Minnesota Wild @ Phoenix Coyotes GameThread, Dec 11, 2008 8:00 PM CST

Minnesota Wild @ Phoenix Coyotes: Game 27

by nathaneide on Dec 11, 2008 7:00 PM CST in Events Comment 35 comments

Minnesota Wild at Phoenix Coyotes, Dec 11, 2008 8:00 PM CST

Minnesotawild_medium Phoenix Coyotes Logo

Minnesota Wild (15-10-1) @ Phoenix Coyotes (13-13-2)

Jobing.com Arena @ 8:00 CST

Television: FSN (HD)
Listen live on WCCO.com, or locally at 830 AM

For the Phoenix perspective, check out Five for Howling

Tonight's lines:

Minnesota Wild

Phoenix Coyotes

Veilleux - Koivu - Mittens
Brunette - Gillies - Bouchard
Burns - Sheppard - Gilles
Weller - Pouliot - Boogaard

Johnsson - Schultz
Zidlicky - Skoula
Reitz - Bergeron

Harding
Backstrom

Boedker - Jokinen - Mueller
Doan - Turris - Carcillo
Winnik - Hanzal - Tikhonov
Fedoruk - Reinprecht - Porter

Jovanovski - Morris
Sauer - Hale
Klee - Michalek

Bryzgalov
Tellqvist

Minnesota Wild Injuries

Questionable

Player	Injury Type	Injury Date
Owen Nolan	right leg	12.11.2008

Out (IR / Out / Suspended / Physically unvailable)

Player	Injury Type	Injury Date
Marian Gaborik	lower body	10.15.2008
Kurtis Foster	left leg surgery	9.20.2008

Phoenix Coyotes Injuries

Questionable

Player	Injury Type	Injury Date
Mikael Tellqvist	lower body	12.11.2008

Notes

Krys Kolanos was returned to Houston and Owen Nolan is not on the trip.
Wild All-Time Record vs. Phoenix: 15-10-5 (7-6-2 at Jobing.com Arena)
The Wild have beaten Phoenix in 9 straight
Olli Jokinen, Phoenix's second-leading scorer with 20 points in 22 games, missed six straight with a shoulder injury before returning Wednesday night.
Niklas Backstrom won all eight of his career games against the Coyotes with three shutouts and a 1.13 goals-against average.
Gaborik has missed 24 straight games with an undisclosed lower-body injury.

Questions to Answer

Can the Wild offense turn around?
Will the time off do the offense good?
Can we get Burnsie back to the blue line again please?
Will the special teams once again save the Wild?
Will Niklas Backstrom get on a hot streak again, heading into a West coast swing?

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First period summary

Scoring Summary
1st Period
None

Shots on Goal
Phoenix – 10
Minnesota – 12

Faceoffs Won
Phoenix – 8
Minnesota – 9

Power play conversions
Phoenix – 0/2
Minnesota – 0/3

by nathaneide on Dec 11, 2008 8:48 PM CST reply actions

Nice to see Fedoruk getting a great opportunity with Phoenix.

by nathaneide on Dec 11, 2008 9:07 PM CST reply actions

Crap

Phoenix scores with 26 seconds left in the second.

by nathaneide on Dec 11, 2008 9:33 PM CST reply actions

WTF??? Another Coyote goal as the puck slipped under Backstrom’s glove. This one with 1.3 seconds left.

by nathaneide on Dec 11, 2008 9:34 PM CST reply actions

That's it.

They have no offense. This one’s over.

by nathaneide on Dec 11, 2008 9:35 PM CST reply actions

Bergeron’s fault on the first, Mikko’s on the second. Giving up 2 goals in 30 seconds at the end of the second is not a good sign for a team that can’t score. This doesn’t happen to a team with his head not up its collective backsides.

by nathaneide on Dec 11, 2008 9:37 PM CST reply actions

Game Summary

Scoring Summary
1st Period
None
2nd Period
Phoenix 19:33, Zbynek Michalek 2 (Shane Doan, Steve Reinprecht)
Phoenix 19:58, Olli Jokinen 10 (Peter Mueller, Mikkel Boedker)

Penalty Summary
1st Period
Phoenix roughing – 2 min 2:35, S. Reinprecht
Minnesota roughing – 2 min 5:57, P. Bouchard
Phoenix hooking – 2 min 9:01, O. Jokinen
Phoenix tripping – 2 min 16:50, P. Mueller
Minnesota interference – 2 min 19:53, B. Burns
2nd Period
Minnesota hooking – 2 min 7:30, M. Koivu
Phoenix hooking – 2 min 12:56, M. Boedker
Minnesota high sticking – 2 min 15:47, C. Clutterbuck

Shots on Goal
Phoenix – 10-12
Minnesota – 12-9

Faceoffs Won
Phoenix – 18
Minnesota – 20

Power play conversions
Phoenix – 0/4
Minnesota – 0/4

by nathaneide on Dec 11, 2008 9:40 PM CST reply actions

So... your questions

1. No
2. No
3. No
4. No
5. No

Ouch is right… damn Wild. This was supposed to be the easy game on the trip, too.

