Tables Turned
Wild Get the Edge in Net in Game 2 Win.
Thus far the Minnesota Wild-Nashville Predator series has been a series all about goaltending.
In Game 1 the Wild did a reasonable job of limiting the Nashville shots, however lost the game thanks to a poor effort to Tomas Vokoun.
In Game 2 it was “The Dominator’s” turn to let his team down.
The veteran netminder was simply not sharp letting in 5 goals on 23 shots in the 5-3 Minnesota win. Meanwhile Tomas Vokoun rebounded with a 34 save effort to pick up the win.
GM and Head Coach Grant Farhall was happy with the win but felt the team was lucky.
“On the whole we played better in Game 1 but our netminding let us down. Tonight Tomas stole one for us and we benefited from a uncharacteristic bad game from Hasek. He’s a great goalie though so we will have to be that much better in game 3 because we know he will be.”
David Legwand paced the Wild with 1 goal in 3 points. Filip Kuba chipped in 2 goals including a short handed tally. Murray Baron and Mark Bell had the other Wild goals. The Wild lost the services of Bell in the 2nd period after he checked Federov into the boards. On the play Federov turned his body as Bell approached and went hard into the glass. Federov is listed as day to day. Bell was tossed from the game but will be back for game 3.
Game Notes
- Rookie Jason Spezza is struggling to find his legs in the post season going –2 in the 2nd game with a mere 1 shot on goal.
- Mark Bell led them team with 6 hits in spite of getting tossed from the game.
- Chris Phillips and Dmitri Kalinin led the team with 4 shots a piece on net.
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