After a mid-April Covid break, Twins up to play two against the Athletics.
As I write this, it has been announced Derek Chauvin verdict has been reached and by the time you read this, it will have been announced so not sure how much Twins notice attention will be.
Game 1: Shoemaker v. Manaea 5:30p
Game 2: Berrios v. Luzardo. 8:30p
Game 1 Line up
C - Garver
3b - Donaldson
DH - Cruz
CF - Buxton!!
SS - Polanco
1B - Sano
LF - Arraez
RF - Rooker
2b - Astudillo
Have a mild one out there, citizens!
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Tommy Dowd (1869)
Charlie Hemphill (1876)
Charlie Smith (1880)
Dave Bancroft (1891)
Roy Hofheinz (1912)
Preston Gomez (1923)
Tom Hutton (1946)
Milt Wilcox (1950)
Doug Clarey (1954)
Floyd Chiffer (1956)
Don Mattingly (1961)
Greg Brummett (1967)
Dan Smith (1969)
Todd Hollandsworth (1973)
Brandon Belt (1988)
Judge Roy Hofheinz was the leader of a group that brought an expansion team to Houston.
Dan Smith was drafted by Minnesota in the twenty-second round in 1987, but did not sign.
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Games this week:
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On the road to finish off the season series against all three of these teams. It doesn't look like any of these three are going to make the playoffs, so this is Minnesota's last trip to California until next year.
Current Standings:
| Rank | Team | GP | Pts | Magic Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vegas | 47 | 70 | 0 |
| 2 | Colorado | 45 | 66 | 0 |
| 3 | Minnesota | 47 | 65 | 0 |
| 4 | Arizona | 48 | 47 | 22 |
| 5 | St. Louis | 45 | 46 | 18 |
| 6 | San Jose | 47 | 41 | - |
| 7 | Los Angeles | 45 | 40 | - |
| 8 | Anaheim | 48 | 35 | - |
5-2 win over the Coyotes
The power play was 3 for 3 in this one and is as good now as it was bad earlier in the year. The power play shooting percentage has reached an inflection point and is moving toward the league average (the median NHL power play shooting percentage is 14%, the Wild season power play shooting percentage is 11%, and is 14% once you remove the first 10 games of the season).
Power play shooting percentage over the 5 games preceding this weekend - 31.3% (10 goals on 32 shots).
Two wins over the Sharks
The fourth line was the story here. Bonino-Sturm-Parise combined to score 6 of Minnesota's 13 goals this week.
Bonino had 6 points, Parise had 4, and Sturm got a goal and an assist. It was amazing how much this line controlled play when they were on the ice. Zach Parise had a really good couple of games, and immediately all the podcasts and Russo articles and everything rushed to recognize his fourth line contributions.
I'm interested to observe how Evason's doghouse works, because there are clearly players that he doesn't give the benefit of the doubt (Nico Sturm - who's been really good and still plays fourth line when he's not scratched). Parise was in trouble with Evason earlier in the year and I wonder how long it will take to see Zach on the power play again.
Kirill Kaprizov Corner
Leaderboards
| Player | G | Player | A | Player | Pts | Player | xGAR |
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| Kaprizov | 22 | Greenway | 22 | Kaprizov | 41 | Eriksson Ek | 11.5 |
| Fiala | 17 | Kaprizov | 19 | Fiala | 32 | Kaprizov | 10.6 |
| Eriksson Ek | 15 | Zuccarello | 19 | Zuccarello | 29 | Spurgeon | 7.7 |
| Zuccarello | 10 | Suter | 16 | Greenway | 28 | Brodin | 7.2 |
| Foligno | 9 | Fiala/Soucy | 15 | Eriksson Ek | 25 | Sturm | 7.2 |
The Oscars are this weekend. Here are your nominees (though I don't think I've seen a single one): Continue reading Third Monday Move Post: Oscars Edition
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Bucky Walters (1909)
Hector Maestri (1935)
Rick Miller (1948)
Ed Hodge (1958)
R. J. Reynolds (1959)
Frank Viola (1960)
Spike Owen (1961)
Scott Kamieniecki (1964)
Brent Mayne (1968)
Jose Cruz (1974)
Joe Beimel (1977)
Dennys Reyes (1977)
George Sherrill (1977)
Alberto Callaspo (1983)
Zach Duke (1983)
Joe Mauer (1983)
Right-hander Hector Maestri was with the Washington franchise in 1960, making one appearance in the majors. Before the 1961 season started, however, he was selected in the expansion draft by the new Washington franchise, for whom he made one more appearance in 1961.
Now what are we supposed to do?
