That would prove a moot point however, as this season the Wild are struggling, suffering their eighth straight loss Saturday, and 13th loss out of 14 games. Leipold, Fletcher and the rest of the organization had much-higher expectations for a team that has fallen to 0-5-3 in the last eight home games for the longest winless stretch at Xcel Energy Center since 2001.
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Darcy Kuemper made 15 saves for Minnesota.
“I’m not really anxious about the system because … everybody kind of plays the same way”, Torchetti said.
They’ve been the recipients of some bad luck, to be sure, but things haven’t shifted fast enough. Pastrnak passed across to Krejci.
Officials credited Krejci with the goal following a replay, with the puck seemingly entering the net as it was knocked off the moorings by Niederreiter.
With the latest loss, 23 days have passed since the Wild last won a hockey game. Right or wrong, everyone could feel a change was imminent, including Yeo after the game.
Or sometimes you just fire the director because you don’t like the direction the film is headed. “You just have to try and build confidence in the team and pat them on the back here and there… but also let them know if there’s a different play that’s an option”.
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The Bruins were without their best player, Patrice Bergeron, and Jonas Gustavsson made his first start in goal since leaving a January 26 game with a heart ailment. The team said he is considered day to day.
Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported the news Saturday on Hockey Night in Canada. Jordan Staal and Phillip Di Giuseppe each had two assists. In total, Torchetti earned 532 points (258-274=532) in 359 career games with the Carolina Thunderbirds (ACHL, AAHL, ECHL), Virginia Lancers (ACHL), Binghamton Whalers (AHL) and Winston-Salem Thunderbirds (ECHL) from 1984-91.
John Tavares, Nick Leddy and Matt Martin scored for the Islanders, who snapped a three-game winning streak.
Stars 4, Capitals 3: Tyler Seguin scored twice during a four-goal second period and Dallas held off Washington in a battle between two of the NHL’s top teams.
The Bruins took two early penalties, killing the first one and scoring shorthanded on the second one. Thomas Greiss replaced Halak to start the third and stopped all three shots he faced in the final period.
Following the Blackhawks’ 2010 Stanley Cup win, Torchetti left to become an associate head coach for the Atlanta Thrashers (now the Winnipeg Jets).
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Most telling of an inability to craft a successful power play perhaps, was that Dumba, who is easily the most dynamic offensive player on the team did not see significant power play time up until a couple of weeks ago. “But if everyone picks it up a little bit and plays a little bit better then you can fill that gap a little bit”.
