Minnesota Wild vs. Dallas Stars: Game 20
by nathaneide on Nov 26, 2008 4:00 PM CST
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Dallas Stars at Minnesota Wild, Nov 26, 2008 7:00 PM CST
Dallas Stars (6-10-4) @ Minnesota Wild (12-6-1)
Xcel Energy Center @ 7:00 CST
Television: KSTC (12/45)
Radio: KBGY 107.5 FM and BOB 106.1 FM.
For the Dallas perspective, check out Razor with an Edge and StarsBlog
Tonight's lines:
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Minnesota Wild |
Dallas Stars |
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Veilleux - Koivu - Mittens Johnsson - Schultz Backstrom |
Neal - Ribeiro - Avery Zubov - Grossman Turco |
NOTES:
- Stephane Veilleux will play in his 300th career game for the Wild tonight. The others? Marian Gaborik, Nick Schultz, Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Pascal Dupuis, Antti Laaksonen, Filip Kuba and Wes Walz
- With Matt Niskanen, Mark Parrish and Toby Petersen coming home to play, the Stars still have some Minnesota connections, other than Mike Modano.
- Mike Modano has recorded 24 points (7-17=24) in 28 games against the Wild. Modano needs two points to reach 1,300 for his career.
- The Wild rank among the lower-producing offenses in the league, with a total 49 goals, and has scored more than four times in a game just once in 2008-09.
- Marty Turco, who made 21 saves in his 400th NHL game on Monday, is 11-4-1 with a 1.96 GAA in 19 career games versus the Wild.
- Niklas Backstrom ranks among the best in the league with a 2.05 GAA and a .930 save%
- Dallas has allowed a Western Conference-worst 74 goals.
- Dallas is 10-2-1 in the series since the start of 2005-06, and has won three straight over Minnesota including a 4-2 home victory on Oct. 29.
Questions to Answer
- Can the Wild get an early lead? If so, can they hang on to it without giving us a coronary?
- Can the veterans take over a game, please?
- Can the Wild take advantage of a weak defensive team and use the counter-attack to rack up the goals?
- Will Burns finally find the back of the net up front? If not, should he really be there?
- Will the energy line of Clutterbuck, Pouliot and Boogaard continue to put on the pressure?
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Period Summary
Scoring Summary
1st Period
Dallas 8:41, James Neal 4 (Loui Eriksson, Brad Richards)
Minnesota 9:49, Eric Belanger 5 (Brent Burns, Marc-Andre Bergeron)
Minnesota 12:45, Owen Nolan 2 (power play) (Mikko Koivu, Antti Miettinen)
Penalty Summary
1st Period
Dallas interference – 2 min 11:05, L. Wilson
Minnesota face-off interference – 2 min 13:26, served by A. Brunette
Shots on Goal
Dallas – 11
Minnesota – 9
Faceoffs Won
Dallas – 12
Minnesota – 10
Power Play Conversion
Dallas – 0/1
Minnesota – 1/1
Period Summary
Scoring Summary
2nd Period
Minnesota 1:06, Andrew Brunette 7 (Martin Skoula, Eric Belanger)
Dallas 17:40, James Neal 5 (unassisted)
Penalty Summary
2nd Period
Dallas fighting – 5 min 2:56, K. Barch
Minnesota fighting – 5 min 2:56, D. Boogaard
Minnesota elbowing – 2 min 2:56, D. Boogaard served by P. Bouchard
Dallas hooking – 2 min 6:01, T. Petersen
Dallas holding – 2 min 15:29, N. Grossman
Minnesota roughing – 2 min 18:06, B. Pouliot
Shots on Goal
Dallas – 11-11
Minnesota – 9-14
Faceoffs Won
Dallas – 20
Minnesota – 22
Power Play Conversions
Dallas – 0/3
Minnesota – 1/3
First St. Louis
Now Dallas. What a joke. Time for Burns to come back to the blue line. He’s not doing enough up front to counteract Reitz being in the game.
Game Summary
Scoring Summary
1st Period
Dallas 8:41, James Neal 4 (Loui Eriksson, Brad Richards)
Minnesota 9:49, Eric Belanger 5 (Brent Burns, Marc-Andre Bergeron)
Minnesota 12:45, Owen Nolan 2 (power play) (Mikko Koivu, Antti Miettinen)
2nd Period
Minnesota 1:06, Andrew Brunette 7 (Martin Skoula, Eric Belanger)
Dallas 17:40, James Neal 5 (unassisted)
3rd Period
Dallas 8:30, Brad Richards 6 (Loui Eriksson, Landon Wilson)
Dallas 13:00, Loui Eriksson 10 (Stephane Robidas)
Penalty Summary
1st Period
Dallas interference – 2 min 11:05, L. Wilson
Minnesota face-off interference – 2 min 13:26, served by A. Brunette
2nd Period
Dallas fighting – 5 min 2:56, K. Barch
Minnesota fighting – 5 min 2:56, D. Boogaard
Minnesota elbowing – 2 min 2:56, D. Boogaard served by P. Bouchard
Dallas hooking – 2 min 6:01, T. Petersen
Dallas holding – 2 min 15:29, N. Grossman
Minnesota roughing – 2 min 18:06, B. Pouliot
3rd Period
Minnesota slashing – 2 min 17:13, B. Burns
Shots on Goal
Dallas – 11-11-8 for 30
Minnesota – 9-14-5 for 28
Faceoffs Won
Dallas – 29
Minnesota – 32
Power Play Conversions
Dallas – 0/4
Minnesota – 1/3
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