 | 14-7 | +6 | 14-7-0 | +6 | 10-9 | | SCOTT DARLING (Road Games) | 12 | 10 | 300 | 277 | 92.3% | 0 | 7-3 | +5 | 7-3-0 | +4 | 5-4 | | SCOTT DARLING (vs. Division) | 7 | 6 | 188 | 171 | 91.0% | 0 | 4-2 | +1.2 | 4-2-0 | +1 | 4-2 | | SCOTT DARLING (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 119 | 113 | 95.0% | 0 | 3-1 | +2.2 | 3-1-0 | +2 | 3-1 |
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| All Games | 39-19-0 | +14.7 | 39-19 | +14.7 | 29-21 | 3.4 | 30.1 | 2.3 | 30.8 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 21-8-0 | +7.7 | 21-8 | +7.7 | 15-11 | 3.4 | 29.9 | 2.0 | 27.4 | | Last 5 Games | 4-1-0 | +2.3 | 4-1 | +2.3 | 2-3 | 3.2 | 32.8 | 1.6 | 31.6 | | vs. Division | 14-7-0 | +5.6 | 14-7 | +5.6 | 9-8 | 3.1 | 29.4 | 2.1 | 30.9 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 58 | 195 | 51 | 73 | 65 | 6 | 16 | 1743 | 11.2% | 160 | 35 | 21.9% | 325 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 29 | 100 | 22 | 38 | 38 | 2 | 8 | 868 | 11.5% | 83 | 24 | 28.9% | 176 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 164 | 9.8% | 17 | 6 | 35.3% | 26 | | Team Stats (vs. Division) | 21 | 66 | 19 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 618 | 10.7% | 58 | 13 | 22.4% | 110 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 133 | 29 | 51 | 47 | 6 | 4 | 1789 | 7.4% | 152 | 26 | 17.1% | 233 | | Stats Against (Home Games) | | 58 | 14 | 18 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 796 | 7.3% | 71 | 10 | 14.1% | 103 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 5.1% | 7 | 0 | 0.0% | 15 | | Stats Against (vs. Division) | | 45 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 649 | 6.9% | 54 | 8 | 14.8% | 82 |
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| DEVAN DUBNYK (All Games) | 45 | 45 | 1344 | 1255 | 93.4% | 4 | 32-13 | +14.1 | 32-13-0 | +13 | 20-18 | | DEVAN DUBNYK (Home Games) | 24 | 24 | 639 | 594 | 93.0% | 3 | 18-6 | +7.2 | 18-6-0 | +7 | 12-10 | | DEVAN DUBNYK (vs. Division) | 16 | 16 | 480 | 452 | 94.2% | 3 | 12-4 | +7 | 12-4-0 | +7 | 6-6 | | DEVAN DUBNYK (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 123 | 116 | 94.3% | 0 | 3-1 | +1.3 | 3-1-0 | +1 | 2-2 | | DARCY KUEMPER (All Games) | 13 | 13 | 443 | 403 | 91.0% | 0 | 7-6 | +0.6 | 7-6-0 | +1 | 9-3 | | DARCY KUEMPER (Home Games) | 5 | 5 | 156 | 144 | 92.3% | 0 | 3-2 | +0.6 | 3-2-0 | +1 | 3-1 | | DARCY KUEMPER (vs. Division) | 5 | 5 | 168 | 153 | 91.1% | 0 | 2-3 | -1.4 | 2-3-0 | -1 | 3-2 | | DARCY KUEMPER (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 141 | 131 | 92.9% | 0 | 2-2 | -0.4 | 2-2-0 | 0 | 3-1 |
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| | Average power rating of opponents played: CHICAGO 3.04, MINNESOTA 3 |
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| 1/26/2017 | WINNIPEG | 3-5 | L | 0, -155 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 1/31/2017 | at SAN JOSE | 1-3 | L | 0, +130 | L | 5 ov | U | | 2/2/2017 | at ARIZONA | 4-3 | W | 0, -165 | W | 5 ov | O | | 2/4/2017 | at DALLAS | 5-3 | W | 0, +105 | W | 5.5 ov | O | | 2/8/2017 | at MINNESOTA | 4-3 | W | 0, -105 | W | 5.5 un | O | | 2/10/2017 | at WINNIPEG | 5-2 | W | 0, +105 | W | 5.5 ov | O | | 2/11/2017 | at EDMONTON | 5-1 | W | 0, +120 | W | 5.5 un | O | | 2/18/2017 | EDMONTON | 1-3 | L | 0, -130 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 2/19/2017 | at BUFFALO | 5-1 | W | 0, -150 | W | 5.5 un | O | | 2/21/2017 | at MINNESOTA | | | 2/23/2017 | ARIZONA | | | 2/26/2017 | ST LOUIS | | | 3/1/2017 | PITTSBURGH | | | 3/3/2017 | NY ISLANDERS | | | 3/4/2017 | at NASHVILLE | |
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| 1/26/2017 | ST LOUIS | 5-1 | W | 0, -155 | W | 5 ov | O | | 1/31/2017 | at EDMONTON | 5-2 | W | 0, +100 | W | 5 ov | O | | 2/1/2017 | at CALGARY | 1-5 | L | 0, -110 | L | 5 ov | O | | 2/4/2017 | at VANCOUVER | 6-3 | W | 0, -170 | W | 5 ov | O | | 2/7/2017 | at WINNIPEG | 4-2 | W | 0, -130 | W | 5.5 ov | O | | 2/8/2017 | CHICAGO | 3-4 | L | 0, -115 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 2/10/2017 | TAMPA BAY | 2-1 | W | 0, -175 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 2/12/2017 | DETROIT | 6-3 | W | 0, -300 | W | 5.5 un | O | | 2/14/2017 | ANAHEIM | 0-1 | L | 0, -170 | L | 5 ov | U | | 2/16/2017 | DALLAS | 3-1 | W | 0, -165 | W | 6 ov | U | | 2/18/2017 | NASHVILLE | 5-2 | W | 0, -145 | W | 5.5 un | O | | 2/21/2017 | CHICAGO | | | 2/27/2017 | LOS ANGELES | | | 2/28/2017 | at WINNIPEG | | | 3/2/2017 | at COLUMBUS | |
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| |  | CHICAGO: LAST SEASON: 47-26-9, 103 points. Finished third in Central Division. Lost to St. Louis Blues in first round of Western Conference playoffs.
