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Minnesota Wild @ Vancouver Canucks: Game 7

By nathaneide

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Minnesota Wild (1-5-0) @ Vancouver Canucks (2-4-0)

GM Place @ 9:00 CDT

Television: KSTC
Audio from tonight's game will be streamed live via WCCO on CBS radio.

For the Vancouver perspective, check out Nucks Misconduct

Wild.com Game Preview

Minnesota Wild

Vancouver Canucks

Forwards
Andrew Brunette - Mikko Koivu - Antti Miettinen
Benoit Pouliot - Eric Belanger - Kyle Brodziak
Andy Hilbert - James Sheppard - Owen Nolan
Jaime Sifers - Nathan Smith - Derek Boogaard

Defense
Nick Schultz - Marek Zidlicky
Greg Zanon - Brent Burns
Shane Hnidy - Kim Johnsson

Goalies
Niklas Backstrom
Josh Harding

Forwards
Alexandre Burrows - Henrik Sedin - Michael Grabner
Mason Raymond - Ryan Kesler - Mikael Samuelsson
Ryan Johnson - Kyle Wellwood - Steve Bernier
Darcy Hordichuk - Rick Rypien - Tanner Glass

Defense
Kevin Bieksa - Willie Mitchell
Shane O'Brien - Christian Ehrhoff
Aaron Rome - Alexander Edler

Goalies
Roberto Luongo
Andrew Raycroft

Notes:

  • Petr Sykora, Cal Clutterbuck, Martin Havlat and Pierre-Marc Bouchard are all out tonight for Minnesota
  • Sami Salo, Daniel Sedin, Jannik Hansen, Pavol Demitra and Mathieu Schneider are all out for Vancouver.
  • Vancouver went 5-0-1 against the Wild last season.

Questions to Answer

  1. In the battle of underperforming teams, which one performs to their expectations?
    Can the Wild take advantage of the large number of shots and turn some into scoring chances by crashing the net?
  2. Which Roberto Luongo shows up tonight?
  3. Can Brent Burns find his game?
    With no Pierre-Marc Bouchard on the ice, who will Alex Burrows try to kill?

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