nhl Game Recap
Vancouver Canucks vs Minnesota Wild Wrap - Minnesota Wins 3-2
The Wild earned a 3-2 victory over the Canucks on Thursday at Xcel Energy Center.
Minnesota was favored by -173 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 6.0.
Minnesota got goals from Joel Eriksson Ek, Kevin Fiala, and Kirill Kaprizov in the victory. Kaprizov opened the scoring at 8:08 of the first period.
Cam Talbot turned in a 26-save effort for the Wild.
J.T. Miller, and Bo Horvat scored for the Canucks, finding the net behind Cam Talbot.
Thatcher Demko stopped 33 of 36 shots for the Canucks, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
Minnesota scored 0 times on 2 chances on the power play, while Vancouver went 1-for-3 with the man advantage.
Vancouver lost the shots on goal battle to Minnesota by a margin of 36-28.
Next game, Minnesota takes its act home to face Columbus looking for another win. For Vancouver, they head on the road to face Dallas.