The Canes try to start a winning streak against the hot Wild.
The Canes blew a late 3rd period lead against the Canucks on Sunday and lost the skills competition to snap a 2 game winning streak. Koochie was on the next flight to Chicago after the game because Freddie showed in the previous 2 games that he was back to 100%. The team took a 2 day break before returning to practice yesterday. Patches was back on the ice after missing the last 2 games. I’d expect Freddie in goal tonight, he broke out his red pads yesterday, so we might see them tonight.
The Wild are 3rd in the Central with 54 points in 43 games. They’re 6-2-2 in their last 10 but are on a 3 game winning streak, beating Washington on Tuesday to kick off a 4 game swing through the old Southeast. Kirill Kaprizov leads with 25 goals and 27 assists, just outside the top 10 in the league in goals and points. Jared Spurgeon is 15th in the league at +20. Marc-Andre Fleury has started 26 games in goal and is at 2.86/.905. He’s been alternating this month with Filip Guatavsson, who is at 2.16/.926, 2nd in the league in both stats. He played on Tuesday so we’ll probably see Fleury tonight. His last 2 games, against the Yotes and Rangers were solid, he was coming off a stinker against the Slugs. The Wild are 17th in goals per game and 9th in goals against. They’re 14th on the PP and 12th on the kill. Their PP is top heavy with Kaprizov, Zuccarello, Ericksson Ek and Boldy accounting for 29 of their 31 PP goals.
Red jerseys tonight. Bally Sports South for TV.
The Canes blew a late 3rd period lead against the Canucks on Sunday and lost the skills competition to snap a 2 game winning streak. Koochie was on the next flight to Chicago after the game because Freddie showed in the previous 2 games that he was back to 100%. The team took a 2 day break before returning to practice yesterday. Patches was back on the ice after missing the last 2 games. I’d expect Freddie in goal tonight, he broke out his red pads yesterday, so we might see them tonight.
The Wild are 3rd in the Central with 54 points in 43 games. They’re 6-2-2 in their last 10 but are on a 3 game winning streak, beating Washington on Tuesday to kick off a 4 game swing through the old Southeast. Kirill Kaprizov leads with 25 goals and 27 assists, just outside the top 10 in the league in goals and points. Jared Spurgeon is 15th in the league at +20. Marc-Andre Fleury has started 26 games in goal and is at 2.86/.905. He’s been alternating this month with Filip Guatavsson, who is at 2.16/.926, 2nd in the league in both stats. He played on Tuesday so we’ll probably see Fleury tonight. His last 2 games, against the Yotes and Rangers were solid, he was coming off a stinker against the Slugs. The Wild are 17th in goals per game and 9th in goals against. They’re 14th on the PP and 12th on the kill. Their PP is top heavy with Kaprizov, Zuccarello, Ericksson Ek and Boldy accounting for 29 of their 31 PP goals.
Red jerseys tonight. Bally Sports South for TV.