Archive for the ‘Game Previews’ Category

Oct23rd

Will the Wild get the Blues?

AUTHOR: mcrow | IN: Central Division, Game Previews, St. Louis Blues, Wild | COMMENTS: 1 Comment

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 [...]

Oct21st

It’s Avs night

AUTHOR: mcrow | IN: Colorado Avalanche, Game Previews, Northwest Division, Wild | COMMENTS: None Yet

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 [...]