GDT: Wild vs. Jets - 10/31/17 - 7PM CT - FSN - Spooky-Scary Just Win Edition

[Minnesota]

NHL.com

The Winnipeg Jets come to St. Paul off their most impressive victory of the season, a 7-1 thrashing of the Pittsburgh Penguins at Bell MTS Place on Sunday.

Plymouth native and former University of Minnesota Golden Gopher Blake Wheeler posted his second career hat trick, scoring all three goals in a span of 4 minutes, 20 seconds in the first period.

Winnipeg scored five first period goals in all on Sunday, including three in just 34 seconds, smashing the previous franchise record for fastest three goals by 24 seconds.

The victory snapped a brief two-game losing streak; the Jets had five days off after a 4-3 win against Minnesota on Oct. 20 before losing back-to-back road games in overtime against the Penguins and Columbus Blue Jackets late last week. Winnipeg has gained at least a point in four consecutive games and in seven of its past eight games overall.

Wheeler leads the Jets with 12 points in 10 games, including a team-leading eight assists. Nikolaj Ehlers has six goals among eight points. Both Wheeler and Ehlers had goals the last time these teams met.

Minnesota forward Nino Niederreiter, out since Oct. 12 with a high left ankle sprain, is expected to returnTuesday night.

Go Wild! ​

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[Lapa]

Can't wait!

 

[Dee Oh Cee]

Can't wait!

Hope it's a good one for ya! I'll be in attendance as well. Wonder if there will be some interesting costumes...

 

[Minnesota]

Can't wait!

Excited to hear your opinions of the X and seeing the Wild live!

 

[ThatGuy22]

It would be really nice to get the win tonight and jump all these 12 point teams in the standings with games in hand.

 

[Wild11MN]

I'll be there as well! Orange hat night tonight!

 

[Mnsportsfan22]

Stalock in net needs to be stable

 

[DANOZ28]

pegleggers just beat the pens 7-1 so i hope we dont take them for granted. big 2 points on the line tonight.

 

[Dee Oh Cee]

I'll be there as well! Orange hat night tonight!

Love those hats...tonight's looks pretty cool too.

 

[Lapa]

What's orange hat night?

 

[StealthClobber]

Who's up for an HFWild meetup? I'll be there as well (first Wild game at the X in 6 years!), and from my count we'll have at least 4 of us there.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Nino!

 

[Lapa]

Who's up for an HFWild meetup? I'll be there as well (first Wild game at the X in 6 years!), and from my count we'll have at least 4 of us there.

Sounds good to me.

 

[ThatGuy22]

What's orange hat night?

This coming weekend is the opening of deer hunting season in Minnesota. Its mandatory to wear blaze orange on your head and torso while deer hunting.

The Wild give away Blaze Orange hats with their logo on it the week before deer hunting every year, and it's always funny to see the twitter reactions from those who don't understand why the entire crowd is wearing blaze orange hats.

 

[Wabit]

Sweet, the Wild can run a 1st line, a 2nd line and 2 4th lines tonight. It's an improvement.

Zucker/Koivu/Granny
Nino/Staal/Kunin
Foligno/JEE/Stewie?
Winnik/Cullen/Ennis?

 

[jets2020champs]

pegleggers just beat the pens 7-1 so i hope we dont take them for granted. big 2 points on the line tonight.

Jets fan here coming in peace. Yes, pegleggers just beat the pens 7-1. But only because the Wild soften them up the night before. 5 goals in the first period. Game was over the minute they left Minnesota.

 

[TaLoN]

 

[StealthClobber]

This coming weekend is the opening of deer hunting season in Minnesota. Its mandatory to wear blaze orange on your head and torso while deer hunting.

The Wild give away Blaze Orange hats with their logo on it the week before deer hunting every year, and it's always funny to see the twitter reactions from those who don't understand why the entire crowd is wearing blaze orange hats.

All the fans in attendance are just rooting on the Astros to win Game 6.

 

[Lapa]

Great to hear Nino is coming back.

 

[TaLoN]

Great to hear Nino is coming back.

Slowly the team is coming back together.

 

[BagHead]

What's orange hat night?

Wait, you're in Minnesota, Lapa? Going to the game? If so, I really hope they perform for you, man!

That lineup sadly looks so skilled compared to what I'm used to, now. Amazing what a difference two players can make for depth.

 

[57special]

Jets fan here coming in peace. Yes, pegleggers just beat the pens 7-1. But only because the Wild soften them up the night before. 5 goals in the first period. Game was over the minute they left Minnesota.

Ahh, the psychological warfare begins.

Peg fan trying to underplay their shellacking of recent opponent in common, worried that Wild players/fans have taken notice. Trying to counteract the obvious overconfident Jet's /Wild underdog scenario that is bound to play out tonight.

 

[StealthClobber]

Where's the best place to park around the X?

 

[Lapa]

Wait, you're in Minnesota, Lapa? Going to the game? If so, I really hope they perform for you, man!

That lineup sadly looks so skilled compared to what I'm used to, now. Amazing what a difference two players can make for depth.

Yeah, here until Saturday.

 

[TaLoN]

Where's the best place to park around the X?

I always park in the River Center ramp