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| 61 | DALLAS | +130 | Ov 5.5,+100 | +130 | Ov 5.5,+100 | | 62 | MINNESOTA | -150 | Un 5.5,-120 | -150 | Un 5.5,-120 |
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| All Games | 3-4-0 | -2.2 | 3-4 | -2.2 | 3-4 | 2.6 | 28.9 | 3.1 | 32.4 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 1-2-0 | -0.9 | 1-2 | -0.9 | 1-2 | 2.7 | 34.7 | 3.7 | 32.3 | | Last 5 Games | 2-3-0 | -2 | 2-3 | -2 | 1-4 | 1.8 | 30.8 | 2.8 | 31.8 | | vs. Division | 2-2-0 | +0.1 | 2-2 | +0.1 | 1-3 | 2.7 | 32.5 | 3.2 | 31.7 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 7 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 202 | 8.9% | 31 | 5 | 16.1% | 34 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 7.7% | 12 | 3 | 25.0% | 15 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 154 | 5.8% | 23 | 3 | 13.0% | 16 | | Team Stats (vs. Division) | 4 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 8.5% | 18 | 4 | 22.2% | 21 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 22 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 227 | 9.7% | 30 | 7 | 23.3% | 34 | | Stats Against (Road Games) | | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 11.3% | 13 | 5 | 38.5% | 18 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 14 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 159 | 8.8% | 22 | 5 | 22.7% | 22 | | Stats Against (vs. Division) | | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 10.2% | 17 | 6 | 35.3% | 20 |
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| KARI LEHTONEN (All Games) | 4 | 3 | 105 | 97 | 92.4% | 0 | 1-2 | -2 | 1-2-0 | -2 | 1-2 | | KARI LEHTONEN (Road Games) | 2 | 1 | 41 | 39 | 95.1% | 0 | 1-0 | +1.4 | 1-0-0 | +1 | 0-1 | | KARI LEHTONEN (vs. Division) | 2 | 1 | 41 | 39 | 95.1% | 0 | 1-0 | +1.4 | 1-0-0 | +1 | 0-1 | | KARI LEHTONEN (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 3 | 105 | 97 | 92.4% | 0 | 1-2 | -2 | 1-2-0 | -2 | 1-2 | | ANTTI NIEMI (All Games) | 4 | 4 | 121 | 108 | 89.3% | 0 | 2-2 | -0.2 | 2-2-0 | 0 | 2-2 | | ANTTI NIEMI (Road Games) | 2 | 2 | 56 | 47 | 83.9% | 0 | 0-2 | -2.2 | 0-2-0 | -2 | 1-1 | | ANTTI NIEMI (vs. Division) | 3 | 3 | 86 | 75 | 87.2% | 0 | 1-2 | -1.2 | 1-2-0 | -1 | 1-2 | | ANTTI NIEMI (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 121 | 108 | 89.3% | 0 | 2-2 | -0.2 | 2-2-0 | 0 | 2-2 |
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| All Games | 5-3-0 | +1.9 | 5-3 | +1.9 | 3-4 | 3.5 | 27.2 | 2.4 | 30.1 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 3-0-0 | +3 | 3-0 | +3 | 2-1 | 4.3 | 28.0 | 2.7 | 26.7 | | Last 5 Games | 3-2-0 | +0.9 | 3-2 | +0.9 | 1-4 | 3.2 | 28.0 | 2.0 | 32.6 | | vs. Division | 1-1-0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 1-0 | 3.0 | 26.0 | 3.0 | 24.0 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 8 | 28 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 218 | 12.8% | 28 | 3 | 10.7% | 48 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 3 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 84 | 15.5% | 11 | 2 | 18.2% | 22 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 140 | 11.4% | 15 | 1 | 6.7% | 30 | | Team Stats (vs. Division) | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 11.5% | 9 | 1 | 11.1% | 8 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 19 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 241 | 7.9% | 23 | 1 | 4.3% | 31 | | Stats Against (Home Games) | | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 10.0% | 11 | 1 | 9.1% | 13 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 10 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 163 | 6.1% | 12 | 1 | 8.3% | 16 | | Stats Against (vs. Division) | | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 12.5% | 6 | 0 | 0.0% | 10 |
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| DEVAN DUBNYK (All Games) | 6 | 6 | 178 | 168 | 94.4% | 0 | 4-2 | +1.9 | 4-2-0 | +2 | 1-4 | | DEVAN DUBNYK (Home Games) | 2 | 2 | 50 | 45 | 90.0% | 0 | 2-0 | +2 | 2-0-0 | +2 | 1-1 | | DEVAN DUBNYK (vs. Division) | 2 | 2 | 48 | 42 | 87.5% | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 1-1-0 | 0 | 1-0 | | DEVAN DUBNYK (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 130 | 126 | 96.9% | 0 | 3-1 | +1.9 | 3-1-0 | +2 | 0-4 | | DARCY KUEMPER (All Games) | 2 | 2 | 62 | 54 | 87.1% | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 1-1-0 | 0 | 2-0 | | DARCY KUEMPER (Home Games) | 1 | 1 | 30 | 27 | 90.0% | 0 | 1-0 | +1 | 1-0-0 | +1 | 1-0 | | DARCY KUEMPER (vs. Division) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | | DARCY KUEMPER (Last 4 Games) | 2 | 2 | 62 | 54 | 87.1% | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 1-1-0 | 0 | 2-0 |
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| | Average power rating of opponents played: DALLAS 2.97, MINNESOTA 2.82 |
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| 10/13/2016 | ANAHEIM | 4-2 | W | 0, -130 | W | 5.5 un | O | | 10/15/2016 | at COLORADO | 5-6 | L | 0, -125 | L | 5.5 ov | O | | 10/18/2016 | at NASHVILLE | 2-1 | W | 0, +135 | W | 6 ov | U | | 10/20/2016 | LOS ANGELES | 3-4 | L | 0, -150 | L | 6 un | O | | 10/22/2016 | COLUMBUS | 0-3 | L | 0, -185 | L | 6 un | U | | 10/25/2016 | WINNIPEG | 3-2 | W | 0, -140 | W | 5.5 ev | U | | 10/27/2016 | at WINNIPEG | 1-4 | L | 0, +100 | L | 5.5 ov | U | | 10/29/2016 | at MINNESOTA | | | 11/1/2016 | at COLUMBUS | | | 11/3/2016 | ST LOUIS | | | 11/5/2016 | CHICAGO | | | 11/6/2016 | at CHICAGO | | | 11/8/2016 | at WINNIPEG | |
