Howe Conference Quarter Final Best Of 3 Preview
With the Jets and Wild tied at 2 games a piece, here is the statistical breakdown of the series.
Goals For:
Jets-15
Wild-13
Goals Against:
Jets-13
Wild-15
Power Play
Jets-23.0% 3rd in playoffs—1 shorthanded goal allowed
Wild-27.2% 2nd in playoffs—0 shorthanded goals allowed
Penalty Killing
Jets-72.7% 15th in playoffs
Wild-76.9% 14th in playoffs
Leading scorers:
Jets:
Cajanek 2-5=7
Ozolinsh 2-2=4
Turgeon 1-3=4
Recchi 0-4=4
Wild:
Hossa 3-2=5
Letowski 2-2=4
Sundin 2-2=4
McGillis 1-3=4
Goaltenders:
Jets:
Khabibulin 2-2 2.77GAA 89.9S%
Wild:
Cujo 1-1 3.29GAA 90.1S%
Hasek 1-1 3.11GAA 89.7S%
Keys to winning the series:
Both teams need to get their penalty killing in order. Both teams spend less then 10 minutes per game in the box but yet both teams have penalty killing at less then 80%. For the Jets, they need to continue doing what they have done through 4 games. They have gotten balanced scoring and dominated game one. For the Wild, they need their best players to be their best players; Trevor Letowski is tied for 2nd in playoff scoring for the Wild. It will always be interesting to see which goalie gets the majority of the starts in the last few games of the series. Hasek’s health will play a huge part in that.
Outcome:
It sure looks like a 7 game series, and if the pattern of each team taking turns winning continues, then maybe it’s the Jets in 7?
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