The only way to avoid failure, is to learn from it.

by BReynolds on Dec 11, 2008 9:44 PM CST reply actions

Yeah, I think that pretty much answers my questions. This is painful.

Sure would be nice to see what guys like Patrick O’Sullivan or Ryan Jones would do on this roster. They still have no scorers. It’s just painful. Different seasons, same problem.

by nathaneide on Dec 11, 2008 9:56 PM CST reply actions

Good thing they traded Sully for Demo huh?

The only way to avoid failure, is to learn from it.

by BReynolds on Dec 11, 2008 9:59 PM CST up reply actions

That one

has pissed me off since the day they did it.

by nathaneide on Dec 11, 2008 9:59 PM CST up reply actions

Coyotes goal. Once again the D leaves Backstrom out to dry there. Coyotes 3-0.

by nathaneide on Dec 11, 2008 9:59 PM CST reply actions

Oh my F'ing Lord...

The only way to avoid failure, is to learn from it.

by BReynolds on Dec 11, 2008 9:59 PM CST reply actions

Ok

I’m going to back the TiVo up to see who screwed up.

by nathaneide on Dec 11, 2008 10:00 PM CST up reply actions

Bergeron

Ok. Bergeron and Reitz absoltuely blew that one. They screwed up so badly I don’t even know who to blame. It looks like Beregeron

by nathaneide on Dec 11, 2008 10:01 PM CST up reply actions

Shep-Pouliot-Clutterbuck

The kid line?

The only way to avoid failure, is to learn from it.

by BReynolds on Dec 11, 2008 10:05 PM CST reply actions

Eek

And Pouliot is struggling tonight.

by nathaneide on Dec 11, 2008 10:08 PM CST up reply actions

3-1

Wild goal! Antti Miettinen finally gets a goal again. Total garbage goal.

by nathaneide on Dec 11, 2008 10:08 PM CST reply actions

Garbage counts too!

The only way to avoid failure, is to learn from it.

by BReynolds on Dec 11, 2008 10:09 PM CST up reply actions

You kidding?

That’s what this team needs. They still haven’t found the garbage guy.

by nathaneide on Dec 11, 2008 10:11 PM CST up reply actions

That was Mikko's 100th assist.

by nathaneide on Dec 11, 2008 10:13 PM CST up reply actions

The outside shot has not worked all night, why do they keep trying?

MOVE IT INSIDE!

The only way to avoid failure, is to learn from it.

by BReynolds on Dec 11, 2008 10:10 PM CST reply actions

Cheapshot

Jokinen should have gone for more than 2:00 on that. Deliberately running Bergeron’s head into the glass? Ridiculous.

by nathaneide on Dec 11, 2008 10:19 PM CST reply actions

Yeah... Colin Campbell was already in bed though

And it was Jokinen… can’t suspend a star

The only way to avoid failure, is to learn from it.

by BReynolds on Dec 11, 2008 10:20 PM CST up reply actions

Yeah

It’s annoying as hell too. No consistency or credibility in Toronto.

by nathaneide on Dec 11, 2008 10:23 PM CST up reply actions

Bergeron is the new Skooba

The only way to avoid failure, is to learn from it.

by BReynolds on Dec 11, 2008 10:20 PM CST reply actions

Precisely.

by nathaneide on Dec 11, 2008 10:21 PM CST up reply actions

What?

Belanger should not be on the PP. He’s just not that good.

by nathaneide on Dec 11, 2008 10:20 PM CST reply actions

Oh

And I’m against Bergeron. He annoys me.

by nathaneide on Dec 11, 2008 10:20 PM CST reply actions

#2

Second hook on Mikko on the face off.

The only way to avoid failure, is to learn from it.

by BReynolds on Dec 11, 2008 10:25 PM CST reply actions

Mikko Koivu going off for hooking. 2:51 left. That should just about do it. 9-game winning streak against Phoenix about to come to an end.

by nathaneide on Dec 11, 2008 10:25 PM CST reply actions

Great save by Backstrom as Jokinen threaded the needle to the backdoor

by nathaneide on Dec 11, 2008 10:26 PM CST reply actions

Hmm

Wild are now 1-4 with Johnsson as C.

by nathaneide on Dec 11, 2008 10:26 PM CST reply actions

Wild lose 3-1 to the Phoenix Coyotes. Thanks to 30 horrible seconds at the close of the second period. Also, the bad offense didn’t help

by nathaneide on Dec 11, 2008 10:29 PM CST reply actions

Game Summary

Scoring Summary
1st Period
None
2nd Period
Phoenix 19:33, Zbynek Michalek 2 (Shane Doan, Steve Reinprecht)
Phoenix 19:58, Olli Jokinen 10 (Peter Mueller, Mikkel Boedker)
3rd Period
Phoenix 4:41, Joakim Lindstrom 1 (Steve Reinprecht, Enver Lisin)
Minnesota 8:25, Antti Miettinen 8 (Andrew Brunette, Mikko Koivu)