WILD WEEK
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J a n u a ry 1 9, 2 0 15 • A L O O K AT T HE WE E K A HE A D FO R T HE MINN ES OTA WI L D
DATE
Mon., Jan. 19
Tue., Jan. 20
Wed., Jan. 21
Thur., Jan. 22
Fri., Jan. 23
Sat., Jan. 24
Sun., Jan. 25
Mon., Jan. 26
OPPONENT/EVENT
Columbus Blue Jackets
Detroit Red Wings
All Star Break
All Star Break
All Star Break
All-Star Skills Competition
All-Star Game
Practice
LOCATION*
Xcel Energy Center
Joe Louis Arena
PRACTICE/GAME TIME**
10:30 a.m./7:00 p.m.
10:30 a.m./6:30 p.m.
INFORMATION
FSN/KFAN 100.3 FM
FSN/KFAN 100.3 FM
Nationwide Arena
Nationwide Arena
Leduc Sobeys Arena
6:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
NBC Sports Network
NBC Sports Network
* Practice times and locations are subject to change. Please contact Aaron Sickman at (651) 602-6009 or Carly Peters (651) 602-6034 to confirm. Players and coaches are available to the media following practice. Practices are closed to the public.
** All times are CDT
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS
DETROIT RED WINGS
All-Time Wild Record: 23-18-8 (16-5-4 at
Xcel Energy Center, 7-13-4 at Columbus)
2014-15: The Wild suffered a 3-1 loss in the first meeting at Nationwide Arena (12/31)…LW Zach Parise netted Minnesota’s lone goal with assists from C Mikko
Koivu and LW Thomas Vanek…G Darcy Kuemper
stopped 23-of-25 shots…D Kevin Connauton (1-1=2)
and C Brandon Dubinsky (0-2=2) tallied two points
apiece…C Ryan Johansen and D David Savard each
registered a goal…G Sergei Bobrovsky made 28 saves.
WILD LEADERS: Koivu has 25 points (8-17=25) in 29
games against Columbus…D Ryan Suter has 25 points
(2-23=25) in 48 contests…RW Jason Pominville has
12 points (8-4=12) in 13 games…Vanek has nine
points (3-6=9) in 11 matches.
WILD GOALIES: G Niklas Backstrom is 11-6-2 with a
2.21 GAA, a .923 SV% and one shutout in 20 career
starts against the Blue Jackets…G Devan Dubnyk is
7-3-2 with a 2.13 GAA, a. 928 SV% and two shutouts
in 13 games (11 starts)…Kuemper is 0-1-1 with a 1.45
GAA and a .944 SV% in two career starts.
BLUE JACKETS LEADERS: D Jack Johnson has 14 points
(3-11=14) in 23 contests vs. Minnesota...LW Scott
Hartnell owns 13 points (4-9=13) in 28 games…D
James Wisniewski owns 10 points (2-8=10) in 24 contests…Dubinsky has nine points (1-8=9) in 11 games.
BLUE JACKETS GOALIES: Bobrovsky is 4-1-0 with a 1.55
GAA and a .944 SV% in five starts against the Wild...C
Curtis McElhinney is 2-1-1 with a 2.22 GAA, .913 SV%
and one shutout in five games (four starts).
CONNECTIONS: Columbus Head Coach Todd Richards
served as the Wild’s Head Coach from 2009-11...Darryl
Sydor played 49 games for the Blue Jackets in 200304…D Jordan Leopold hails from Golden Valley, MN
and played at the University of Minnesota (1998-2002).
FAST FACTS: 10 of the last 14 games played at Xcel Energy Center between the two teams have been decided
by one goal…The Wild is 8-3-3 in those meetings.
All-Time Wild Record: 15-25-9 overall
(7-9-8 at Xcel Energy Center, 8-16-1 at
Detroit)
2013-14: Minnesota went 1-1-0 in two games against
Detroit last year...The Wild lost, 3-2, at Xcel Energy Center (3/22) and earned a 4-3 victory at Joe Louis Arena
(3/23)…C Charlie Coyle (2-1=3), C Mikko Koivu (12=3) and LW Matt Moulson (1-2=3) led Minnesota
with three points each…G Darcy Kuemper stopped
27-of-30 shots in the first meeting while G Ilya Bryzgalov made 13 saves in the second meeting...RW Gustav
Nyquist (3-0=3) and D Brendan Smith (1-2=3) led
Detroit with three points…D Jakub Kindl (0-2=2), C
David Legwand (1-1=2), C Riley Sheahan (0-2=2) and
LW Tomas Tatar (1-1=2) registered two points each…G
Jimmy Howard went 1-0-1 with a 2.95 GAA and a .891
SV% in two starts.
