2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs Western Conference: Central #2 Minnesota Wild vs. Central #3 St. Louis Blues
How To Watch
Game
Date
Time (ET)
Host
TV
1
Monday, May 2
9:30 p.m.
MIN
ESPN
2
Wednesday, May 4
9:30 p.m.
MIN
ESPN
3
Friday, May 6
9:30 p.m.
STL
TNT
4
Sunday, May 8
4:30 p.m.
STL
TBS
5*
TBD
6*
TBD
7*
TBD
*If necessary
Tale of the Tape
Wild
STAT
Blues
53-22-7 (113 pts)
Record
49-22-11 (109 pts)
3.77 (5th)
Goals Per Game
3.81 (3rd)
3.07 (16th)
Goals Allowed Per Game
2.95 (11th)
+57
Goal Differential
+69
31-8-2 Home, 22-14-5 Away
Home/Away Record
26-10-5 Home, 23-12-6 Away
20.95% (17th)
Power Play
26.47% (2nd)
75.77% (26th)
Penalty Kill
84.4% (5th)
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Minnesota leaders
[caption id="attachment_41860" align="alignnone" width="2560"] Kirill Kaprizov (Nick Wosika-USA TODAY Sports)[/caption]
Kirill Kaprizov, LW: 47 goals, 61 assists, 108 points, 14 power-play goals
Kevin Fiala, LW: 33 goals, 52 assists, 85 points
Ryan Hartman, RW: 34 goals, 31 assists, 65 points
St. Louis leaders:
[caption id="attachment_41859" align="alignnone" width="2560"] Vladimir Tarasenko (Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports)[/caption]
Vladimir Tarasenko, RW: 34 goals, 48 assists, 82 points
Pavel Buchnevich, LW: 30 goals, 46 assists, 76 points
Ville Husso, G: 25-7-6, .919 SV%, 2.56 GAA
Series Odds
STL to win: +130
MIN to win: -150
*Courtesy of DraftKings, for more, click here [1].
Series Prediction
Wild win in 7 games (4-3)
Two of the three meetings in the regular season required overtime while the other was at the Winter Classic on New Year's Day — so seeing St. Louis sweep the season series is to be taken with a grain of salt.
The Wild have been one of the hottest teams in the NHL since the trade deadline when they acquired Marc-Andre Fleury from the Chicago Blackhawks. Since March 16, Minnesota is a superb 22-2-3.
Its defense has carried the way having allowed two or fewer goals in 14 of their final 23 games.
St. Louis was just as hot down the stretch, going 14-0-2 in a 16-game sprint from March 28-April 24.
Both teams will have difficult goalie decisions to make heading into the playoffs. Fleury and All-Star Cam Talbot will be fighting for minutes for the Wild while the Blues have seen Ville Husso outplay Stanley Cup-winning netminder Jordan Binnington.
Considering Minnesota's goaltending situation seems more stable, I'll take them to narrowly get past a high-powered Blues team that has a lethal power play. But it would be no surprise to see St. Louis advance, either.
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