GDT: G17: Kings at Wild - 7pm (FSN)

[Wabit]

Who: Los Angeles Kings (9-6-3) at Minnesota Wild (10-6-0)
Puck drop: 7:08 p.m. CT
Watch: FOX Sports North, FOX Sports App
Listen: KFAN FM 100.3, Wild Radio Network, Wild NHL App



Wild Warmup: Minnesota vs. Los Angeles

Over its past three games, Minnesota has outscored its opponents by a combined score of 17-5.
Eleven different payers have scored goals for Minnesota during those three games.

The Wild must try and buck a long-time trend of teams struggling in their first game back at home from long road trips.

Despite playing in just five games, Zuccarello is already tied with Hartman for fourth on the club in scoring with nine points. Zuccarello has scored the Wild's first goal in three straight games.

Whether Kahkonen or Talbot starts on Friday, the other would figure to go on Saturday.

Lines:
Greenway/JEE/Fiala
Zucc/Rask/Kaprizov
Parise/Hartman/Foligno
Sturm + 2 guys they traded for in the offseason

Brodin/Dumba
Suter/Spurgeon
Cole/Soucy

Talbot (guessing)

Lets Go Wild!

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[Lapa]

Party not stopping. 5-0 Wild, Zuccarello hattrick.

 

[ThatGuy22]

I'm not sure what to do with a game day I can get to bed by 11

 

[Lapa]

I'm not sure what to do with a game day I can get to bed by 11

cries in Finnish

Game starts at 3 AM, I actually prefer west coast start times

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

Not quite the Columbus vs Minnesota win-streak matchup from a few years back, but LA is on a 6 game win streak, we’re on a 4 game win streak. One has to end.

 

[Soldier13Fox]

cries in Finnish

Game starts at 3 AM, I actually prefer west coast start times

Being in East Africa, I now understand our resident Finn's pain! West coast times are great over here.

 

[Soldier13Fox]

Not quite the Columbus vs Minnesota win-streak matchup from a few years back, but LA is on a 6 game win streak, we’re on a 4 game win streak. One has to end.

I was at that game. The build up was awesome, finish not so much.

 

[Webster]

Sounds like Evason wasn't happy with the morning skate, called it sloppy and lazy, and warned players about the tendency to lose at home after a long and successful road trip.

And the Kings are playing well right now, with some great goaltending.

 

[keppel146]

Wild, please don’t play with my emotions. Pick a direction, and stay with it.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Not quite the Columbus vs Minnesota win-streak matchup from a few years back, but LA is on a 6 game win streak, we’re on a 4 game win streak. One has to end.

Stoppable force vs. moveable object.

Let’s go!

 

[Dee Oh Cee]

Somebody's 'O' has got to go.

 

[2Pair]

Is tonight the night we get to see Evason's though process when he has actual options at forward?

 

[Nsjohnson]

Oh thank god this isn't on the God awful LA ice.

Wild for some reason seem to have a bad match up against the Kings from my viewings, but then again, maybe it was just circumstances.

Either way, I'm calling Wild win 5-2.

Fiala x2
Dumba
Greener
Ek

 

[YP44]

I don't usually log in here on the weekends so just wanted to say tomorrow's reverse retro game will be the sexiest looking game the NHL has seen in at least a decade.

 

[Webster]

Is tonight the night we get to see Evason's though process when he has actual options at forward?

Let me see your lines, Parise on the 4th?

 

[Wabit]

 

[Wabit]

I don't have good vibes going into this game. I think they'll come out flat and be playing catchup all night.

 

[Webster]

I don't have good vibes going into this game. I think they'll come out flat and be playing catchup all night.

Well I hope they show up for Talbot, give him a win.

But the schedule this season is insane, they're going to play every 2nd day for the next four weeks, including six back to backs. They'll have two days off by the end of next month, that's it.

 

[2Pair]

Let me see your lines, Parise on the 4th?

You can't touch the Rask line right now. I would consider swapping Hartman into the Greenway/Fiala line, but also don't have a problem with giving Ek a handful more games to try and get up to speed. Not much you can do with the bottom 6 until Johansson gets healthy. Hartman and Foligno seem to have some chemistry, and playing them on the same line allows you to use them as a PK pair.

 

[Wabit]

You can't touch the Rask line right now. I would consider swapping Hartman into the Greenway/Fiala line, but also don't have a problem with giving Ek a handful more games to try and get up to speed. Not much you can do with the bottom 6 until Johansson gets healthy. Hartman and Foligno seem to have some chemistry, and playing them on the same line allows you to use them as a PK pair.

MarJo getting healthy shouldn't mean anything. They should just put him though waivers and save the $1m in cap space.

 

[Wabit]

Well I hope they show up for Talbot, give him a win.

But the schedule this season is insane, they're going to play every 2nd day for the next four weeks, including six back to backs. They'll have two days off by the end of next month, that's it.

Well that long layoff needs to be made up somehow. Lots of teams are in the same boat with a ton of games.

 

[2Pair]

MarJo getting healthy shouldn't mean anything. They should just put him though waivers and save the $1m in cap space.

He's better than Parise and Bjugstad

 

[Wabit]

He's better than Parise and Bjugstad

Not by any metric or the eye test. He's worse than Parise and Bjugstad, and that's saying a lot.

 

[Wabit]

I'm giving the LA feed a chance tonight. Walz just annoys me.

 

[melinko]

Ek has seemed slow to react ever since he came back. 2 times now he hasn't looked very crisp in front of the net.