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Game 46: MIN @ TOR - Jan. 19 - 7:00pm - TSN

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Minnesota Wild (22-17-7) @ Toronto Maple Leafs (22-18-5)​
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Expected line-ups:

Toronto:

Lombardi-Bozak-Kessel
MacArthur-Grabovski-Kulemin
Lupul-Connolly-Kadri
Crabb-Steckel-Brown

Phaneuf-Schenn
Gunnarsson-Komisarek
Gardiner-Franson

Gustavsson

Minnesota:

Setoguchi-W. Peters-Heatley
Clutterbuck-Cullen-Wellman
Powe-Brodziak-Johnson
McIntyre-McMillan-Staubitz

Schultz-Zanon
Lundin-Zidlicky
Stoner-Spurgeon

Backstrom

Some stats to mull over courtesy of TSN's Ice Chips:

Only meeting of the season between the teams, TOR was 1-0-0 vs MIN last season, winning in MIN
Teams last met in TOR in Nov 2009, MIN win, teams have split two games in TOR since the lockout
TOR is 4-1-0 all-time at home vs MIN

TOR:
TOR has lost 3 straight games, scoring 4G, going 0/8 on the PP
TOR has lost 2 straight at home, being outscored 6-2
TOR has gone 12/12 on the PK in 2012 (4-3-0) in those games
Lupul has 3G, 6A over the past 7 home games
Kessel has 0G over past 4 games, longest goalless streak of season was 6 (Nov 22-Dec 5)

MIN:
MIN has gone 1-5-1 over their past 7 games, going 1/19 on the PP
MIN has gone 0-8-2 last 10 road games, scoring 10G, more then 1G twice in that span (2Gxtwice)
Heatley has 1G, 2A over the past 7 games
If Backstrom starts it will be his 300th career, he has one start in 2012, 1-6-2 over past 9 starts​
 
Deebo said:
Wow, I thought we lacked centre depth.
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That is one ugly looking roster.  Mostly all depth guys save for a 2-3 guys.

We have to one this one.  Too bad they got pumped in Philly last game (and being on the father-son trip)... they will come out hard tonight. 

I think this will be real close, and I can see it going either way.
 
This is an incredibly winnable game tonight. If the Leafs lose this one, I'll be more upset than losing to Ottawa. Sure I hate losing to Ottawa, but losing to a team that looks like it does above, is not okay IMO.
 
I'd just like to point out that tonight's game features two teams that, at one point this season, were 1st overall in the league and now sit outside the playoffs. Can't imagine that happens all that often.
 
bustaheims said:
I'd just like to point out that tonight's game features two teams that, at one point this season, were 1st overall in the league and now sit outside the playoffs. Can't imagine that happens all that often.
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What was it, back in November, when some outlet ran a story that figured the percentages of teams making it into the playoffs when they are out of it at that point, and vice versa.  We seem to be defying the odds.
 
Honestly, if you showed me that roster and asked me to guess if it was the Minnesota Wild or some team of mine in Eastside Hockey that I'd played until 2014 or so I have no idea if I'd have gotten it right.
 
Saint Nik said:
Honestly, if you showed me that roster and asked me to guess if it was the Minnesota Wild or some team of mine in Eastside Hockey that I'd played until 2014 or so I have no idea if I'd have gotten it right.
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Referencing Eastside in a GDT?  You win MotM Nik, before it's even played. 

And I concur - how in the name of time is that an NHL roster?
 
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