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| 10/13/2016 | at ST LOUIS | 2-3 | L | 0, +100 | L | 5 ov | P | | 10/15/2016 | WINNIPEG | 4-3 | W | 0, -165 | W | 5 ov | O | | 10/18/2016 | LOS ANGELES | 6-3 | W | 0, -120 | W | 5 ov | O | | 10/20/2016 | TORONTO | 3-2 | W | 0, -200 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 10/22/2016 | at NEW JERSEY | 1-2 | L | 0, -110 | L | 5 un | U | | 10/23/2016 | at NY ISLANDERS | 3-6 | L | 0, +120 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 10/25/2016 | at BOSTON | 5-0 | W | 0, -125 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 10/27/2016 | at BUFFALO | 4-0 | W | 0, -135 | W | 5 ov | U | | 10/29/2016 | DALLAS | | | 11/1/2016 | BUFFALO | | | 11/5/2016 | at COLORADO | |
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| |  | DALLAS: LAST SEASON: 50-23-9, 109 points. First in Western Conference and Central Division. Lost to St. Louis in West semifinals.
COACH: Lindy Ruff (fourth season, 19th NHL season).
ADDED: D Dan Hamhuis, W Jiri Hudler.
LOST: D Alex Goligoski, D Jason Demers, C Vernon Fiddler, W Valeri Nichushkin, F Colton Sceviour.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Tyler Seguin has been out in preseason with hairline fracture in his heel after missing all but one playoff game last season because of a cut Achilles tendon. He is expected to be ready for the season opener on Oct. 13. Healthy Seguin gives Dallas one of the best scoring tandems in the NHL along with fellow All-Star forward Jamie Benn.
OUTLOOK: If several young defensemen are consistent enough, including budding stars John Klingberg and Stephen Johns, the Stars have the pieces to make a run at their first Stanley Cup title since 1999. Dallas also will have to find a way to make a two-goalie system work with Kari Lehtonen and Antti Niemi. It was effective at times last season but ultimately failed when Lehtonen gave up five goals in the first two periods of a Game 7 loss to the Blues. | | 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. |
| | Banged-up Stars set to face surging Wild
SAINT PAUL, Minn. -- A lower body injury suffered Thursday in a 4-0 win at Buffalo may leave the Minnesota Wild without defenseman Marco Scandella, who was termed "day to day" by coach Bruce Boudreau after Friday's practice. If Boudreau looking for sympathy, he's not going to get it from Dallas Stars coach Lindy Ruff. The Wild and Stars meet on Saturday night in Minnesota in what could be termed as a rematch of last season's playoffs, though much is different about both teams since the Stars dispatched the Wild in six games during the opening round last spring. To start, with less than one-tenth of the season gone, Boudreau has the Wild doing what his Washington and Anaheim teams did routinely -- leading the division. Minnesota comes home after getting five of a possible eight points on its first extended road trip of the season and sits atop the Central. Keying that run is goaltender Devan Dubnyk, who has not allowed a goal in the past two games, and balanced scoring, with every Wild skater recording at least a point so far. Minnesota leads the Western Conference with 28 goals after eight games. "It's a confidence-builder," Boudreau said after the Buffalo game. "Now when they go out, everybody thinks they're the guy that can get the job done." The Stars are a different team than last year mostly due to the injury bug, which has taken up residence in north Texas for the time being. After a 4-1 loss in Winnipeg on Thursday, it was noted to Ruff that the team is currently missing six forwards from the lineup that won the Central last season. "We're missing two power play units when you look at the personnel," Ruff said, pointing to youth as a sign of optimism. "I think our young kids hung in there tough. They generated some good opportunities. I thought they put Winnipeg's defense under duress." Just in the past week, notable names like Ales Hemsky, Jason Spezza, Cody Eakin, Mattias Janmark, Patrick Sharp, Patrick Eaves and Jiri Hudler have all missed time or are out of the Stars lineup due to a variety of ailments. The players still on the ice know that sympathy will not be forthcoming. "We're going to have to move on from this one and get ready for Minnesota," Tyler Seguin said after the loss in Winnipeg. "It's early in the season, but we've got some work to do. A lot of guys out of the lineup right now, but we're going to re-group and be ready for Saturday." Despite losing Scandella, Minnesota did get a bit of good news on the blue line Friday, as Jared Spurgeon was a full participant in the team's skate and looks to return to the lineup on Saturday after missing the Wild's previous four games with an upper body injury. Saturday's game will be the 600th regular season contest at Xcel Energy Center since the building opened for the expansion Wild in 2000. |
| | Last Updated: 5/4/2024 4:14:02 PM EST. |
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