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| Niklas Backstrom was much stronger on Wednesday night and earned a shutout against the Blues. He stopped all 22 of St. Louis' shots. |
Our View: Backstrom has three shutouts this year and has 14 wins in 22 starts. |
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| Andrew Brunette scored the 200th goal of his career in Wednesday's 4-0 win over St. Louis. It was his ninth goal of the season. |
Our View: Brunette's goal came on the power play, giving him five goals and four assists on the man advantage this season. |
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| Niklas Backstrom will start on Wednesday against the Blues, according to ESPN. |
Our View: Backstrom had a bad night on Monday, allowing six goals on just 26 shots. He was pulled after the second period. He has been fantastic for the majority of the year, going 13-7-1 with a .921 save percentage and a 2.38 goals-allowed-average. The Wild did lose 2-1 to the Blues at home on November 22nd in the teams' first meeting of the year. |
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| Minnesota star forward Marian Gaborik skated with the team today, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune. |
Our View: Gaborik had not hit the ice in a week. The talented forward has played in all of two games, netting one goal this year. Fantasy owners will have to wait a while longer for him to return. |
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| Pierre-Marc Bouchard scored a pair of goals and added an assist in the Wilds' 6-5 loss to the Avalanche on Monday night. |
Our View: Bouchard does not have that much fantasy value. He has only netted five goals in 20 games. |
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