By The Associated Press

Vancouver Canucks (38-28-11, fifth in the Pacific) vs. Minnesota Wild (48-21-7, second in the Central)

St. Paul, Minnesota; Thursday, 5 p.m. PDT

BOTTOM LINE:

• Minnesota hosts Vancouver aiming to extend its three-game home winning streak.
• Canucks are 7-2-1 in their last 10-road games, riding a 2-game winning streak; are 6-0-1 in their last seven games.

• The Wild are 25-16-3 in Western Conference games. Minnesota is third in the Western Conference averaging 3.7 goals per game, led by Kirill Kaprizov with 43.

• The Canucks are 13-9-1 against opponents from the Central. Vancouver ranks 23rd in the Western Conference with 32.1 shots per game and is averaging 3.0 goals.

• In their last meeting on March 24, Minnesota won 3-2.

TOP PERFORMERS:

• Kaprizov has 94 total points for the Wild, 43 goals and 51 assists.
• Kevin Fiala has seven goals and seven assists over the last 10 games for Minnesota.

• J.T. Miller leads the Canucks with 93 points, scoring 30 goals and collecting 63 assists.
• Oliver Ekman-Larsson has eight assists over the last 10 games for Vancouver.

LAST 10 GAMES:

• Wild:
  • 7-1-2
  • averaging 3.9 goals, 6.1 assists, 3.8 penalties and 10.1 penalty minutes
  • giving up 2.7 goals per game with a .912 save percentage.

• Canucks:
  • 6-2-2
  • averaging 4.1 goals, 6.6 assists, 2.7 penalties and 6.2 penalty minutes
  • allowing 2.4 goals per game with a .922 save percentage.

INJURIES:

• Wild:
  • Tyson Jost: day to day (lower body)
  • Jordan Greenway: day to day (upper-body)
  • Matt Dumba: day to day (upper body)
  • Marcus Foligno: out (covid-19)
  • Jon Merrill: day to day (upper body).

• Canucks:
  • Alex Chiasson: out (illness)
  • Tanner Pearson: out (upper body)
  • Bo Horvat: out (lower body).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.