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Backstrom practicing today, could start vs. Oilers
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By mikerusso
November 25, 2011 at 1:43PM
Happy Thanksgiving everybody!
Niklas Backstrom, who missed Wednesday's game against Nashville due to a personal matter, is practicing today, which means he'd be available to start Friday vs. the Edmonton Oilers.
The Wild has beaten Edmonton 17 consecutive times at home.
Backstrom is 20-2-1 with a 1.66 GAA, a .938 SV% and four shutouts in 25 starts against the Oilers…At home he is 15-0-0 with a 1.19 GAA, a .954 SV% and four shutouts.
Remember, the faceoff is 3 p.m. (originally 1 p.m.) to get out of the exclusive NBC TV window.
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The “sticky” ball that coach Chris Finch so deplores showed up for the first game, after a preseason when offense happened smoothly. On defense, “resistance” was missing, the coach said.
