Minnesota Wild @ St.-Louis Blues: Game Recap

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Feels so good to be writing gamers again!

Scanning the Wild's lineup for this game, it looked more like an audition for 4th line, 3rd D pairing and extras. Hell, it looked more like a Houston Aeros game, but that's the preseason. Not much fans could get excited about, especially when you consider the relatively high number of regulars playing for the Blues. 

However, despite the lack of a video feed (damn you, pre-season), the fans were treated to a pretty strong showing from the baby Wild. Mike Yeo is making a great early impression, but I think the fact he knew so many players tonight so well as Aeros helped a lot. He truly got the best out of almost everyone. Except for that flurry of penalties in the first period, the Wild didn't give much for the Blues to work with, and Backstrom shone in that period. Backstrom, by the way, was perfect tonight in two periods of play, even getting on the scoresheet with an assist, making him one of the best offensive players tonight. However, tonight was all about the Wild's ''Worst defense in the league after the departure of Burns''. 

Back in action tomorrow night, where we'll finally see the Heatley-Koivu-Setoguchi line... Should be exciting!

Hockey Wilderness 3 stars:

2. Matt Hackett (Never seen two goalies from the same team in the three stars, but he deserves it. Kept the shutout alive with 14 saves in 20 minutes.)

3. Warren Peters (GWG, 57% faceoffs, 4 hits. )

Fun fact:

Wild are 2-0 in preseason for the second time in franchise history.

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