Saturday 12 March 2011

Wild night

Brad Richards: Witness to the carnage
It was a night of trends and statistics as the Dallas Stars whipped the shit out of the Minnesota Wild, 4-0 last night.

The remnants:

1. Jamie Benn scored in his sixth straight game. All in the month of March.

2. The Wild are 0-10-4 against the Stars in Dallas in the past 14 games.

3. The Wild haven't won in Dallas since 2003.

4. Kari Lehtonen notched his 29th win. It was also his first shutout of the season.

5. The Stars are 6-1-2 with Alex Goligoski.

6. With the two points, the Stars are now fourth in the Western Conference.

7. Mike Ribeiro has 10 points in his past eight games. Another goal and assist.

8. Jamie Langenbrunner's played 25 games with the Stars and has four goals, nine assists and an even plus-minues. In 31 games with New Jersey, he had a -15, four goals and 10 assists.