COACH: Joel Quenneville (ninth season, 20th NHL season).
ADDED: D Brian Campbell, D Michal Kempny, F Nick Schmaltz, F Tyler Motte, F Jordin Tootoo.
LOST: F Andrew Shaw, F Teuvo Teravainen, LW Andrew Ladd, RW Dale Weise.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Marian Hossa. The rugged winger is coming off one of the worst seasons of his outstanding career, finishing with 13 goals and 20 assists in 64 games. He turns 38 in January and is one away from 500 career goals. With the Blackhawks likely going with a younger group of forwards, they need Hossa to return to his usual production.
OUTLOOK: The expectations are always the same for Chicago, which has been Stanley Cup or bust ever since Jonathan Toews and NHL MVP Patrick Kane developed into two of the top players in the league. But they are going to need a couple of their top forward prospects to develop quickly if they are going to bounce back from last year's first-round exit against St. Louis. | | MINNESOTA: LAST SEASON: 38-33-11, 87 points. Finished fifth in Central Division. Lost to Dallas Stars in Western Conference quarterfinals.
COACH: Bruce Boudreau (first season, 10th NHL season).
ADDED: C Marc Staal, RW Chris Stewart.
LOST: LW Thomas Vanek, RW Justin Fontaine, LW Chris Porter, C Jarret Stoll, RW David Jones.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Mikael Granlund. The ninth pick in the 2010 draft, a cult hero in his native Finland, hasn't matched the hype with offensive production over his first four NHL seasons. But he has proved to be a hard-nosed defensive player and, playing all 82 games for the first time, posted a career-best 13 goals and 44 points last season. Granlund, who has been playing left wing on a line centered by captain and fellow Finn Mikko Koivu, is poised for a breakout in Boudreau's system.
OUTLOOK: With Granlund and fellow forwards Charlie Coyle, Nino Niederreiter, Erik Haula and Jason Zucker, plus defensemen Jonas Brodin and Matt Dumba, the Wild have a young core. Koivu, Staal, Zach Parise, Jason Pominville and defenseman Ryan Suter will all be 32 or older this season, so the time is now to make a move past the early rounds of the playoffs where they've been stuck the last four years. It's up to Boudreau to guide them there. |
| | Wild look to bolster lead in Central vs. Blackhawks
SAINT PAUL, Minn. -- The Chicago Blackhawks are clearly the playoff nemesis for the Minnesota Wild. In three of the last four campaigns -- 2013, 2014 and 2015 -- the Blackhawks have ended Minnesota's season with a playoff series win. In the regular season, at least lately, it's the opposite as the Wild own an 8-0-1 mark versus the Blackhawks in the teams' last nine meetings. With Minnesota currently seven points ahead of Chicago (with a game in hand) in the race for the best record in the Western Conference, there is plenty at stake when the teams meet at Xcel Energy Center on Tuesday. "They've had an amazing run. Give them credit. Tough building to go into," said Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville on Sunday, after his team won 5-1 in Buffalo. Less than two weeks ago, during the Blackhawks' most recent trip to Minnesota, Chicago won in overtime on a power play goal. "I know we played pretty well last time and we're going to have to be even better going into this game," Quenneville said. "We'd like to be in the same area code going into the stretch run, so hopefully we can try to close the gap." If closing the gap includes adding some newcomers to the roster, with the NHL's March 1 trade deadline barely a week away, the coach knows Chicago general manager Stan Bowman faces a real challenge in terms of salaries and team chemistry. "I think Stan's done a great job this time of year trying to do everything he can to make us better in a tight situation," Quenneville said. "Knowing there's a lot of obstacles and hurdles to try to stay under the cap and try to make us better at the same time." Minnesota has avoided a midseason swoon, and has gotten at least a point in 18 of 22 games since New Year's Day. That puts the Wild solidly in the Western Conference lead on Feb. 21. Previously, the latest the team had led the conference was on Dec. 17, 2011, so things are quite different under first-year coach Bruce Boudreau. One thing that's different is the line chart, which changes often as Boudreau likes to inject some variety into his team's offensive makeup -- a tactic he believes will pay off come playoff time. "It allows you to know you can put guys into different spots when needed and you're still not going to worry about it," Boudreau said on Monday, after the Wild practiced on the University of Minnesota campus. "The other thing is guys get to learn how to play with each guy and it's not a shock to them all of a sudden. ... We're pretty good with the versatility all over the place. I think that will help." As for the immediate future, Boudreau said he's not concerned that his team, which has five days off after the Blackhawks' game, will be mentally checked out on Tuesday. "We're playing Chicago, the team that's trying to catch us," he said. "Anything less than playing your hardest will not be successful." |
| | Last Updated: 4/26/2024 1:27:33 AM EST. |
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