**Official Wild vs Sharks** GDT!! 3/11/19

[Hornets]

Won't be able to watch or chat tonight but thought I'd get things rollin with the GDT! Buckle up rubes, we are headed down the stretch where EVERY point is important so ya better get em!!

LET'S GO WILD!!

[Jimtown guy]

Minnesota Wild (33-28-8) 74 pts 5th in the Central
2.75 Goals For Per Game (25th in the NHL)
2.87 Goals Against Per Game (12th in the NHL)

20.0% Power Play (15th in the NHL)
80.0% Penalty Kill (19th in the NHL)

Top 5 Scorers:
1. #11 Zach Parise ~ 24G 31A = 55pts
2. #12 Eric Staal ~ 18G 28A = 47pts
3. #20 Ryan Suter ~ 7G 37A = 44pts
4. #48 Jared Spurgeon ~ 12G 27A = 39pts
5. #16 Jason Zucker ~ 20G 17A = 37pts

Top 3 PIM’s:
1. #36 Nick Seeler ~ 53PIMs
2. #17 Marcus Foligno ~ 49PIMs
3. #26 Greg Pateryn ~ 37PIMs

Top Goaltenders:
1. #40 Devan Dubnyk ~ (27-22-6) 2.59GAA .911SV% 2SO
2. #32 Alex Stalock ~ (6-6-2) 3.05GAA .895SV%

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San Jose Sharks (41-19-8) 90 pts 2nd in the Pacific
3.62 Goals For Per Game (2nd in the NHL)
3.04 Goals Against Per Game (18th in the NHL)

25.4% Power Play (4th in the NHL)
81.0% Penalty Kill (11th in the NHL)

Top 5 Scorers:
1. #88 Brent Burns ~ 13G 60A = 73pts
2. #8 Joel Pavelski ~ 36G 215A = 61pts
3. #48 Tomas Hertl ~ 30G 31A = 61pts
4. #39 Logan Couture ~ 23G 38A = 61pts
5. #28 Timo Meier ~ 26G 31A = 57pts

Top 3 PIM’s:
1. #9 Evander Kane ~ 149PIMs
2. #23 Barclay Goodrow ~ 67PIMs
3. #4 Brenden Dillon ~ 53PIMs

Top Goaltenders:
1. #31 Martin Jones ~ (33-13-5) 2.89GAA .898SV% 2SO
2. #30 Aaron Dell ~ (8-6-3) 3.01GAA .892SV% 2SO

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[Ron Burgundy 4 President]

[Ron Burgundy 4 President]

On one hand there is no shame in losing to SJ as they are the best team in the conference as far as I'm concerned. On the other hand, this is two duds in a row and yet another one in St. Paul where the Wild find it nearly impossible to win games. The Wild even caught a huge break by catching them without Karlsson or Kane and they still did jack shit.

I wondered which trend would end first the Wild beating good teams or the Wild losing to bad teams. Sadly, it was a stupid thing to wonder because the answer was obvious.

1 win in their last 9 home games. That's nearly 1/4 of their home schedule and they have one win to show for it.

[Ron Burgundy 4 President]

Good news is AZ is gonna lose and Carolina beat Colorado so the Wild didn't lose any ground to them. Still though, a wasted opportunity tonight.

[bubu dubu.]

solid gif.

[jakazz30]

Good news is AZ is gonna lose and Carolina beat Colorado so the Wild didn't lose any ground to them. Still though, a wasted opportunity tonight.

The potentially disturbing part of those games though?
Chicago is quietly sneaking back into the WC race..

[Ron Burgundy 4 President]

Good news is AZ is gonna lose and Carolina beat Colorado so the Wild didn't lose any ground to them. Still though, a wasted opportunity tonight.

The potentially disturbing part of those games though?
Chicago is quietly sneaking back into the WC race..

You're not kidding. Chicago up 4-0 against the Leafs after a period in Toronto as we speak. AZ won last night and overtook the Wild for the last Wild card spot. A fine time the St. Louis to lose their second game in the last month or so.

[jakazz30]

Good news is AZ is gonna lose and Carolina beat Colorado so the Wild didn't lose any ground to them. Still though, a wasted opportunity tonight.

The potentially disturbing part of those games though?
Chicago is quietly sneaking back into the WC race..

You're not kidding. Chicago up 4-0 against the Leafs after a period in Toronto as we speak. AZ won last night and overtook the Wild for the last Wild card spot. A fine time the St. Louis to lose their second game in the last month or so.

Pretty simple on Chicago...
Crawford is back, and healthy.

[Ron Burgundy 4 President]

The potentially disturbing part of those games though?
Chicago is quietly sneaking back into the WC race..

You're not kidding. Chicago up 4-0 against the Leafs after a period in Toronto as we speak. AZ won last night and overtook the Wild for the last Wild card spot. A fine time the St. Louis to lose their second game in the last month or so.

Pretty simple on Chicago...
Crawford is back, and healthy.

True, but even he's not as good as he use to be IMO. Having said that, he's still a vast improvement over the platoon of a washed up Cam Ward and Colin Delia.

[jakazz30]

You're not kidding. Chicago up 4-0 against the Leafs after a period in Toronto as we speak. AZ won last night and overtook the Wild for the last Wild card spot. A fine time the St. Louis to lose their second game in the last month or so.

Pretty simple on Chicago...
Crawford is back, and healthy.

True, but even he's not as good as he use to be IMO. Having said that, he's still a vast improvement over the platoon of a washed up Cam Ward and Colin Delia.

It's just the upgrade....
Like you said, they had crap in goal.

No...he's not the same guy anymore...but a dramatic improvement.

Oh...and I'm sure you know...5-0..
Game over.

[Jimtown guy]

Pretty simple on Chicago...
Crawford is back, and healthy.

True, but even he's not as good as he use to be IMO. Having said that, he's still a vast improvement over the platoon of a washed up Cam Ward and Colin Delia.

It's just the upgrade....
Like you said, they had crap in goal.

No...he's not the same guy anymore...but a dramatic improvement.

Oh...and I'm sure you know...5-0..
Game over.

If you quit watching you missed a hell of a comeback come up one goal short and came oh so close to tying it up in the last minute. 5-4 final