Gamethread: Wild at Capitals (6:00 p.m.)

I noticed Kaprizov uses white tape on his stick ,wouldnt it be harded to follow the puck for defenses and  goalies if the tape matched the puck  ,black on black ,  sort of hid it .

LFGW. Don't embarrass yourselves again. 

nice shot ROSSI

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Roofed it. Nice shot kid...and on Darcy. Delicious. 

MARCO

GOAL-O!

10 minutes ago, Dango said:

I noticed Kaprizov uses white tape on his stick ,wouldnt it be harded to follow the puck for defenses and  goalies if the tape matched the puck  ,black on black ,  sort of hid it .

That's always been the theory, but not sure of how much it really helps. 

Delayed penalty, and the play they go with is... Brodin hammering it from the point?

I think the Wild need to shoot more on the PP and get on the rebounds or plays off the chaos. Snapping it around the outside is easy to defend. 

More shots or attempts where the read and bounce is 50/50. The PP has gotta find a way.

Gross. Please be offsides. 

Unnecessary penalty, Mids…

Nice pass Ovi...but not really sure what Merrill was doing there. 

Marco Rossi: 0.31 5-on-5 expected goals in the first period.

The rest of the Wild combined: 0.21 5-on-5 expected goals in the first period.

Much better start. Wild actually skating early. Just a gorgeous play all around on Rossi’s goal, basically a stretched out tic-tac-toe and what a finish by Rossi! PP generated a few good chances too  

Missed the shorty live but the replay looked like yet another turnover up high. 

Their PP goal I do not know what Merrill was thinking. Just straight puck watching. Mermis & Merrill aren’t a great duo on the PK. 

What in the hell were you doing there Hunt? 

We won a coaches challenge...minor miracles. 

Pretty quiet in here tonight. Can’t believe we actually won a challenge for once. Had a couple feeds across that almost got tipped home by Hartman & Foglino.
 

PP had a huge chance to tie the game but couldn’t get it done, definitely missing Boldy. Thought the Wild got a little loose the last 4-5 minutes of the period, scrambling around in the neutral zone and not getting in deep. Flower tending net fantastically. 

MN special teams are brutal after three years of struggling with the same issues. Losing the majority of draws every game. Just not sure what the deal is with this team. 

They shouldn't stink. Yeah Boldy and Spurge are out but are they really that fragile and incapable without those guys?

It's early in the year still but I just have a hard time understanding how the same things are a problem year after year after year. We've all known it's a thing and it cost the Wild in the playoffs last year bigly. 

In the last few games the PP and PK have been absolutely terrible.

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Some early 3rd period Grizzle is good!

Kick Wilson's ass. Just the worst kind of player. Picks on the little guys. 

PP, prove it.

Cash in for gods sake. 

PP1 was a joke there. At least MoJo on PP2 had a chance. 

Start PP2 next time Deano. Who gives a shit about feelings and egos. 

Edited October 28, 2023 by UK_Soldier

100%. MN's power play hasn't converted in like the last ten opportunities.