A Cure For The Scoring Blues?

by David Driscoll-Carignan on Nov 26, 2008 10:28 AM MST

As you know, the Avs are in a tiny bit of a scoring slump (yes, Jibs, that was sarcasm too). After scoring 28 goals in their first 7 games, the Avs have 22 in the last 13 - and 4 of those goals have come in the shootout. 6 times in the last 12 games - the Avs have been held to a goal or less.

If recent history is an indication, we'll see the red light quite a bit this evening in the game against the Blues. Unfortunately, it's probably going to be the visiting team doing the celebratory bench skate-bys. The Blues are 5-3 against the Avs in the last two years. Legace is 5-1 over that stretch, although with the way Chris Mason played last night (a 47-save 1-0 shootout win), Legace may be the lesser of two evils...

Here's the results from the meetings over the last two years.

Other than the 2-0 Legace shutout, the winning team has reached at least 4 goals in every game. The Avs haven't had 4 regulation goals since October 23rd. If you're a betting man, you're thinking a 4-1 St Louis win is a good bet.

In the 8 games, 9 players have scored at least two goals in a game (Guerin, Rucinksy, Hinote, McClement, Hejduk, Stastny, Wolski, Hensick, Guite). Only one of the 9 managed a hat trick (Hejduk) and none have hit the multi-goal mark in more than one game. Guite and Hinote are both on IR and Guerin and Rucinsky are no longer with the Blues, but the other 5 should be in the lineup). Who will be the newest to join the multi-goal club? I'll throw a random dart at the name of David Perron.

But wouldn't be great if it was a guy wearing a dark unipron?

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Legace has always pissed me off. When he was here in Las Vegas (IHL Las Vegas Thunder) the guy couldn’t stop a beach ball. He somehow makes it to the NHL, much to the shock of Thunder fans, and he’s a thorn in my teams side.
Maybe all those times I booed him has come back to haunt me? Damn!

I wonder:
Do the Stastny brothers have any latent hostility towards each other? That could make and interesting fisticuffs….

Now and then we had the hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be PIRATES.
-Mark Twain-

by Americanario on Nov 26, 2008 1:06 PM MST reply actions

I’d be as happy as anyone to see Perron net two tonight, but I think unless Legace follows up Mason’s shutout with a repeat performance, I have to give the nod to the Avs. The Blues are icing a squad that’s two-thirds grinders, but zero fighters. Hoepfully, we’ll have a nice rough game tonight.

by Pagan on Nov 26, 2008 1:43 PM MST reply actions