Minnesota Wild at Vancouver Canucks

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Minnesota Wild

44-30-7

Final
3 - 2

Vancouver Canucks

37-29-14

Wild inch closer to playoff berth, rallying to beat the Canucks 3-2 in OT

Minnesota Wild vs. Vancouver Canucks: Game Highlights

Zuccarello Kevin Lankinen on a breakaway after Kirill Kaprizov freed him in the zone with a nifty pass.

With one game remaining, Minnesota holds the first wild-card spot in the Western Conference, a point ahead of St. Louis and five in front of Calgary. The Blues have two games left, and the the Flames have three to go.

Minnesota overcame a 2-0 deficit in the third period, cutting it to one on Brock Faber's goal 22 seconds in the period and tying it on Marcus Foligno's goal with 6:46 remaining.

Filip Gustavsson made 12 saves for Minnesota.

Marcus Pettersson opened the scoring for Vancouver early in the first, and Jake DeBrusk scored in the second. Lankinen stopped 30 shots for the Canucks.

Takeaways Wild: Minnesota rebounded from a 4-2 loss at Calgary on Friday night.

Canucks: Defenseman Derek Forbort was hurt during a fight with Yakov Trenin early in the third period. The Minnesota forward was handed a game misconduct for punching Forbort while he was down on the ice.

Key moment Capitalizing on a failed Canucks clearing attempt, Ryan Hartman passed to Foligno and the Wild winger popped a shot in past Lankinen to tie it.

Up next The Wild host Anaheim on Tuesday night in their regular-season finale. The Canucks close the season at home against San Jose on Monday night and Vegas on Wednesday night.

Regular Season Series

MIN wins series 2-1

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 3:11	Marcus Pettersson Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Linus Karlsson (3), Teddy Blueger (17)
Goal	2nd Period 13:08	Jake DeBrusk Goal (27) Tip-In, assists: Nils Hoglander (16), Quinn Hughes (59)
Goal	3rd Period 0:22	Brock Faber Goal (10) Snap Shot, assists: none
Goal	3rd Period 13:14	Marcus Foligno Goal (14) Wrist Shot, assists: Ryan Hartman (15), Justin Brazeau (11)
Goal	4th Period 2:47	Mats Zuccarello Goal (19) Wrist Shot, assists: Kirill Kaprizov (31), Brock Faber (19)

Statistics

MIN		VAN
11	Blocked Shots	17
30	Hits	17
8	Takeaways	1
33	Shots	14
0	Power Play Goals	1
2	Power Play Opportunities	2
0.0	Power Play Percentage	50.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
24	Faceoffs Won	33
42.1	Faceoff Win Percent	57.9
10	Giveaways	13
5	Total Penalties	4
21	Penalty Minutes	11

Vancouver Canucks Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Tyler Myers, D	Day-To-Day	Apr 17
Derek Forbort, D	Day-To-Day	Apr 17
Elias Pettersson, C	Day-To-Day	Apr 17
Kevin Lankinen, G	Day-To-Day	Apr 16
Nils Aman, C	Out	Apr 12