WILD LEADERS: D Ryan Suter paces the Wild with 22
points (4-18=22) in 52 games against Detroit...Koivu
has 18 points (6-12=18) in 27 games…LW Matt Cooke
owns 17 points (8-9=17) in 39 contests... LW Zach
Parise has eight points (5-3=8) in 10 games.
WILD GOALIES: G Niklas Backstrom 2-4-3 with a 3.11
GAA and a .915 SV% in 11 games (nine starts)…G Devan Dubnyk is 2-1-2 with a 2.47 GAA and a .924 SV%
in five career starts…Kuemper is 1-1-0 with a 2.54 GAA
and a .918 SV% in two career starts.
RED WINGS LEADERS: C Henrik Zetterberg owns 34
points (15-19=34) in 36 games against Minnesota...C
Pavel Datsyuk has 28 points (9-19=28) in 39 matches...RW Daniel Cleary owns 27 points (12-15=27) in
47 contests…RW Johan Franzen has 24 points (1311=24) in 28 games.
RED WINGS GOALIES: Howard is 10-3-3 with a 2.21
GAA, a .907 SV% and one shutout in 16 starts vs.
Minnesota...G Jonas Gustavsson is 1-1-0 with a 2.54
GAA and a .902 SV% in two starts…G Petr Mrazek is
0-1-0 with a 3.04 GAA and a .875 SV% in one career
start (2/17/03)…G Tom McCollum has not faced the
Wild.
CONNECTIONS: Rick Wilson skated in 77 games with
Detroit in 1976-77.
FAST FACT: Minnesota is 5-3-1 against Detroit over the
last three seasons and has earned a point in nine of the
last 11 games played at Xcel Energy Center (4-2-5)…
The Wild is 4-3-0 in its last seven games played at Joe
Louis Arena.
IOWA WILD
The Iowa Wild went 2-2-0 in four games
last week…The Wild fell to the Chicago
Wolves 3-0 on Tuesday at Wells Fargo
Arena (1/13)…G Johan Gustafsson made 35 saves…
Iowa suffered its second consecutive shutout loss, 4-0,
against the Rockford IceHogs on Friday at BMO Harris
Bank Center (1/16)…G John Curry started the game,
allowing three goals on 10 shots in 25:48 of play…
Gustafsson made 15-of-16 saves in relief…The Wild
earned a 4-1 win in its first match against the Lake
Erie Monsters on Saturday in Des Moines (1/17)…F
Stephane Veilleux led the night with two assists…Defensemen Stu Bickel, Daniel Syvret and Brad Richard
along with F Michael Keranen each tallied a goal…
Curry made 24 saves to earn the win…Iowa won its
second match vs. Lake Erie, 4-3, in overtime on Sunday (1/18)…F Tyler Graovac scored on a penalty shot
in overtime to seal the Wild’s victory…Forwards Jason
Gregoire and Marc Hagel and D Jonathon Blum also
netted a goal while F Brady Brassart tallied two assists…Curry made 33 saves...Keranen leads the team
in scoring with 28 points (6-22=28) in 40 games…
Graovac ranks second with 27 points (13-14=27) and
C Jordan Schroeder ranks third with 25 points (1015=25)…Gustafsson is 7-15-1 with a 3.36 GAA and a
.898 SV% in 25 games…Curry is 8-7-0 with a 2.72 GAA
and a .918 SV% in 17 games…The Wild will play three
games this week, hosting Rockford (Thur.) and visiting
Milwaukee (Fri.) and Grand Rapids (Sat.).
NHL ALL-STAR WEEKEND
Defenseman Ryan Suter will represent
the Minnesota Wild at the 2015 NHL
All-Star Weekend, Jan. 24-25 in Columbus, Ohio. Suter
was named to the 2013 NHL First All-Star Team and
played in the 2012 NHL All-Star Game. The Columbus
Blue Jackets and city of Columbus will host the 2015
NHL All-Star festivities. The League’s midseason showcase will include the Honda NHL All-Star Skills Competition™ on Saturday, Jan. 24 at 6 p.m. CT on NBCSN and
the Honda NHL® All-Star Game on Sunday, Jan. 25 at 4
p.m. CT on NBCSN.
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