The Colorado Avalanche and Minnesota Wild will decide their opening round playoff series on Wednesday night when the series shifts back to Denver for a deciding Game 7. The teams meet in the sandwich game on an exciting night on the ice in a Game 7 necessitated by Minnesota’s 5-2 win on Monday.
Suspicions at the beginning of this series turned out to be true – Minnesota acquisition Ilya Bryzgalov has made a goat of himself in net. Backup goalie Darcy Kuemper has given admirable effort in relief, but he isn’t a front-line starter.
However, Colorado’s advantage in this rather up-and-down series can be boiled down to one young phenom: Nathan MacKinnon.
Wild Look to Even it Up – Host Avalanche in Pivotal Game 4 Thursday Night
The Minnesota Wild look to carry the momentum gained off a 1-0 overtime win in Game 3 when they try to hold serve and even their series with the Colorado Avalanche. The Wild looked good throughout Game 3 – they were clearly the better team.
The Avs’ quick resurgence with a glut of young players – after the Joe Sakic/Milan Hejduk/Alex Tanguay glory years – has been remarkable. Minnesota hopes its fistful of marquee players and overall team cohesiveness are enough to gloss over potentially substandard goaltending.
Monday night’s game in SoCal will be played by two teams that have postseason designs, but neither of which have yet clinched a playoff berth. The L.A. Kings are looking like a foregone conclusion for playoff hockey, but it’s all hands on deck until they clinch.
The Vancouver Canucks know that there is absolutely zero room for error down the stretch of the NHL Regular Season and on Wednesday night they get a chance to make up a little ground on one of the teams they must leap-frog in order to qualify for the playoffs.
Wild Hope to Tame Sizzling Bruins Monday Night
The hottest team in the NHL returns to the ice Monday night when the Boston Bruins, winners of eight straight games host the Minnesota Wild who have been climbing the NHL overall standings themselves.
Playoff Bound Teams Do Battle at Xcel Energy Center – Wild Host Rangers Thursday Night
The New York Rangers and the Minnesota Wild seem like locks to make the playoffs this year but neither played like it in their last outing.
As trade deadline came and went and spring is around the corner, the Minnesota Wild are certainly an intriguing team in the Western Conference. The same can’t be said for Wednesday night’s competition, however.
Flyers vs Wild Betting Odds
The suddenly cold Minnesota Wild look to bounce back against the suddenly fairly hot Philadelphia Flyers.
On Tuesday night, the Minnesota Wild got hammered in Montreal by the Canadiens, while the Ottawa Senators were smoked in Philadelphia by the Flyers. Both teams will be looking to bounce back in Ottawa Wednesday night.
Minnesota Wild look to continue home winning streak as the Toronto Maple Leafs look to stay in the top three of the Atlantic Division.
After falling just short in the Stanley Cup final a year ago, the Vancouver Canucks will fight for another chance at hockey’s ultimate prize, beginning their quest for redemption in the Northwest division.
The Minnesota Wild recognized a need for change and General Manager Chuck Fletcher accomplished just that this offseason with the acquisition of players that should help cure Minnesota’s Achilles heel, the offense.
NHL news: Wild hire Mike Yeo as head coach
The Minnesota Wild have their new head coach: Mike Yeo. After serving as an assistant with the Pittsburgh Penguins for five seasons, including the 2009 championship year, he took over as coach of the AHL’s Houston Aeros.
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