Article: The Minnesota Wild Have A Tell

[Phillip Garrett]

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[SkolWild73]

I would just like to add that the Florida Panthers, the defending Stanley Cup Champions and leaders of their division were shut out 4 times from December 12th-December 28.   The teams were Vancouver, Calgary, Tampa and Montreal.  The first two on the road, the last two at home.  They had 4 straight wins sandwiched between those 4 shutouts.  

[1Brotherbill]

So, the Wild are playing well.  Even as of late they are still pretty good.  Everyone has a feeling that the team is terrible right now.  Here is their monthly records for the year.  

February 2-2, January 8-6, December 7-7, November 10-5, October 8-3, September 2-2, they have also gotten 4 points in 4 loses.  The team has not been bellow .500 in any month of the season.  It is doubtful that they will finish below .500 in any month the rest of the season.

Calgary is 10 points behind the Wild and has 26 games left, Minnesota has 25 left.  If the Wild play .500 the rest of the way out Calgary would have to get 35 points in 26 games.  That is a .626 win percentage, at two thirds of the season Calgary has a .524 win percentage.  

As far as missing the playoffs it is going to be hard for this team to miss the playoffs.  As for what they will do once they get into the playoffs we don't know.  It is assumed that when everyone gets back and plays a few games before the playoffs they will be a pretty tough out.  But we don't know and that is why they play the games.  Hopefully the 4 Nations will wake Boldy up and he can start scoring again. 

[Burnt Toast]

In any serious analysis of hockey stats always remember to include the PL%. Includes bouncing pucks off opponents or even better they just shoot it in for you. It goes both ways puck luck, it’s for real.