I think so. I think they will win.
The Blues have given up 10 goals in their last two games while scoring only one. Granted, they  played Pittsburgh and Anaheim. Based on stats they Blues are the favorite:
2.86  GFA , to the Wild 2.12
2.86 GGA, to the Wild 3.38
Perhaps the most interesting state for this match up is 5 on 5 goals for/against ratio. The Blues are 8th in the league in this stat, the Wild are dead last meaning we don’t score 5 on 5 goals. 
Which leads me to look at the Blues penalty situation since that is an area where [...]

In Mikko Koivu’s first game as the official permanent  captain of the Wild he lead the team to their two goals and shootout victory.
In the first period it was Koivu’sshot that produced a nice rebound for Burns to flip it home. In the 3rd period scored a goal and another power play chance and then had the winning goal in the shootout as well.  I guess it’s only fitting that he dominated the first game as Captain.
The Avalanche gave the Wild an 10 minutes of one man advantage time and the Wild scored PPGs #9 & #10 (that’s the 2nd most [...]

According to Michael Russo:
Cal Clutterbuck is now skating with the teams and ,while he won’t play tonight, it looks like he may be ready sooner than expected.
Martin Havlat is also skating with team and may be back soon. Could be in the lineup tonight.
Petr Sykora is skating again and should rejoin practice soon.
Kyle Brodziakhas a minor upper body injury but should play tonight.
 
All in all, sounds like the injury issue is getting better!

Tonight should be an interesting night for more than one reason:
#1- It’s the firest Wild home game in quite some time.
#2- They are wearing their “Miller High Life” Jersey’s tonight.
#3 – Chuck Kobasew should make his Wild debut.
#4- It’s Koivu’s first game with the “C”.
That’s the good stuff. The bad stuff is that Colorado comes into the game with the 3rd largest margin of victory in the league and they are healthy. The Avs have been outstanding on both sides of the ice this year scoring 28 goals while only giving up 18.
I think the Wild have a first line [...]

Not a huge surprise. Last year’s best player and well respected player in the locker room, Mikko Koivu, was named permanent captain by coach Josh Richards today.
Well deserved, I’d say, even though the beginning of this season has not been that great this year.
Even so Koivu is clearly the leader of this team and has been a steady and important part of the team for some time now.
I think the players probably had already named him the captain in the locker room anyway but I’m glad to here Richards thinks the same as me.

On a weekly basis I will be posting some thoughts on the rest of the local pro sports team (sometimes college teams as well).  What can I say? I love sports.
Minnesota Vikings:

Another great wins on the log for the Vikings. Now 6-0, Brad Childress appears to be getting close to receiving a contract extension (like it or not). Once again the defensive backfield looked terrible. Sure, Winfield went out and Paymah looked like a high school kid out there but this wasn’t the first time this year that the DBs looked bad. Favre, once again, looked great.
Look for rookie 3rd [...]

BUT STILL MANAGE TO LOSE.
The 2-1 lost the the division rival Canucks was tough. It was the first game in my estimation that the Wild gave a solid effort for a full three periods. Defensively the team looked good, Backstrom was very good in goal.
The Wild figured to be a offensively challenged team before the season started but with Havlat,Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Petr Sykora and Cal Clutterbuck all out the Wild are pretty well offensively castrated from a roster point of view. They only mustered 18 shots on goal and not many of them were good scoring chances.
The news has not gotten [...]

The Wild have huge roster problems with all of the injuries and have also have given questionable efforts in some of their games. Against the Oilers, they played hard but another poor performance by Harding was just too much to overcome.
It’s hard to imagine that the Wild could win very many games with all of the injured players but if Backstrom and Harding play well they could pull out some wins while the injured players get healthy. Unfortunately, Hardin has been horrible and Backstrom just average. Questionable play in front of them does not help either.
The loss to the Oilers [...]