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- Feb 21, 2010
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In its first two games, the Wild dominated in both games - just couldn't score. The first game vs the Kings, the Wild's big guns were unable to find the back of the net and the Wild's play relied too much on the Kid Unit. In the 2nd game, after a bad start, the Wild were able to dominate the game but just before the OT ended, the Ducks' Mathieu Perreault was able to win it for the Ducks. In that game, the Wild also lost C Charlie Coyle, who had looked very good so far.
The Preds haven't had much to cheer about so far. Two losses to the Blues and the Avs. In the last game, they also lost D Roman Josi, who was destroyed by Steve Downie. The Preds' rookie defenseman Seth Jones, who was selected 4th overall in this year's Entry Draft, has reportedly looked good so far while getting a lot of minutes.
Minnesota Wild (0-0-2) v Nashville Predators (0-2-0)
Projected lineups:
Zach Parise (A) - Mikko Koivu (C) - Jason Pominville
Jason Zucker - Mikael Granlund - Dany Heatley
Matt Cooke - Kyle Brodziak - Nino Niederreiter
Justin Fontaine - Zenon Konopka - Torrey Mitchell
Ryan Suter (A) - Jonas Brodin
Marco Scandella - Jared Spurgeon
Keith Ballard - Clayton Stoner
Niklas Bäckström
Josh Harding
IR: Mike Rupp (knee), Charlie Coyle (knee)
Wilson - Fisher - Hornqvist
Smith - Cullen - Bourque
Nystrom - Legwand - Forsberg
Hendricks - Gaustad - Clune
Jones - Weber
Klein - Bartley
Ekholm - Ellis
Rinne
Hutton
IR: Josi (concussion), Stålberg (shoulder)
Top 3 Scorers:
Wild
Zach Parise - 2 goals, 0 assists - +1
Jonas Brodin - 1 goal, 1 assist - +- 0
Mikael Granlund - 0 goals, 2 assists - +- 0
Predators
Mike Fisher - 1 goal, 1 assist - +- 0
David Legwand - 1 goal, 0 assists - +- 0
Paul Gaustad - 1 goal, 0 assists - +- 0
Wild notes: Scandella will stay in lineup
Zucker, Granlund motivated to replace Coyle; Parise leaves practice sick
Zucker returns to Wild, says 'I have to be better'
Wild gameday at Nashville
Streams
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