Jake Middleton wounded as a wild fucking Goless during the 3 -games trip: 3 takeaways
Elmont, NY – Now you know why and like the islanders of New York who collapse were still favorites at home on Friday evening.
Despite the series without six-games of the islanders, although Patrick Roy unleashes the level of effort by Anthony Duclair after the previous game and the attacker now suddenly away from the team, despite the fact that the islanders had lost to six consecutive wild games, the wild has still entered the Ub Arena and came out with a loss of 3-1 to finish incredibly by resting the Devils and the axes.
Remember all the speeches in the last two days when the Wild could still save the journey and make it “decent” by earning four of the six points after the losses of shootings and extraordinary? It was all at all after blowing an advantage of 1-0 second period in a few minutes.
Any hope of a return of the third period ended when Yakov Trenin took on a penalty for initial times and Noah Dobson paid the minnesota on the sequel to power.
The wild, which is crumbling to the seams, has dropped to 1-4-2 in the last seven thanks to a road trip for 0-1-2. In addition, Calgary’s flames are only five points back with two games in hand and Dallas’s stars visit the wild next Sunday afternoon.
The Wild has a head -to -head matchup with Calgary next week at Saddledome.
Mats Zuccarello marked the solitary goal for the wild, but the advantage was short -lived.
Mats Zuccarello – Minnesota Wild (18) pic.twitter.com/mauqu0vbkc
– Video of the NHL objectives (@nhlgoalvideos) April 5, 2025
Jake Middleton climbed on board, injured
With the wild fights to make the playoffs, they lost their defender Jake Middleton at the sign of 11:04 in the second period when he was entering a corner to play the disc and was pushed from behind at the bottom of the facial circle of Bo Horvat.
Middleton was launched headlong on the cards and immediately showed signs of wound. Bo Horvat, normally an honest player, put his left hand on the back of Middleton for regret, then raised his arm in the air on the move for the athletic coach wild John Worley.
Horvat, Middleton accident. pic.twitter.com/vnb4ghmle4
– Type Rob (@elma_) April 5, 2025
After several moments, Middleton was helped up and skate with the help of Worley on the bench and down the tunnel forever with an injury to the upper body. The Wild played the rest of the game with five defenders.
Referee Francois St Laurent defined a minor penalty on the comedy. Coach John Hynes brought the referee, wondering how the accident could not justify a serious penalty, but it was not unnecessarily. The Wild has not marked the game of power.
With five games left in the regular season, this would be a serious loss now and beyond, with wild fights for their playoff life.
Couple the bad minutes cost wild
The most important round after a goal is the next, and the soft round of Wild after the bank of Zuccarello shot from the mask of Ilya Sorokin from behind the goal sentenced.
It started in front of the net with the wild defenders who have not led the body to bury the players who crash into the net, chasing Puck after Puck. The wild has finally earned possession, he developed the wall at low speed Ryan Hartman at an exit was collected by Dobson and his shot was inclined by Filip Gustavsson by Casey Cizikas 36 seconds after the pumpkin goal.
What a suggestion of Cizikas #Isles pic.twitter.com/wipfptqkoe
– Type Rob (@elma_) April 5, 2025
Two rounds later, the attempt by Marcus Johansson enveloping was not on the target and the islanders passed quickly. Simon Holmstrom skated along the right wing and his central feed was perfectly put by the wild center Freddy Gaudreau while trying to intercept the feed intended for Alexander Romanov.
The 18th of Holmstrom this season.#Lgi | @Ford pic.twitter.com/fathdfg5mh
– New York Islanders (@nyislanders) April 5, 2025
So, in an arc of 2:20, Wild’s 1-0 advantage has become a 2-1 deficit.
Hynes explains Chisholm’s scratch
Jon Merrill, scratched against the Ranger, had returned to the formation against the islanders for Declan Chisholm. But Hynes said that the decision to eliminate Chisholm from training has nothing to do with his second period turnover that led to the goal of Chris Kreider two nights before.
“Chisholm will not come out because he turned the album, to be very honest,” said Hynes. “We made other mistakes in the game. (Justin) Brazeau made one in New Jersey. I think when you look at different roles and couples and things of the genre, Chisholm was a great reason why we are where we are. We had huge injuries all year round. This child has arrived and played a great hockey for us.
“I just think that when you look at the roles, it seems at this point at this moment, it is a good defender of the combination when he plays with (Jared) Spurgeon. He plays several minutes. Jonny and (Zach Bogosian) are a very good place. At this moment, where we are on site, where it is a little game. Play more and play with some people.
“You analyze him and come back and say: ‘Ok, what is the best for our team? Who play which roles?’ And that’s where he is aware.
Fast forward at the game on Friday evening and Middleton is now injured, which means that Chisholm is the next one out of the gate to return to the first six. However, The Wild should remember another minors defender and should sign the defender of the University of Denver Zeev Buium after the Frozen Four and in time for the final of the regular season against Anaheim.
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