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.
